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Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields (Inquiry Based)
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Title | Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields (Inquiry Based) |
Description | This is an inquiry based activity. Learning Goals: Students will be able to: Determine the variables that affect how charged bodies interact. Predict how charged bodies will interact. Describe the strength and direction of the electric field around a charged body.Use free-body diagrams and vector addition to help explain the interactions. |
Subject | Physics |
Level | High School |
Type | Lab |
Duration | 120 minutes |
Answers Included | No |
Language | English |
Keywords | Vectors, charge, electron, field, molecule, phet activity, vector |
Simulation(s) | Charges And Fields (HTML5), Charges and Fields, Electric Field Hockey |
Author(s) | Trish Loeblein |
Contact Email | patricia.loeblein@colorado.edu |
School / Organization | PhET CU Boulder |
Date submitted | 2/23/06 |
Date updated | 9/6/16 |