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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Flashlight

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about electric circuits, the flow of current, electrical resistance, and electrical power dissipation by exploring the operation of a flashlight using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Nikola Tesla

For Students 9th - 10th
Awarded more than 100 patents over the course of his lifetime, Nikola Tesla was a man of considerable genius and vision. He was reportedly born at exactly midnight during an electrical storm, an intriguing beginning for a man who would...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Wilhelm Weber

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about German physicist Wilhelm Weber, who developed and enhanced a variety of devices for sensitively detecting and measuring magnetic fields and electrical currents.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Application of the Fundamental Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
We solve a circuit by direct application of the fundamental laws: Apply element laws (Ohm's Law and the like) plus Kirchhoff's Laws to solve for the currents and voltages of a circuit.
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Ithaca Hs Ny/electrical Generator Ac or Dc/applet

For Students 9th - 10th
What a lovely little applet! You can speed/slow it, change it from AC to DC, plot the voltage as it rotates, change direction, control other information. Real neat.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. Ideal for pre-high school students. This page describes an activity in which the history of electric circuits, the nature of...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Power Lines

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between electric potential, current, and resistance in the context of high-voltage AC power lines using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mechanical Energy: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how an electric current produces an electric force, which can be used to create mechanical energy. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Mechanical Energy."
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Electromagnet

For Students 9th - 10th
Easy-to-read information and an illustration of an "electromagnet," a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is induced by the flow of an electric current.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Rheostat

For Students 9th - 10th
After discovering the nature of electrical resistance, scientists devised instruments like this one to measure and control it. (Java tutorial)
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Marquee Lights

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about different ways you can wire an electric circuit, and how the brightness of the lights depends on how they are configured using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Calculating Reactance

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the current in a circuit can be impeded by three types of circuit components.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Electromagnetic Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers what electromagnetic induction is, how it occurs, the current produced from it, and how it is used.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Magnetic Force Three Wires Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the idea of the force between straight current-carrying wires in this magnetic force simulation. See if you can rank the wires from largest to smallest based on the magnitude of their currents.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Faraday Disk Dynamo Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This simulation demonstrates a rotating conducting disk in a magnetic field which produces a current or a self-exciting dynamo.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Rl in Ac Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the rms current and voltage in an RL circuit powered by an AC power supply.

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