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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Coulomb's Law and Electric Force Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review how an electric force behaves between like or opposite charges, and its dependence on separation distance and charge magnitude. Compare the electric force and gravitational force.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Proton

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on the proton, a subatomic particle with a positive electric charge. Many hyperlinked terms.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Charge Intensity and Electric Force 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate the charge on objects to explore the relationship between charge, electric field, and forces on objects.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Electrical Engineering: Electrostatics

For Students 9th - 10th
Electrostatics is the study of forces between charges, as described by Coulomb's Law. We develop the concept of an electric field surrounding charges. We work through examples of the electric field near a line, and near a plane, and...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Electrostatics Landscapes

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore a virtual environment for exploring the electric potential surrounding a positive and negative source charge.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Neutral vs. Charged Objects

For Students 9th - 10th
With this interactive tutorial, students explore the basic terminology and concepts of neutral and charged objects.
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Concord Consortium

Mobile Inquiry Technology: Decaying Batteries

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This investigation has students investigating and measuring the decay of batteries as their electric charges are used up in circuits.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Electric Potential Difference

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial is devoted to an understanding of electric potential difference and its application to the movement of charge in electric circuits. Take the interactive quiz to assess your understanding.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 1.6 Conductors and Electric Fields in Static Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about conductors and electric fields in static equilibrium.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Electric Force

For Students 9th - 10th
Need to review electric force? This collection of eight video lectures focuses on electric force. Lectures vary in length giving examples of problems to help with the understanding of electric force. Lectures are from a physics course...
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Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Electrostatics

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews electrostatics including electric charges, Coulomb's law, static electricity, electric fields, electric potential, and electrostatic...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Astronomy: Electromagnetism and Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Cornell University provides a very short, very telling comparison of matter and charge. This is a good site to check out on the subject, with a chart diagram to help with further information.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Remote Control Roller

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students can make a empty soda can roll with an electrically charged balloon.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Hair Raising Science

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great experiment to show students how electrons move by static electricity. This site includes web links, a challenge question, and notes for the teacher.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Electromagnets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan contains several activities designed to help the student understand the magnetic effects of an electrical current.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Magnetic Fields and Compass Orientation

For Students 9th - 10th
Simulate the creation of an induced magnetic field through the use of a simple electric circuit. An interactive demonstration is included.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Charge and Carry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Exploratorium Museum is a full description of a short activity. An electrophorus plate and a Leyden jar are made. The electrophorus is charged by induction. Its charge is transferred to the Leyden jar by conduction...
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Other

Electricity: Simple Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Create your own simple electric circuit. Using simple supplies build your own battery and investigate conductivity. You can also construct a crossword puzzle with electrical vocabulary words.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Point Charge Forces in 2 D Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this simulation, examine the electric force that a charged particle gains from nearby charged particles in a two-dimensional state. See the net electric force shown as an arrow attached to the particle.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Point Charge Forces in 1 D Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Virtual simulation investigating the electric force that one charged particle exerts on another. Plot a graph of the electric force as a function of position.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Three Point Charges Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this simulation, investigate the force between charged objects. Rank three charged objects of different magnitudes, then create a method to determine the ranking of the charge magnitudes. Finally, devise a new method of determining...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Lightning Rod

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about charge, electric field, and electric potential in the context of a lightning strike using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet is also available. Includes video tutorial. [3:49]
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Electric Between Two Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find the force on one charge caused by a second charge.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: National Grid Fully Charged

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Grid is a high-voltage electric power transmission network, connecting power stations and 340+ substations ensuring supply and demand is in the balance. Nigel Williams speaks to Robert Llewellyn about how the National Grid...

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