Electrostatics

	Reading
	01- Introduction
	02- e-fields primer
	02b- E-fields in class activity
	03- efields, batteries and examples
	Worksheet answers
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	Mastery Assignment

 

PHYSICS TUTORIAL LINKS RELATING TO THE UNIT Most of the links below will take you off the Albemarle County server. Albemarle County and its employees are not responsible for there content. When the links were created, they followed the county policies and guidelines. The Physics Classroom Animatation covering introductory electrostic principles Definition of the electric field Lightning How lightning works from "How Stuff Works." Electric Field The Electric field from "How Stuff Works." Inteactive e-field experiment From PhysicsLessons.com Insulators and Conductors Charge Theft or Loss Triboelectric Effect Electrostatics Charge Animations the Electric Force Field Animation V=Ed Lightning Many of these require the ShockWave plug-in available from Macromedia See Electric Fields Interactive One of the better interactive e-field simulations. (Uses JavaScript. This means that some web browsers may not run the simulation properly.) See Electric Fields This interactive page uses ShockWave plug-in available from Macromedia. It is one of my favorute interactive activities. When doing this activity, ask yourself, "Do these electric force field lines follow the 3 rules for drawing them?" Many Animated Electrostatics Lessons http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/07elecst/default.htm Ben Franklin's Kite Experiement Description of the experiment Van de Graaff animation This is the anotated animation of what you saw in class. Charging a conductor What happens when you place a charge on a conductor? Charging an insulator What happens when you place a charge on an insulator?

 

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