Balloons and Static Electricity
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About
Topics
- Static Electricity
- Electric Charges
- Electric Force
Description
Why does a balloon stick to your sweater? Explore the charges in the sweater, balloons, and the wall as you investigate!
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe and draw models for common static electricity concepts (transfer of charge, induction, attraction, repulsion, and grounding)
- Make predictions about force at a distance for various configurations of charge
For Teachers
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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Authors | Level | Type | Updated |
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| Static Magnetic and Electric unit (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | CQs HW Lab Demo |
5/27/15 |
| Balloons and Static Electricity for Middle School |
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PhET Middle School Team | MS | Lab Demo |
5/26/15 |
| Electrical Charge Lab |
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Dr. Wendy Adams | HS UG-Intro MS |
Lab | 8/25/15 | |
| Introduction to Electrostatics |
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Karen King | HS MS |
Lab | 5/27/15 | |
| Balloons and Static Electricity |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS | Lab | 5/27/15 | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | 5/27/15 | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | 10/19/15 |
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Software Requirements
| Windows 7+ | Mac OS 10.7+ | iPad and iPad Mini with iOS | Chromebook with Chrome OS |
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Internet Explorer 10+ latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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Safari 6.1 and up latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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latest version of Safari
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latest version of Chrome
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Credits
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