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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 | Concept Questions, Lab |
| Duration | 120 minutes |
| Answers Included | No |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Vectors, charge, electron, field, molecule, phet activity, vector |
| Simulation(s) | 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 | 7/9/13 |
