John Travoltage
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About
Topics
- Static Electricity
Description
Make sparks fly with John Travoltage. Wiggle Johnnie's foot and he picks up charges from the carpet. Bring his hand close to the door knob and get rid of the excess charge.
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe and draw models for common static electricity concepts (transfer of charge, attraction, repulsion, and grounding).
For Teachers
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Static Magnetic and Electric unit (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | CQs Demo Lab HW |
| Inquiry Based Modeling Static Electricity |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | CQs Demo |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| Charges Activity with Various Simulations |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
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| PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | ||
| Introduction to Current, Voltage, and Resistance | Karen King | HS | Lab | ||
| Greased Lightning | Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt | UG-Intro HS |
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| Electric Charge Basics | Sarah Stanhope | HS | Lab | ||
| Exploring electric charges | dorina kosztin | HS UG-Intro MS |
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| Electrostatics Simulations: Introductory | David Moutoux | HS | HW | ||
| John Travoltage | Gretchen Swanson | HS | Lab | ||
| Visualizing Current, Voltage and Resistance | Stephan Graham | HS | Lab | ||
| Exploring Static Electricity | Katherine Frett | HS | HW |
Translations
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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