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The Physics Classroom: Grounding a Positively Charged Electroscope

For Students 9th - 10th
This Physics Classroom tutorial contains a simple animation demonstrating the grounding process for a positively-charged electroscope. The movement of electrons between the electroscope and ground is shown. An explanation accompanies the...
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The Physics Classroom: Charging an Electroscope by Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Multimedia Physics Studios. An animation of the technique of the induction charging of an electroscope. The movement of electrons through the electroscope is shown. The animation is accompanied by explanations of what is happening.
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The Physics Classroom: Inducing a Positive Charge on a Sphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial from the Glenbrook South High School provides an animation depicting the induction charging of a single sphere by the process of induction. The movement of electrons is shown. The animation is accompanied by explanations of...
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The Physics Classroom: Charging a Two Sphere System by Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Multimedia Physics Studios. An animation depicting the induction charging of a double sphere system by the process of induction. The movement of electrons between spheres and between the ground and sphere is shown. The animation...
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The Physics Classroom: Inertia and Mass

For Students 9th - 10th
This is part of a lesson on Newton's Laws of Motion that focuses on inertia and mass. It restates Newton's first law of motion. The lesson also gives a helpful visual description concerning friction.
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The Physics Classroom: Newton's First Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
A clear explanation of Newton's First Law of Motion, the law of inertia, with diagrams and real-world examples. Useful for both students and teachers. Written by a high school physics teacher.
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The Physics Classroom: Newton's Second Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about finding acceleration through the practices found in this lesson. "The process of determining the acceleration of an object demands that the mass and the net force are known." Check out this comprehensive site.
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The Physics Classroom: The Strucure of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial begins with an understanding of the structure of matter. Understanding charge as a fundamental quantity demands that we have an understanding of the structure of an atom. Learn the atomic structure of an atom an...
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The Physics Classroom: Conductors and Insulators

For Students 9th - 10th
This online tutorial helps students understand how the transfer of charge between objects occurs more readily if two objects are made of a conducting material. Conductors allow for charge transfer through the free movement of electrons....
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The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Lesson 2: Charging by Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how to charge objects by induction. Follow up with the suggested interactivity which helps drive home the concept of charging by induction and ends with a game. Test understanding of the concept with provided comprehension...
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The Physics Classroom: Electrostatics: Lesson 4: Electric Field Intensity

For Students 4th - 8th
A lesson enhancing students understanding of electrostatics. Recognize electric fields and know the strengths they can have. Identify the formula to determine the strength of those fields. Check out the interactive featured in the...
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The Physics Classroom: Lightning

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will explore what is the cause and mechanism associated with lightning strikes, They will investiage how lightning rods serve to protect buildings from the devastating effects of a lightning strikes....
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The Physics Classroom: What Is an Electric Circuit?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial the concept of electric potential difference is discussed. Electric potential is the amount of electric potential energy per unit of charge that would be possessed by a charged object if placed within an electric field...
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The Physics Classroom: Requirements of a Circuit

For Students 9th - 10th
What four arrangements would result in the successful lighting of a lightbulb? And more importantly, what does each of the four arrangements have in common that would lead to an understanding of the two requirements of an electric...
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The Physics Classroom: Common Misconceptions Regarding Electric Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, preconceived ideas regarding the nature of charge flow and the role of a battery in a circuit are addressed. In many instances, these preconceived notions about charge flow and batteries are incorrect ideas and are...
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The Physics Classroom: Journey of a Typical Electron

For Students 9th - 10th
In the wires of electric circuits, an electron is the actual charge carrier. In this article, an electron's path through the external circuit is introduced.
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The Physics Classroom: Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
An electron traveling through the wires and loads of the external circuit encounters resistance. In this tutorial, the concept of resistance is introduced. For an electron, the journey from terminal to terminal is not a direct route....
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The Physics Classroom: Current Electricity: Electrical Resistance: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
There are certain formulas in physics that are so powerful and so pervasive that they reach the state of popular knowledge. The predominant equation which pervades the study of electric circuits is often referred to as the Ohm's law...
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The Physics Classroom: Light Waves/color: Visible Light and the Eye's Response

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn how the eye responds to visible light, and how that function ultimately allows us to see.
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The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: Role of Light to Sight

For Students 9th - 10th
In this physics tutorial, students explore the phenomenon of the fact that without light, there would be no sight.
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The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Anatomy of a Curved Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
A physics tutorial focused on the behavior of light as it relates to concave mirrors.
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The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: Ray Diagrams Concave

For Students 9th - 10th
In this physics tutorial, students investigate the method for drawing ray diagrams for objects placed at various locations in front of a concave mirror.
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The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: Spherical Aberration

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated physics tutorial which explains the spherical aberration, an intrinsic defect with any mirror that takes on the shape of a sphere.
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The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Reflection/image Convex

For Students 9th - 10th
In this physics tutorial, we will follow a pattern of inquiry for convex mirrors: investigating how convex mirrors reflect light and produce images.