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Title Mapping Electric Fields
Description In this lesson, students draw electric field lines around one - multiple charges. This lesson is intended to be an introduction to drawing field lines. I used this lesson in AP Physics B.
Subject Physics
Level High School
Type Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords electric field lines, point charge
Simulation(s) Charges and Fields (HTML5), Charges and Fields


Author(s) Elyse Zimmer
School / Organization KIPP Houston Public Schools
Date submitted 7/21/14
Date updated 9/6/16