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Electric Field Hockey

Play hockey with electric charges. Place charges on the ice, then hit start to try to get the puck in the goal. View the electric field. Trace the puck's motion. Make the game harder by placing walls in front of the goal. This is a clone of the popular simulation of the same name marketed by Physics Academic Software and written by Prof. Ruth Chabay of the Dept of Physics at North Carolina State University.

 
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Topics

Main Topics

  • Electiricty
  • Electric charges
  • Electric field

Related Topics

Sample Learning Goals

  • 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.

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Teaching Ideas

Tips for Teachers

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Ideas and Activities for this Sim

There are 11 contributions listed.

Ascending Sort (Z-A)Title Author Level Type Updated
Charges Activity with Various Simulations Designed by PhET IconK. PerkinsUG-Intro
HS		CQs7/08
Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) Designed by PhET IconImage of Gold StarT. LoebleinUG-Intro
HS		CQs8/09
E-Fields PhET Minilab C. BiresUG-Intro
HS		Lab2/09
Electric Field Hockey Homework J. RedishUG-IntroHW2/08
Electric Field Hockey Post-Game Analysis L. JamesonHSLab6/07
Electric Field Hockey Simulation Homework Designed by PhET IconImage of Gold StarK. PerkinsUG-Intro
UG-Adv		HW11/08
Electric fields M. GalloUG-IntroLab2/08
Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields (Inquiry Based) Designed by PhET IconImage of Gold StarT. LoebleinHSLab
CQs		11/08
Mr K. BedoMSDemo9/09
Quest for the Coulomb Cup D. BairdMS
HS		Lab3/09
Static Magnetic and Electric unit (Inquiry Based) Designed by PhET IconImage of Gold StarT. LoebleinHSCQs
HW
Lab
Demo		8/09

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Software Requirements

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Windows Systems Macintosh Systems Linux Systems
Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later

 OS 10.4.11 or later
Apple Java 1.5.0_19 or later

 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later

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Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Michael Dubson (developer/lead)
  • Sam Reid (developer)
  • Interviewer: Wendy Adams
  • Interviewer: Danielle Harlow
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