Balloons and Static Electricity
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Topics
- Static Electricity
- Electric Charges
- Electric Force
Description
Grab a balloon to explore concepts of static electricity such as charge transfer, attraction, repulsion, and induced charge.
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe and draw models for common static electricity concepts (transfer of charge, induction, attraction, repulsion, and grounding)
- Make predictions about force at a distance for various configurations of charge
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| Static Magnetic and Electric unit (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Demo HW Lab |
Physics |
| Balloons and Static Electricity for Middle School |
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PhET Middle School Team | MS | Lab Demo |
Chemistry Earth Science Physics |
| Electrical Charge Lab |
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Dr. Wendy Adams | UG-Intro MS HS |
Lab | Physics | |
| Introduction to Electrostatics |
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Karen King | MS HS |
Lab | Chemistry Physics |
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| Balloons and Static Electricity |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS | Lab | Chemistry | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Biology Physics Earth Science Chemistry |
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| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Chemistry Physics Biology Earth Science |
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| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | Chemistry | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | Chemistry Biology Physics |
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| Electricity Simulations Analysis | Chris Leverington | MS HS |
Lab Guided HW |
Chemistry Physics |
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| Exploring Electric Chrages | Matt Simkins | HS MS |
Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
| Static Electricity Lab! | Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
| Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 |
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Diana López | MS UG-Intro K-5 UG-Adv HS Grad |
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Physics Chemistry Astronomy Mathematics |
| Eletrostática no OA "Balloons and Static Electricity (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | MS Other HS |
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Earth Science Physics Other |
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| Eletricidade estática e Atrito | Dennis Lima | K-5 | Demo | Physics | ||
| Práctica virtual "Electroestática" | Amaya Garcia-Barahona | HS | Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
| Modelos Atomicos | Andrés Gualberto Palomo Cuevas | HS | Guided | Physics | ||
| Carga | Patricia Abdel Rahim | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics |
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