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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Teacher-Submitted Activities
| Charges and Fields Remote Lab Introduction to Static Electricity |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Remote |
Physics |
| Inquiry Based Modeling Static Electricity |
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Trish Loeblein | HS MS |
MC HW Lab Remote Demo |
Physics |
| Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
MC | Physics |
| Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
HW Demo Lab |
Physics |
| Static Magnetic and Electric unit (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | HW Lab Demo |
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 | HS UG-Intro MS |
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| Introduction to Electrostatics |
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Karen King | MS HS |
Lab | Physics Chemistry |
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| Balloons and Static Electricity |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS | Lab | Chemistry | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López | HS MS |
Other | Chemistry Physics Earth Science Biology |
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| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Physics Biology Chemistry Earth Science |
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| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
Other | Chemistry | |
| Static Electricity | Patrice Edwards | MS UG-Intro HS |
HW Remote Other Lab Demo Guided |
Other Physics Chemistry |
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| Statics and Voltages | Don Loving | MS HS |
HW Remote Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | Biology Physics Chemistry |
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| Charging By Rubbing | Bilal Sengez | HS MS |
Remote Demo HW |
Physics | ||
| Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| Charges and Charged Objects Investigation | Steve Banasiak | HS | Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
| Static Electricity | SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Exploring Electric Charges | Matt Simkins | MS HS |
Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
| Electricity Simulations Analysis | Chris Leverington | MS HS |
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Physics Chemistry |
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| Static Electricity Lab! | Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
| SECUNDARIA: Alineación PhET con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) |
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Diana López | HS MS |
Other | Physics Biology Mathematics Chemistry |
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| Serie de actividades para Electrostática: de Electrización, Campos y Fuerzas |
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Trish Loeblein (traducción Diana López) | HS UG-Intro MS |
MC Remote HW Guided Discuss Lab |
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| PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017) |
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Diana López | UG-Intro HS |
Other | Mathematics Chemistry Physics |
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| PRIMARIA: Alineación con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) |
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Diana López | MS K-5 |
Discuss Lab Guided HW Demo |
Mathematics Chemistry Astronomy Physics |
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| Introducción al modelo de Electrostática |
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Diana López | MS HS |
Guided Lab |
Physics | |
| Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 |
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Diana López | MS HS Grad UG-Adv K-5 UG-Intro |
HW Discuss |
Astronomy Physics Chemistry Mathematics |
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| Jarduera, globoak eta elektrizitate estatikoa | DANIEL BLANCO (Jaione Eizaguirreren itzulpena) | HS | HW Guided Lab |
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| Opladen door wrijving, influentie, geleiders en isolatoren - Google Quiz - guided inquiry | Loran de Vries | MS | Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
| Static Electricity | SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya, Vaibhav Gupta | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| ELETTRICITA' STATICA | Eileen Campana | HS | Remote HW Lab Guided |
Chemistry | ||
| Simulação virtual para os tipos de eletrização e a relação entre as cargas. | Denis Alves | HS | Lab Demo |
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| Atividades sobre Eletricidade nos OA's do PhET | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | MS Other UG-Intro HS |
Demo Lab Discuss HW Guided |
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| Atração Eletrostática - Balões e Eletricidade Estática | Laudenor Amorim, Gilvandenys Leite Sales | UG-Intro HS |
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| Eletrostática no OA "Balloons and Static Electricity (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | Other MS HS |
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Earth Science Other Physics |
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| Eletricidade estática e Atrito | Dennis Lima | K-5 | Demo | Physics | ||
| Electrostatica | walter Manuel Trujillo Yaipen | UG-Intro Other UG-Adv Grad |
Lab Remote Guided Other |
Physics Other |
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| Globos y electricidad estática_actividades de indagación | Daniel Blanco | UG-Intro HS MS |
Remote Guided |
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| electricidad estática | Elizabeth Cantero | K-5 | Guided | Earth Science | ||
| CARGAS ELÉCTRICAS Y FORMAS DE CARGAR UN CUERPO | JORGE ENRIQUE CASALLAS LOPEZ | MS HS |
Lab Guided Demo HW |
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| Práctica virtual "Electroestática" | Amaya Garcia-Barahona | HS | Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
| Modelos Atomicos | Andrés Gualberto Palomo Cuevas | HS | Guided | Physics |
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Android:
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macOS 10.13+, Safari 13+, latest version of Chrome.
Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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