Coulomb's Law
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Topics
- Electrostatics
- Electric Force
- Force Pairs
- Coulomb's Law
Description
Visualize the electrostatic force that two charges exert on each other. Observe how changing the sign and magnitude of the charges and the distance between them affects the electrostatic force.
Sample Learning Goals
- Relate the electrostatic force magnitude to the charges and the distance between them
- Explain Newton's third law for electrostatic forces
- Use measurements to determine Coulomb’s constant
- Determine what makes a force attractive or repulsive
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Teacher-Submitted Activities
| Coulomb Law Remote Lab |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
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| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López | HS MS |
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| Coulomb's Law Lab | David Wirth | UG-Intro HS |
HW Remote Lab |
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| coulomb's Law | Nawal Nayfeh | HS UG-Adv |
Remote Lab |
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| Coulomb's Law Data Collection and Analysis (remote online learning) | Danielle Martin | HS | Remote Guided Lab |
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| Chemistry - Introduction to Coulomb's Law | Jessica Youmans | HS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
| Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| Coulomb's Law for Chemistry | Teresa Erdman | HS | Guided | Chemistry | ||
| Coulombs Law Activity | David Kennedy (Adapted by Roland Van Kerschaveri & Marie Scearce, 2019) | HS | Guided | Physics | ||
| Coulomb's Self Discovery Activity | Matthew Leach | HS | Guided | Physics | ||
| Coulomb's law | Roland Van Kerschaver | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Serie de actividades para Electrostática: de Electrización, Campos y Fuerzas |
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Trish Loeblein (traducción Diana López) | MS HS UG-Intro |
Discuss HW Guided Lab MC Remote |
Physics |
| SECUNDARIA: Alineación PhET con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) |
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Diana López | HS MS |
Other | Mathematics Biology Chemistry Physics |
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| PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017) |
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Diana López | HS UG-Intro |
Other | Chemistry Physics Mathematics |
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| Wet van Coulomb - Google Quiz - guided inquiry | Loran de Vries | MS | Lab HW Remote |
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| Simulação virtual para os tipos de eletrização e a relação entre as cargas. | Denis Alves | HS | Demo Lab |
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Macintosh Systems:
macOS 10.12+, Safari 12+, latest version of Chrome.
Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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