Capacitor Lab
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Topics
- Capacitor
- Capacitance
- Circuits
Description
Explore how a capacitor works! Change the size of the plates and add a dielectric to see how it affects capacitance. Change the voltage and see charges built up on the plates. Shows the electric field in the capacitor. Measure voltage and electric field.
Sample Learning Goals
- Determine the relationship between charge and voltage for a capacitor.
- Determine the energy stored in a capacitor or a set of capacitors in a circuit.
- Explore the effect of space and dielectric materials inserted between the conductors of the capacitor in a circuit.
- Determine the equivalent capacitance of a set of capacitors in series and in parallel in a circuit.
Version 2.02
Teacher-Submitted Activities
Using PhET in Electricity Unit |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Demo Lab |
Physics |
Capacitor Lab: Inquiry into Capacitor Design |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab |
Physics |
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Earth Science Physics Biology Chemistry |
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Capacitors Virtual Lab | Patrice Edwards | UG-Intro UG-Adv HS Other Grad |
Guided Other HW Lab Demo Remote |
Physics | ||
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | Biology Physics Chemistry |
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The capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor, effects of dielectric in a capacitor | Inna Shpiro | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | Physics | ||
Capacitor and Dielectric 2 | Bassam Rashed | HS UG-Intro Other UG-Adv |
Demo Guided Remote Lab HW |
Physics | ||
Capacitors - Introduction- | Bassam Rashed | HS UG-Intro UG-Adv |
HW Demo Guided Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
Virtual Lab | Jessica Leiken | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | Physics | ||
PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | Physics | ||
PhET Student Interactive Introduction on Capacitance & Dielectric Constants | Megan Stadt | HS | Guided HW Lab |
Physics Mathematics |
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Lab: Capacitance | Largo | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
'Lectronic Plates | Dean Baird | UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab |
Physics | ||
The Two-Plate Special | Dean Baird | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | Physics | ||
Capacitor Building Guided Inquiry | Tom O'Dell | HS | Lab | |||
Caps in Parallel, Series | Timothy Long | HS | CQs | |||
Capacitors | Duane Dolejsi | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | Physics | ||
Capacitors and Dielectrics | Thad Gough | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Virtual Capacitor Lab | Clive Hamilton | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | Physics | ||
PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017) |
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Diana López | HS UG-Intro |
Other | Mathematics Chemistry Physics |
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LKS Kapasitor | Agus Sugiharto | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Rangkaian Kapasitor Zoewono | zoewono syahputra | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
CAPACITOR - EXPERIMENTO VIRTUAL | W. Q. NEVES - IFCE | MS HS |
Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
Taller y laboratorio capacitores | Raúl Eduardo Cruz Garzón | UG-Intro HS |
Lab Guided |
Physics Mathematics |
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Laboratorio Virtual de Capacitancia basado en las propuestas del A.A.F. | Diego Fernando Becerra Rodríguez | UG-Adv | Lab | Physics | ||
variables de capacitores | GUDIEL ROBLERO | MS | HW | Physics | ||
Laboratorio de capacitores con y sin dieléctrico. | Mario Platero | UG-Intro | Guided Lab |
Physics |
Design Team | Third-party Libraries | Thanks To |
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