John Travoltage
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Topics
- Static Electricity
Description
Play with John’s foot and arm to explore when he gets a zap!
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe and draw models for common static electricity concepts (transfer of charge, attraction, repulsion, and grounding).
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Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Static Magnetic and Electric unit (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Demo Lab HW |
Physics |
| 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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| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Physics Biology Chemistry Earth Science |
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| Exploring Electric Charges | Matt Simkins | MS HS |
Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | Biology Physics Chemistry |
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| PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| Electricity Simulations Analysis | Chris Leverington | MS HS |
Lab HW Guided |
Physics Chemistry |
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| Static Electricity Lab! | Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
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Diana López | HS Grad UG-Adv MS UG-Intro K-5 |
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Mathematics Physics Astronomy Chemistry |
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