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This is an animated tutorial for middle school and high school that explores the difference between AC and DC current. It will help students with the following concepts: 1) What is current? 2) How is current produced? 3) How is current conducted in a wire and a battery? 4) What is alternating current and why was it a groundbreaking discovery? 5) How does an AC generator work?
Editor's Note: This resource would be a good choice for classrooms in which Internet technology is limited, as it delivers the tutorial in an HTML format. Teachers' Domain is an NSF-funded pathway of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). It is a growing collection of more than 1,000 free educational resources compiled by researchers and experienced teachers to promote the use of digital resources in the classroom.
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Electricity and Electrical Energy
Unit Title: Moving Charges and Electric Circuits This animated tutorial does a great job to promote understanding of current: what it is, how it is produced, and how it moves. The animations show students the difference between DC and AC current flow, and explain how and AC generator works. Especially recommended for classes where Internet technology is limited: the tutorial is delivered in HTML format. Link to Unit:
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<a href="http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=10094">National Science Foundation. Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, March 31, 2010.</a>
AIP Format
Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference? (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2004), WWW Document, (http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/).
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Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference? (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2004), <http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/>.
APA Format
Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?. (2010, March 31). Retrieved May 25, 2013, from WGBH Educational Foundation: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/
Chicago Format
National Science Foundation. Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, March 31, 2010. http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/ (accessed 25 May 2013).
MLA Format
Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2004. 31 Mar. 2010. National Science Foundation. 25 May 2013 <http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/>.
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@misc{
Title = {Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?},
Publisher = {WGBH Educational Foundation},
Volume = {2013},
Number = {25 May 2013},
Month = {March 31, 2010},
Year = {2004}
}
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