PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields

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written by Trish Loeblein

This inquiry-based lesson is intended to accompany the PhET Electric Field Hockey simulation. Students place electric charges on a simulated ice field to guide a hockey puck into a goal. As they investigate charge interaction, the teacher integrates vector addition and free-body diagrams to help students understand strength and direction of the electric field around a charged body.

This set of materials includes a lesson plan, student guide, and clicker questions designed to elicit prior knowledge and identify misconceptions held by students.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.4, Java WebStart of Java.

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2853

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electrostatics	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Lesson/Lesson Plan

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Intended User:: Educator
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 Physics Education Technology, University of Colorado
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Keywords:: charge interaction, electric field, electrostatics
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 31, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: July 8, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 1, 2007

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NSES Content Standards

Con.A: Science as Inquiry

9-12: Abilities for Scientific Inquiry

Con.B: Physical Science

9-12: Structure & Properties of Matter

Con.E: Science & Technology

9-12: Understandings about Science & Technology

This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.

Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Electric Field

Looking for a truly interactive lesson on electric field? This package was developed by an award-winning high school teacher to accompany the PhET simulation Electric Field Hockey. Students place electric charges on a simulated ice field, then use their understanding of charge interaction to guide a hockey puck into a goal. The lesson integrates the game with free-body diagrams and vector addition.

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Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Electric Charge

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<a href="http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=4605">Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, September 1, 2007.</a>

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T. Loeblein, PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields (Physics Education Technology Project, Boulder, 2006), WWW Document, (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2853).

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Loeblein, T. (2007, September 1). PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields. Retrieved May 22, 2013, from Physics Education Technology Project: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2853

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Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, September 1, 2007. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2853 (accessed 22 May 2013).

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Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity using Electric Field Hockey and Charges and Fields. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, 2006. 1 Sep. 2007. 22 May 2013 <http://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2853>.

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