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| GUIDES | |
| 1 | Advanced
Electric Charge X Definitions of quantities, explanations of equations, worked out example problems. |
| 2 | Coulomb's Law Step-by-step construction of Coulomb's Law with a comparison to Universal Gravitation. |
| 3 | Electric
Fields Side-by-side comparison and explanation of gravitational and electric fields. |
| 4 | Electric
Potential Energy Side-by-side comparison and explanation of gravitational and electric potential energy. |
| 5 | Electric
Potential Side-by-side comparison and explanation of gravitational and electric potential. |
| JOBS | |
| 1 | Coulombic
Love Triangles Math puzzle-solving using Coulomb's Law and vectors. |
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Field
Concepts - Answers Compare gravitational and electric fields conceptually. |
| 3 | Field
Calculations - Answers Compare gravitational and electric fields analytically. |
| 4 | Electric
Potential Energy - Answers Conceptual and analytical comparison of gravitational and electric potential energy. |
| 5 | Electric
Potential - Answers Conceptual and analytical comparison of gravitational and electric potential energy. |
| 6 | Graphing
Field - Answers ...near a spherical charge. Careful on the inside, now... |
| 7 |
Graphing
Potential - Answers ...near a spherical charge. Careful on the inside, now... |
| 8 |
Capacitance
SB - Answers Careful guided intro to capacitance and capacitors. Covers concepts, definitions, equations, calculations, and energy storage. |
| 9 | The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Thanks to my mentor Walt Scheider for this one. Work through the mechanics and calculations that Robert Millikan |
| LABS | |
| 1 |
Capacitor
Curves TechLab - DataStudio file
(requires DataStudio) Charge and discharge a capacitor while recording voltage and current. |
| 2 |
Capacitor Graph TechLab - DataStudio
file (requires DataStudio) Charge and discharge a capacitor while recording voltage and current. Create and analyze the corresponding graph. |
| 3 | Power
in the Plates TechLab - DataStudio
file (requires DataStudio) Determine the energy required to fill a capacitor and the energy delivered by the capacitor. |
| 4 | Capacitor Variations TechLab - DataStudio file (requires
DataStudio) Vary the potential, resistance, and capacitance in an RC circuit. |
| VIDEOS | |
| 1 |
Mechanical Universe: Fields - Answers Electric fields discussed and (more importantly) illustrated with groovy 3D animations. Faraday cage demonstrated and explained. |
| 2 |
Mechanical Universe: Equipotentials and
Fields - Answers Equipotentials and fields. An analogy between contour lines and equipotentials is discussed and illustrated. The spark Two forms for two-student tables. |
| 3 |
Mechanical Universe: Potential and
Capacitance - Answers Potential and capacitance and (more importanly) a nice biographical sketch of Benjamin Franklic. Two forms for two-student tables. |
| 4 | Mechanical Universe: The Millikan
Experiment - Answers The Millikan Experiment and (more importantly) a debunking of the mythical "scientific method." Two forms for two-student tables. |
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