In this interactive lesson unit, students will learn about electric fields and charge density. They will explore electric field diagrams and learn how they are used, as well as discover electrostatic potential energy and how it relates...

This tutorial introduces the concept of electric potential. It relates this concept to the potential energy of a positive test charge at various locations within an electric field. Take the interactive quiz to test your understanding.

This site from Georgia State University defines electric potential energy and relates it to the concept of electric potential. Discusses the idea of a reference point or a zero potential location.

Wikipedia provides detailed information on electrical potential, including a definition, introduction, and mathematical formulas.

From The Scots Guide to Electronics web site. The meaning of electric potential is described. A combination of diagrams and words are used to explain this difficult concept without the use of mathematics. Very well done!

Explore the conversion of electric potential energy to thermal energy.

Discusses electric forces, electric fields, electric potential, and the role that electric potential plays in enabling materials to pass through a cell membrane.

This tutorial is devoted to an understanding of electric potential difference and its application to the movement of charge in electric circuits. Take the interactive quiz to assess your understanding.

In this interactive tutorial students will learn about electric potential and the principle of superposition. They will discover how superposition applies to electric fields and how electrostatic potential energy relates to electric...

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will learn about electric potential.

Review the key terms, equations, and skills related to Ohm's law, including how electric potential difference, current, and resistance are related.

Compare potential energy of oppositely or similarly charged particles.

College-level physics course highlighting electricity and magnetism. This course is divided into several modules including electric fields, magnetic fields, electromagnetic forces, conductors and dielectrics, electromagnetic waves, and...

In this tutorial the concept of electric potential difference is discussed. Electric potential is the amount of electric potential energy per unit of charge that would be possessed by a charged object if placed within an electric field...

Explains what is meant by potential energy and demonstrates how to use the formulas for gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, and electric potential energy. Includes interactive calculators for the first two formula...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will discover how an electrical potential is generated in an electrochemical cell, and then they will calculate the standard cell potentials from a table of...

In this unit students discover the meaning and some applications of electric potential, commonly known as voltage, and how it powers some simple circuits.

Defines electric potential, field lines, and equipotential lines. Contains example problems and formulas for solving.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore a different way of thinking about electricity as a way to become familiar with the concept of potential, current, and resistance using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video...

This site from Georgia State University Physics Department defines and explains the concept of potential energy. Using equations and graphics to illustrate the idea, it discusses the many types of potential energy (gravitational,...

A series of pages which define key terms and explain basic concepts related to electric potential. Includes a set of practice problems with answers and solutions.

Compare the potential energy of particles with varying amounts of charge.

Students explore a virtual environment for exploring the electric potential surrounding a positive and negative source charge.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn how the placement of charges leads to an electric field and electric potential patterns in nearby space using our interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available....