Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Electric Charge and Electric Force

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes what electric charge and electric force are and the electric forces between charged particles.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level physics course highlighting electromagnetism. This course also includes a wide variety of other physics topics including lightning, electrocardiograms, metal detectors, and atom smashers, to name a few. Course includes a...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Static Electric Charge

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses electric charge and electric force, and identifies ways that electric charge is transferred.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Physics/electricity & Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature science exhibits and experiments that can be made with common, inexpensive, easily available materials. These electricity snacks represent a set of devices that you can build and experiment with...
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Electric Hockey

For Students 9th - 10th
Play hockey with electric charges. Place charges on the ice, then hit start to try to get the puck in the goal. View the electric field. Trace the puck's motion. Make the game harder by placing walls in front of the goal. This is a clone...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Transfer of Electric Charge

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Transfer of electric charge: transfer of electrons, conservation of charge and three ways electric charge can be transferred.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Electric Charge Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the key terms and skills related to electric charge, including how to calculate net charge.
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Charging Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore charge interactions, the charging of objects by conduction and induction, and the grounding of objects in this interactive.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Electric Charge and Net Charge

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this lesson, students learn about electric charges, and how the law of charges determines whether charges repel or attract each other. They will also learn how...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Magnetic Force on Moving Electric Charges

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson examines how moving electric charges are affected when inside a magnetic field. Students are shown how to calculate the force on a single moving electric...
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Charge Interactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This online tutorial teaches students about the nature of the electric force. In this part of Lesson 1, two simple and fundamental statements will be made and explained about the nature of the electric force.
Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Physics: Electric Fields and Potentials

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines electric potential, field lines, and equipotential lines. Contains example problems and formulas for solving.
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Point Charge Electric Field

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate with the electric field around one or two charged particles at different points along a line in this physics simulation.
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Power: Putting Charges to Work

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial the concept of how electrical energy is transformed is introduced. Learn how electric charges actually work and take the interactive quiz to assess your understanding.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Coulomb's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[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....
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Lesson 2: Charging by Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand how to electrically charge an object by friction with this detailed description. Classrooms will benefit by extending the lesson with the interactive opportunity and follow up for comprehension with the "Check Your...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 2: Electrostatics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit students take a deeper look into charges beyond the simplified 'opposites attract." Students learn to calculate those attractive and repulsive forces and to show how invisible fields are responsible for them.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Physical Science: Static Electricity

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses electric charge and electric force, and identifies ways that electric charge is transferred.
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Electric Field: What Is Wrong?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What's wrong with this model? Students expect simulations to show factual science concepts, but these particular simulations are intentionally built incorrectly. The objective is to find where the physics concerning electric fields is...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Electric Ice Sheet

For Students 6th - 9th
Balance electric charges to prevent Tommy from slipping into icy water. You are presented with 4 particles, each with a charge value. Using the plus/minus scrollbar, you can change the value of the highlighted charge. Then press the play...
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Electric Multipole Field Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulation demonstrating how a point charge, a dipole, or a quadrupole shows field vectors or voltage. Change the charge and see the electric field direction and magnitude, and then record the detector values using a built-in data...
Unit Plan
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Electrostatics

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews electrostatics including electric charges, Coulomb's law, static electricity, electric fields, electric potential, and electrostatic...
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Lesson2 Grounding Removal of a Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
How do objects become grounded? Probe into the science behind "grounding" objects by removing an electric charge. Explore the Charge Interactive and test understanding with the three follow-up questions.
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Electric Field Lines

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive students will explore the strength of an electric field in the space surrounding a source charge. It is related directly to the quantity of charge on the source charge and inversely to the distance from the source...