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published by the WGBH Educational Foundation
supported by the National Science Foundation
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?

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.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Education Practices
- Technology
= Multimedia
Electricity & Magnetism
- AC Circuits
- DC Circuits
= Currents
- High School
- Middle School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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- Learners
- Educators
- General Publics
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© 2004 PBS Online: http://www.pbs.org/aboutsite/aboutsite_rules.html
Keywords:
AC current, DC current, E & M, animation, battery, circuit tutorial, circuits, current, electric current, electricity tutorial, electromagnetism
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created June 18, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
September 23, 2014 by Bruce Mason
Last Update
when Cataloged:
March 31, 2010
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AIP Format
(WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2004), WWW Document, (http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/ac-dc-whats-the-difference/).
AJP/PRST-PER
Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference? (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2004), <http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/ac-dc-whats-the-difference/>.
APA Format
Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?. (2010, March 31). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from WGBH Educational Foundation: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/ac-dc-whats-the-difference/
Chicago Format
National Science Foundation. Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, March 31, 2010. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/ac-dc-whats-the-difference/ (accessed 25 April 2024).
MLA Format
Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2004. 31 Mar. 2010. National Science Foundation. 25 Apr. 2024 <http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.acdc/ac-dc-whats-the-difference/>.
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@misc{ Title = {Teachers' Domain: AC / DC: What's The Difference?}, Publisher = {WGBH Educational Foundation}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {25 April 2024}, Month = {March 31, 2010}, Year = {2004} }
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