PhET Simulation: Electric Field of Dreams

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This page contains an interactive simulation of charges in an electric field. Users add or delete charges to see how they react to the field. The user can also activate an external field and control its magnitude and direction. For more advanced learners, the field can be set to varying levels of discreteness.

This item is part of a larger collection of materials developed and maintained by the Physics Education Technology project (PhET) based on principles of physics education research.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/efield

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electric Fields and Potential = Electric Field	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2007 University of Colorado, Physics Education Technology
Additional information is available.
Keywords:: charge, charge interaction, electric charges, electric field
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 16, 2007 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: February 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 16, 2007
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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PhET. PhET Simulation: Electric Field of Dreams. Boulder: PhET, November 16, 2007. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/efield (accessed 1 May 2025).

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