PhET Simulation: Charges and Fields

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This simulation allows users to move point charges in an electric field. Tools allow them to display voltage, field lines, and equipotential lines surrounding a point charge. Users may add, move, or delete charges and view the resulting changes.

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.

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https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields

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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Mirror:: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/ch…
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2008 University of Colorado, Physics Education Technology
Additional information is available.
Keywords:: Coulomb's Law, charge, charge interaction, electric charges, electric field, electric potential, equipotential line
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 20, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 31, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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