NOVA Science Now: Lightning

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written by Joe Dwyer and the Public Broadcasting Service

This multimedia resource from NOVA explores the electrostatic forces that cause lightning. It features a nine-minute Flash video, an interactive tutorial on varieties of lightning, an "Ask the Expert" question-answer session with lightning expert Joe Dwyer, and background information for teachers.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/lightning.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electrostatics	- High School - Middle School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Lecture/Presentation - Reference Material - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended Users:: Learner
Educator
Formats:: application/flash
image/jpeg
text/html
video/quicktime
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2005 PBS and Joe Dwyer
Keywords:: electrostatics, lightning
Record Creators:: Metadata instance created March 14, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Joe Dwyer
Record Updated:: February 13, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: April 10, 2006

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Electric Charge

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J. Dwyer and Public Broadcasting Service, NOVA Science Now: Lightning (2005), WWW Document, (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/lightning.html).

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J. Dwyer and Public Broadcasting Service, NOVA Science Now: Lightning (2005), <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/lightning.html>.

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Dwyer, J., & Public Broadcasting Service. (2006, April 10). NOVA Science Now: Lightning. Retrieved May 22, 2013, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/lightning.html

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Dwyer, Joseph, and Public Broadcasting Service. NOVA Science Now: Lightning. April 10, 2006. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/lightning.html (accessed 22 May 2013).

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Dwyer, Joseph, and Public Broadcasting Service. NOVA Science Now: Lightning. 2005. 10 Apr. 2006. 22 May 2013 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/lightning.html>.

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