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written by
Anne Cox,
Wolfgang Christian, and
Francisco Esquembre
This resource is a collection of EJS (Easy Java Simulation) models of electrostatics. Students can move charges around and see the force, observe the electric field generated by charge configurations, and observe the motion of test particles in electric fields. Also included are instructor's guides and student worksheets to supplement the simulations (See "Documents" for supplementary materials.)
Editor's Note: This package was created for use in middle school and 9th grade physical science, but the models can easily be adapted for high school physics courses. SEE ANNOTATIONS for additional content support on Coulomb's Law and charge interactions. This item was created with Easy Java Simulations (EJS), a modeling tool that allows users without formal programming experience to generate computer models and simulations. To run the simulation, simply click the Java Archive file below. To modify or customize the model, See Related Materials for detailed instructions on installing and running the EJS Modeling and Authoring Tool. Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE). 
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Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Lesson PlansIn order to access this file, please Login to the Physics Front collection. A zip file of Lesson Plans to accompany the Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package. .zip file (2015 kb Compressed File) Published: December 4, 2009
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Coulomb ForceIndividual jar file of simulation in package. download 746kb .jar Published: December 7, 2009 previous versions
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Coulomb Force Student WorksheetStudent Worksheet (pdf) for individual simulation in package. download 65kb .pdf Published: December 7, 2009
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Coulomb PendulumIndividual jar file of simulation in package. download 740kb .jar Published: December 8, 2009 previous versions
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Coulomb Pendulum Student WorksheetStudent Worksheet (pdf) for individual simulation in package. download 57kb .pdf Published: December 8, 2009
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Point ChargeIndividual jar file of simulation in package. download 1216kb .jar Published: December 8, 2009 previous versions
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Point Charge Student WorksheetStudent Worksheet (pdf) for individual simulation in package. download 107kb .pdf Published: December 8, 2009
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Electric Multipole FieldIndividual jar file of simulation in package. download 1311kb .jar Published: December 8, 2009 previous versions
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Electric Multipole Field Student WorksheetStudent Worksheet (pdf) for individual simulation in package. download 117kb .pdf Published: December 8, 2009
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Dipole TrajectoryIndividual jar file of simulation in package. download 825kb .jar Published: December 8, 2009 previous versions
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Dipole Trajectory Student WorksheetStudent Worksheet (pdf) for individual simulation in package. download 106kb .pdf Published: December 8, 2009
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Charge Ring TrajectoryIndividual jar file of simulation in package. download 1126kb .jar Published: December 8, 2009 previous versions
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field: Charge Ring Trajectory Student WorksheetStudent Worksheet (pdf) for individual simulation in package. download 116kb .pdf Published: December 8, 2009
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Multi-Jar PackagePackage with smaller jar files for applet distribution. download 1975kb .jar Published: December 7, 2009 previous versions
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Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package Source CodeSource Code for the Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package program. The source code archive contains an XML representation of the Ejs model. Unzip this… more... download 2129kb .zip Rights: This material is released under the GNU General Public License Version 3. Published: December 1, 2009 previous versions
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)11. Common Themes
11B. Models
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (1993 Version)4. THE PHYSICAL SETTING
G. Forces of Nature
NSES Content Standards
Con.B: Physical Science
The Physics Classroom: Coulomb's Law
(Editor: Caroline Hall)
Date: 07/08/2010
Middle school teachers may want to revisit Coulomb's Law before presenting this lesson. This interactive tutorial is very beneficial in explaining force as a vector quantity, how to determine the direction of electrical force vectors, and content support in calculations related to Coulomb's Law. It is part of The Physics Classroom collection. This resource is part of 3 Physics Front Topical Units.
Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Electric Field This outstanding resource integrates Java-based models of electrostatics with standards-based lesson plans and student worksheets. Your students will have fun moving charges around to investigate interaction of charged particles and watch as electric field lines are generated. The worksheets offer them structured guidance. Link to Unit:
Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Electric Field The concept of electric field can be very difficult for beginners. This package of Java simulations allows students to move charges around and see the force; observe the electric field generated by charge configurations; and observe the motion of test particles in electric fields. Includes instructor's guides and printable student worksheets. The package was created for use in middle school and 9th grade physical science, but can be adapted for high school conceptual physics. Link to Unit:
Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Electric Force An outstanding collection of Easy Java Simulation models for electrostatics. Students can move charges around to see the force, observe the field generated, and observe the motion of test particles in electric fields. Included are student worksheets for each simulation. Link to Unit:
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Cox, A., Christian, W., & Esquembre, F. (2009). Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved May 20, 2013, from http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9683&DocID=1425
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Cox, Anne, Wolfgang Christian, and Francisco Esquembre. Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2009. Java (JRE) 1.5, Java Archive file.20 May 2013 <http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9683&DocID=1425>.
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