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written by
Anne Cox,
Wolfgang Christian, and
Francisco Esquembre
The EJS Electric Field: What is Wrong? Package is a collection of models for electrostatics with errors intentionally built into each model. Users 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 to try to identify the errors in the simulation. Users can inspect, modify and correct any simulation in the package by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item. The package also includes a brief overview of programming basics needed to correct the models.
The Electric Field: What is Wrong? Package was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_em_electric_wiw.jar file will launch the package if Java is installed. Navigate within the package and click on a green triangle to run a particular simulation. Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models. Additional Ejs models are available on ComPADRE. Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE). 
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Teaching Physics using Intentionally Incorrect SimulationsArticle (pdf) describing the use of intentionally incorrect simulations (What is Wrong?) in electrostatics to teach physics and some computation. Journal… more... download 125kb .pdf Published: April 30, 2011
Coulomb Force What Is WrongThe Coulomb Force model from the "What is wrong" package. download 1093kb .jar Last Modified: May 28, 2013 previous versions
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Electric Field: What is Wrong? Source CodeSource Code for the Electric Field: What is Wrong? package. The source code archive contains an XML representation of the Ejs model. Unzip this archive in… more... download 330kb .zip Rights: This material is released under the GNU General Public License Version 3. Published: April 14, 2010
Electric Field: What is Wrong? Solutions source code.In order to access this file, please Login to the Physics Front collection. Source code of the solutions for the Electric Field: What is Wrong? package. The source code is password protected (contact the author). The source code… more... .zip file (148 kb Compressed File) Published: April 14, 2010
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<a href="http://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=9964">Cox, A, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre. "Electric Field: What is Wrong? Package." Version 1.0.</a>
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A. Cox, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre, Computer Program ELECTRIC FIELD: WHAT IS WRONG? PACKAGE, Version 1.0 (2010), WWW Document, (http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9964&DocID=1589).
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A. Cox, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre, Computer Program ELECTRIC FIELD: WHAT IS WRONG? PACKAGE, Version 1.0 (2010), <http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9964&DocID=1589>.
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Cox, A., Christian, W., & Esquembre, F. (2010). Electric Field: What is Wrong? Package (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved June 19, 2013, from http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9964&DocID=1589
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Cox, A, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre. "Electric Field: What is Wrong? Package." Version 1.0. http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9964&DocID=1589 (accessed 19 June 2013).
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Cox, Anne, Wolfgang Christian, and Francisco Esquembre. Electric Field: What is Wrong? Package. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2010. Java (JRE) 1.5, Java Archive file.19 June 2013 <http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9964&DocID=1589>.
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Author = "Anne Cox and Wolfgang Christian and Francisco Esquembre",
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Month = {April},
Year = {2010}
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Covers the Same Topic As
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field Package
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field package shows correct versions of similar simulations. relation by Anne Cox
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Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool
The Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool is needed to explore the computational model used in the Electric Field: What is Wrong? Package. relation by Wolfgang Christian
Is a Teaching Guide For
Physics Classroom: Charge Interactions Revisited
Is a Teaching Guide For
The Physics Classroom: Electric Force - Coulomb's Law
Is a Teaching Guide For
The Physics Classroom: Electric Force - Inverse Square Law
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