supported by
the National Science Foundation
technical implementer:
Andrew McKinney
written by
John Belcher
This is a simulation consisting of two fixed charges and one charge that is free to move. The objective of the game is to "steer" the moving charge around a maze by changing the value of the charge in response to the forces acting on it due to the electric field.
This item is part of a larger collection of visualizations developed by the MIT TEAL/Studio Physics Project. Lecture notes, labs, and presentations are also available as part of the MIT Open Courseware Repository.
Please note that this resource requires
Java Applet Plug-in.
Please note that this resource requires
Java (JRE).
MIT Open Courseware (OCW): http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm
Keywords:
Coulomb, Java applet, Pauli repulsion, dipole, electric field, electric potential, electrostatics game, electrostatics simulation, equipotential, field lines, grass seeds, point charges
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=9937">Belcher, John. MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics Visualizations - The Electrostatic Videogame. July 31, 2008.</a>
J. Belcher, MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics Visualizations - The Electrostatic Videogame (2004), <http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/videogame/videogame.htm>.
Belcher, J. (2008, July 31). MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics Visualizations - The Electrostatic Videogame. Retrieved December 13, 2024, from http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/videogame/videogame.htm
Belcher, John. MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics Visualizations - The Electrostatic Videogame. July 31, 2008. http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/electrostatics/videogame/videogame.htm (accessed 13 December 2024).
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