Franklin and Electrostatics - Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner

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written by Robert Morse
published by the Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University

This unique resource integrates the scientific work of Ben Franklin with lab procedures for replicating historic experiments in secondary classrooms. Writings and historical observations are woven into lab descriptions to give students a better insight into Franklin's work. Videos of some of the experiments are also provided. This introductory section describes the history of Franklin's work, and provides details of the equipment that will be used for the entire unit.

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Published: September 1, 2004

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electrostatics = Charge General Physics - History	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Laboratory = Unit of Instruction - Reference Material

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

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Intended User:: Learner
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2004 Wright Center for Science Teaching, Tufts University
Keywords:: Franklin writings, history of physics, lightning
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 2, 2006 by Amin Parnian
Record Updated:: February 24, 2016 by Bruce Mason
Last Update when Cataloged:: February 1, 2006
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This resource is part of 3 Physics Front Topical Units.

Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Teaching About Electrostatics

This unique resource integrates the scientific work of Ben Franklin with lab guides for replicating historic experiments in secondary classrooms. This introductory section describes the history of Franklin's work, and provides details of the equipment that will be used for the entire unit.

Link to Unit:

Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Electric Force

This is a wonderful collection of materials on the scientific works of Benjamin Franklin, integrating historical background with descriptions of the actual lab experiments. The lab guides explain how to set up identical (or very similar) experiments in the classroom and provides video how-to's for several lessons.

Link to Unit:

Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Franklin and Electrostatics

This is the introductory segment of materials by author Robert Morse on the scientific works of Benjamin Franklin. It integrates historical background and primary source documents alongside lesson plans for setting up identical (or very similar) experiments in the classroom. It includes a template for building a generator, plus video how-to's for several lessons.

Link to Unit:

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R. Morse, (Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, Medford, 2004), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3427&DocID=2347).

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R. Morse, Franklin and Electrostatics - Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner (Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, Medford, 2004), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3427&DocID=2347>.

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Morse, R. (2006, February 1). Franklin and Electrostatics - Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner. Retrieved October 12, 2024, from Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University: https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3427&DocID=2347

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Morse, Robert. Franklin and Electrostatics - Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner. Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, February 1, 2006. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3427&DocID=2347 (accessed 12 October 2024).

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Morse, Robert. Franklin and Electrostatics - Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner. Medford: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University, 2004. 1 Feb. 2006. 12 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3427&DocID=2347>.

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