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This item is a lesson plan featuring the neon bulb, an object that can be lighted either by electric current or by static charge.  Accompanied by detailed background information, this lesson promotes conceptual understanding of  electron transfer.  It includes printable data sheets for use in the physics classroom.  No math is required.  This lesson is part of a larger collection generated by the University of Virginia Department of Physics outreach program.
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Electricity & Magnetism
- DC Circuits
- Electrostatics
- High School
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
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- Physical Science
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- Conceptual Physics
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© 2003 Robert Morse
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charge interaction, electric charge, electricity, electrostatics, motion of charge, voltage
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Metadata instance created November 7, 2006 by Caroline Hall
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August 13, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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January 31, 2003

This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.


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

This lesson plan features the neon bulb, an object that can be lighted either by electric current or by static charge.  Accompanied by detailed background information, this lesson promotes conceptual understanding of  electron transfer.  It includes printable data sheets for use in the physics classroom.  No math is required.

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Topic: Electricity and Electrical Energy
Unit Title: Electrical Charge

This lesson plan features the neon bulb, an object that can be lighted either by electric current or by static electricity.  Accompanied by detailed background information, this lesson promotes conceptual understanding of  electron transfer.

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R. Morse, (2003), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20170625221149/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/NeonChargeFrm.htm).
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R. Morse, University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Neon Bulbs & Motion of Charge (2003), <http://web.archive.org/web/20170625221149/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/NeonChargeFrm.htm>.
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Morse, R. (2003, January 31). University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Neon Bulbs & Motion of Charge. Retrieved September 12, 2024, from http://web.archive.org/web/20170625221149/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/NeonChargeFrm.htm
Chicago Format
Morse, Robert. University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Neon Bulbs & Motion of Charge. January 31, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20170625221149/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/NeonChargeFrm.htm (accessed 12 September 2024).
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Morse, Robert. University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Neon Bulbs & Motion of Charge. 2003. 31 Jan. 2003. 12 Sep. 2024 <http://web.archive.org/web/20170625221149/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/NeonChargeFrm.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Robert Morse", Title = {University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Neon Bulbs & Motion of Charge}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {12 September 2024}, Month = {January 31, 2003}, Year = {2003} }
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