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This learning cycle features 32 videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing electricity and magnetism. Each video includes learning goal, prior knowledge required,…
  
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This is a student guide created by the PhET team specifically for use with the simulation Balloons and Static Electricity . It gives step-by-step directions for simulation set-up and…
  
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This Flash interactive tutorial explores ionic bonding—a type of chemical bond formed between two ions with opposite charges. Learners investigate how the transfer of electrons…
  
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This Flash interactive tutorial explores covalent bonding, a type of chemical bond that involves sharing of electrons. Learners investigate the attractive and repulsive forces that…
  
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This is an interactive tutorial for high school physics students on the topic of electrostatic induction. Induction charging is a method used to charge a conductor without direct…
  
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This is a free internet-based module for high school physics or physical science on the topic of electrostatics. The lesson begins with a short video clip of a car catching on fire…
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This web page is the first chapter in a free online textbook on electric circuits, appropriate for learners with little background in physics. It provides an introduction to static…
  
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S. Neaves; Editor: K. Coyne; Publisher: Florida State University
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This is a collection of more than 50 short biographies on some of the most important figures in the history of electricity and magnetism. Most of the biographies include links to…
  
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This is a short biography of Charles Augustin de Coulomb, the 18th-century scientist whose experiments with a torsion balance gave rise to one of the fundamental principles of…
  
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This tutorial from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory explores the historic device known as a torsion balance. By carefully recording the measurements he obtained with his…
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