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WISE is a free online science environment offering standards-based modules designed to complement K-12 classroom instruction. It requires internet access with Shockwave and…
  
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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 classroom lab reinforces student understanding of circuit continuity. A lamp is connected to a battery with jumper wires. After measuring normal voltages in a functioning…
  
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This 17-page manuscript proposes a unified approach for the teaching of circuits in introductory calculus-based physics. The paper, written by the authors of the Matter &…
  
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This item is an interactive Flash tutorial that introduces a very simple model of electron flow through an electric circuit. It was developed to help students form correct…
  
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M. Davidson; Editor: K. Coyne
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This is a collection of more than 60 tutorials on concepts, laws, and historical milestones associated with electricity and magnetism. The simulations range in complexity from very…
  
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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 an inquiry-based lesson developed for use with the PhET DC Circuit Construction Kit, an interactive simulation that lets users build circuits with virtual wires, batteries,…
  
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This page contains a series of three "PhET Gold-Star Activities" developed to accompany the PhET DC Circuit Construction Kit. The lessons explore basic properties of electric…
  
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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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