Extra Resources
Below are reviews of the topics that will be covered in each of the exams. Click on a button to download the pdf.
This video is a part of TED-Ed. Video description: We all know the words around electricity -- “charge,” “positive,” “battery” and more. But where do they come from and what do they really mean? Let the history of these words illuminate the physics of electric phenomena.
Charging by Conduction and Induction
This java applet shows what is happening to charges when a balloon is rubbed against a sweater, and why that balloon will be attracted to neutral objects. Go to the download page for more information or click on the image on the right to download the simulation. This simulator was created by teachers for the PhET Interactive Simulations Project at the University of Colorado at Boulder. More simulations on Electricity and Magnetism are available here. |
Electric Field Simulator - Weber State University
This applet can be used to simulate the electric field from different charge simulations. It includes preset charge distributions, including line charges and circles of charges, useful for simulating electric fields due to capacitors and conducting spheres. This applet was created by Dan Schroeder at Weber State University. |
Electric Fields and Charged Particles
This java applet can be used to simulate the electric field created by charged particles, as well as the interaction between the charged particles and an induced electric field. Go to the download page for more information or click on the image on the right to download the simulation. This simulator was created by teachers for the PhET Interactive Simulations Project at the University of Colorado at Boulder. More simulations on Electricity and Magnetism are available here. |
Electric Potential
This java applet can be used to simulate the electric potential around point charges and to plot the equipotential lines. Go to the download page for more information or click on the image on the right to run the simulation. This simulator was created by teachers for the PhET Interactive Simulations Project at the University of Colorado at Boulder. More simulations on Electricity and Magnetism are available here. |
AC Circuit Construction Kit
This java applet can be used to simulate model AC circuits. Go to the download page for more information or click on the image on the right to download the kit. This simulator was created by teachers for the PhET Interactive Simulations Project at the University of Colorado at Boulder. More simulations on Electricity and Magnetism are available here. |
Lenz's Law Demonstration
This video demonstrates Lenz's Law by placing an aluminum block in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner and letting it fall in different directions.
This video demonstrates Lenz's Law by placing an aluminum block in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner and letting it fall in different directions.