Electricity

Statics

• Bill Nye Static Electricity video, worksheet

• PHET static interactive simulation

• Electroscope demonstration video, BEST retro video explanation of electroscope, another explanation of electroscope, using an electroscope to determine charge

• Gizmos: pith ball lab (advanced electrostatic force calculation)

Current Electricity

• Circuit analogy videos

  • people, energy drinks, obstacle course video

  • water tower, water wheel (includes series and parallel circuits) video

• Bill Nye Current Electricity video, worksheet

• Electricity and circuits video (also has statics info too)

• Homopolar motor video

• Simulations

  • Interactive circuit builder

  • DCACLab circuit simulation

  • PHET circuit construction kit

• Resistance

  • Resistor band calculator

  • V=IR Video

• Determining Ohm's Law simulation

• Gizmos: circuit builder, advanced circuits, household energy usage

Sources of Energy

• TEDEd - can 100% renewable energy power the world?

• Energy conservation

  • energuide labels

  • energy pricing hydro one

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