L1phy e&m

Static Electricity Animations:

• John Travoltage (Phet)

• Balloons on shirts! (Phet)

• Charged rod + Al-can (phy classroom)

• Charged rod & ball on string simulation (Physics Zone)

• Electroscope charged by induction OR contact/conduction 

• Electroscope activity (JavaLab)

• Van der Graaff

• a good Van der Graff simulation with heaps of different things to do

Current Electricity

• Animation of how circuits, current, voltage and resistance actually work 

• Resistance at a molecular scale (FSU)

• Ohm's Law (Phet)

• Circuit Simulator (Phet) 

• Ohm's Law (FSU)

• Crack the Circuit Game: work out the wiring if 18 different circuits

Magnets & Electromagnetism:

• Magnetic field around a bar magnet (Fendt)

• Bar magnets attracting & repelling (shape of field line diagram) FSU

• Circular magnetic field around straight current-carrying wire (Fendt)

• Bar magnet & compass (Phet) download and run java file

• Electromagnet and compass (Phet) download and run java file

• Compass inside an electromagnet (direction of magnetic field inside) (FSU)

• GREAT electromagnet with power pack & compass needle (PCCL)

• Parallel wires with current attracting or repelling (MagLab)