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Electricity Basics


The basics of charge and electricity

Navigate throught the prezi below (you can click on the forward and back buttons to navigate).

http://prezi.com/5en_hevgnzb4/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

 

TASK 1

Write or create a description of how a Van Der Graaff generator works.  IMPORTANT - think about how charges move, many common representations are incorrect!  DO NOT JUST RELY ON AN EXISTING EXPLANATION

Your explanation could be written, a video or a presentation - just remember to post it to your blog and paste a link to it in the comments section so that we can peer rate it.

 

Now let's look at the unit of charge - the Coulomb

http://prezi.com/zgbma49vffk3/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

 

TASK 2

Take this quiz to test your basic understanding of charged particles.

 

And that is this task done!  But that value for electron charge leads us nicely onto task 3...

Task Discussion