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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...