PHET Interactive Simulations: Electric Hockey

Free

University of Colorado Boulder

Resource URL

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/electric-hockey

Topics

Electricity
Electric Charges
Electric Field

Description

Play hockey with electric charges. Place charges on the ice, then hit start to try to get the puck in the goal. View the electric field. Trace the puck's motion. Make the game harder by placing walls in front of the goal. This is a clone of the popular simulation of the same name marketed by Physics Academic Software and written by Prof. Ruth Chabay of the Dept of Physics at North Carolina State University.

Sample Learning Goals

Determine the variables that affect how charged bodies interact.
Predict how charged bodies will interact.
Describe the strength and direction of the electric field around a charged body.
Use free-body diagrams and vector addition to help explain the interactions.

Language:

English

Curriculum Alignment:

CAPS aligned

Publication Date:

2020-02-12

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Audience:

Learners

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Application

PhET Simulations All simulations available at http://phet.colorado.edu are open educational resources available under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY). Permission is granted to freely use, share, or redistribute PhET sims under the CC-BY license. The following attribution is required: PhET Interactive Simulations University of Colorado Boulder https://phet.colorado.edu If your use includes redistribution of the simulations, please let us know with this form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJLU-T_z-0BnIEH3TekDdxBdMZ8cKboKNeZ-ftF1vqyn6zcA/viewform

Creative Commons License:

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives

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