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Fall 2003 Midterm Exam #1
Electricity is the focus of this college-level midterm exam. It requres physics learners to answer multiple choice and short answer questions in addition to evaluating several diagrams and graphs. This is appropriate for most high school...
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Regents High School Examination - Physics 2010
Give every type of learner in your physics class an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the year. From analyzing tables and graphs, to evaluating diagrams and solving problems, there is an outstanding variety of...
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Physical Setting: Physics Exam 2004
Twelve pages of mostly multiple-choice questions comprise this comprehensive New York Regents physics exam. It covers an entire year's worth of physics curriculum and requires about three hours for completion. Review the questions to...
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Midterm Exam #1, Electricity Concepts
The physics department at The University of Hawaii has designed midterm exams for their college physics courses. This version deals with electricity concepts. It requires learners to calculate conversions, capacitance, and potential...
Bowels Physics
Electric Circuits
Investigate the construction of the electric circuit with a thorough presentation that provides a solid background for each type of circuit. After introducing key vocabulary, the lesson goes on to explain circuit design.
Curated OER
Series and Parallel Circuits
Electricians draw four different circuits and answer questions about the resistance, voltage drop, and current at different points in each. Completing this learning exercise will help make sure that your class is understanding what is...
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Electricity
Cute cartoons and diagrams help explain electric charge to your physical science buffs. No math is involved even though units for electric charge and voltage are mentioned. This is a pretty neat and straightforward note taking guide for...
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Electrical Energy
In this electrical energy worksheet, students will review currents and electrical circuits, including how electrical energy is measured. This worksheet has 6 words scrambles, 6 fill in the blank, 5 multiple choice, and 4 short answer...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Fields and Potentials of Other Distributions
In this interactive tutorial students will learn about electric potential and the principle of superposition. They will discover how superposition applies to electric fields and how electrostatic potential energy relates to electric...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Simple Electrical Cell
This is a Java tutorial showing the simple voltaic (or galvanic) electrical cell, which is the most basic type of "wet" cell and demonstrates the fundamental chemistry behind batteries.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Electric Potential Energy
This site from Georgia State University defines electric potential energy and relates it to the concept of electric potential. Discusses the idea of a reference point or a zero potential location.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Ohm's Law
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this lesson, students learn about the invention of the battery and how a battery works, and about resistance in an electrical circuit. As well, Ohm's Law is used...
Physics4kids
Physics4 Kids: Electricity and Magnetism: Resistance
Explains electrical resistance and how it is measured using the formula for Ohm's Law.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: The Series Circuit
Explains how a series circuit works, accompanied by an animation. Lists the rules and formulas that apply to a series circuit.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Georg Simon Ohm
More than a dry series of facts about Ohm's life, this page from the University of St. Andrews provides interesting anecdotal accounts which reveal the personality behind the man. Thorough, interesting and an abundance of facts. A great...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Point Charge Potential
This site from the Georgia State University explains the concept of electric potential about a point charge or combination of severat point charges. An interactive JavaScript form allows the visitor to investigate the effect of distance...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Equipotential Lines
At this site from the Georgia State University, the equipotential lines around several different configuration of charges are shown and described. Excellent graphics and clear discussion.
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: The Hall Effect
Adjust the magnetic field in this simulation to see how the flow of electricity is affected.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Thermodynamics of Galvanic Cells
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to electrochemistry and thermodynamics. This site specifically addresses galvanic cells and potential difference.