Curated OER
The Invention of Faraday Cage
Students demonstrate how Faraday's cage work by building their own electroscope. In this physics lesson, students explain how Faraday's cage work. They cite several applications of this principle in the real world.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Electrostatics With Conductors
In this interactive tutorial students will find out why the electric field inside a conductor is zero. They can learn to read maps of equipotential surfaces surrounding charged conductors and map electric field lines from those...
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: Michael Faraday (1791 1867)
A profile of Michael Faraday, a British scientist who discovered electromagnetic induction, which made it possible to develop the technology for generating electricity. He produced many other inventions, some of which are described here.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Faraday Cage
A faraday cage is an important tool for some scientists at the MagLab. But they don't work with it: they work inside it.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: 4 Electricity
A description of several demonstrations for static electricity concepts. The demonstrations utilizing the Telsa coil, Faraday cage, and Van de Graaff generator are ideal for demonstrating electric potential concepts. Suitable for student...