Electrostatic Force
Electricity and Magnetism

Gold leaf electroscope

Practical Activity for 14-16 PRACTICAL PHYISCS

The device is used for detecting electric charge and can also identify its polarity, if compared with a known charge.

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Electrostatic charges

Historically, the first observations and experiments with electricity involved...

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Electrostatic Force
Electricity and Magnetism PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Charging by electrostatic induction

Class practical: electrostatic induction is a quick way of using a charged object to give something a charge, of the opposite...

Practical Activity 14-16

Electrostatic Force
Electricity and Magnetism PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Further electrostatic experiments

Demonstration: these experiments could be used at the same time as elementary experiments with charged rods and polystyrene...

Practical Activity 14-16

Electrostatic Force
Electricity and Magnetism PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Flowing fluids can become charged

Demonstration: to illustrate the dangers associated with transferring fuel.

Practical Activity 14-16

Electricity and Magnetism Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many pupils are confused by the idea of conventional current.

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many pupils see circuit behaviour as a sequence of causes and effects, rather than seeing the whole circuit as an interacting system.

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Some younger pupils hold a 'consumer-source' model of the simple circuit.

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