Shock your class with an exciting interactive about electric fields! Physical science superstars visualize the transparent world of electric fields by changing the charge on a stationary object. They then observe changes in the resulting field by introducing a second charge and moving it around.

Concepts

electric fields, positive charges, negative charges, force diagrams

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Demonstrate the interactive's content using magnets and iron filings after students have finished
• Ask the class to sketch the electric fields they create and label each object with the appropriate charge
  

Classroom Considerations

• The interactive is designed for beginners and provides an interesting first look at electric fields and forces
  

Pros

• The interactive has pre-set boundaries to ensure pupils create only plausible interactions
• Resource is responsive to the object's movement and changes quickly
  

Cons

• None