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Capacitor Lab
Explore how a capacitor works! Change the size of the plates and add a dielectric to see how it affects capacitance. Change the voltage and see charges built up on the plates. Shows the electric field in the capacitor. Measure voltage and electric field.
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Capacitor
- Capacitance
- Circuits
Sample Learning Goals
- Determine the relationship between charge and voltage for a capacitor.
- Determine the energy stored in a capacitor or a set of capacitors in a circuit.
- Explore the effect of space and dielectric materials inserted between the conductors of the capacitor in a circuit.
- Determine the equivalent capacitance of a set of capacitors in series and in parallel in a circuit.
Teaching Ideas
| Title | Authors | Level | Type | Updated |
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Using PhET in Electricity Unit
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab Demo CQs |
7/19/13 |
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Capacitor Lab: Inquiry into Capacitor Design
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab HW |
8/7/11 |
| Capacitor Building Guided Inquiry | Tom O'Dell | HS | Lab | 6/5/13 |
| variables de capacitores | GUDIEL ROBLERO | MS | HW | 4/22/13 |
| Caps in Parallel, Series | Timothy Long | HS | CQs | 2/14/13 |
| Capacitors | Duane Dolejsi | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | 12/29/12 |
| Capacitors and Dielectrics | Thad Gough | HS | Lab | 12/19/12 |
| The Two-Plate Special | Dean Baird | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | 5/7/11 |
| 'Lectronic Plates | Dean Baird | UG-Intro HS |
Lab HW |
5/7/11 |
| Virtual Capacitor Lab | Clive Hamilton | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | 1/19/11 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Related Simulations
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Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
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