Category Archives: Electricity and Magnetism

Here’s a little quiz show to help you: http://jeopardylabs.com/play/electricity-and-magnetism15

Here are some questions to help you study for the quest: What is the difference in charge between protons, electrons, and neutrons? Which direction does the light in lightning move? What two groups are electric cells divided into? What is … Continue reading →

Experiment with making different kinds of circuits with this online circuit builder. It’s pretty easy to use. Just click on the “Hand” for different online exhibits. We won’t cover all the topics but definitely the difference between series and parallel … Continue reading →

Here’s a video that shows how electrons move in a circuit (scroll about halfway through the video)  It shows the movement correctly from the negative end of a battery towards the positive end, however, remember that when we draw the … Continue reading →

Here are some great animations and images to show you how lighting forms.

This is the circuit simulator we’ll use in class. http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Voltage/