Animations of
Electric Principles
(Version 1.6)
Steve Rock
Patrick Gleeson, PhD
John Moyer
Delaware State University
Department of Physics and Pre-engineering
Copyright 2007
Contents
Animation 1:
Animation 2:
Animation 3:
Animation 4:
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Animation 7:
Animation 8:
An introduction to charges
Charged particles
Induction of a balloon with wool
Induction of a balloon with polyester
Simple circuits
Parallel circuits
Series circuits
Reviewing Electric Circuits
Animation 1.0
Animation 1.1
Chucky can have a Negative or
Positive charge
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Animation 2.1
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Animation 2.2
Animation 2.3
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Animation 4.0
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Animation 5.0
Animation 5.1
Chucky can also have
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• What happens to the
electric charge
(Chucky) after one full
loop through the circuit?
• What happens to the
electric energy that the
charge carries?
Activity #3
Animation 6.0
Animation 6.1
Animation 6.2
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• How is Chucky the
Charge’s path different
in the circuits?
• What happens to the
electric energy that
Chucky the Charge
carries in each circuit?
• Does this animation
match what you
observed in the
investigation in class?
Animation 7.0
Animation 7.1
Animation 7.2
• How is Chucky the Charge’s
path different in the circuits?
• What happens to the electric
energy that Chucky the
Charge carries in each
circuit?
• Does this animation match
what you observed in the
investigation in class?
Animation 7.3
• How is Chucky the
Charge’s path different
in the circuits?
• What happens to the
electric energy that
Chucky the Charge
carries in each circuit?
• Does this animation
match what you
observed in the
investigation in class?
Animation 8.0
Animation 8.1
Animation 8.2
Animation 8.3
Animation 8.4
Animation 8.5
Animation 8.6
• In which circuit(s) did the
battery release energy at a
faster rate? Can you
explain why?
• What forms of energy is the
electric energy being
converted into in a real
circuit?
• In the short circuit slide,
what happened to the
electric energy coming from
the battery? Why is this
considered dangerous?
Animation 8.7
Voices by: Gabrielle Adkins, Kathryn
Curlett, Alex Fraser, Alejandra
Salazar-Soto, Ryan Minner, Kayla
Woemer, Brianna Mason, Jon Hajrizi,
Sarah Doty, and William Bates.
Animations used with permission from the Department of Physics & Astronomy
Delaware State University © 2007 (Gleeson, Rock, Moyer)