Static and Flowing Electricity
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⚡ Hair sticking to a comb isn't creating new electricity! Electrons just moved from one side to the other, so the total charge is always 0. 🧪 Glass is fascinating: rub it with silk and it becomes positive, but rub it with fur and it becomes negative. The charge sign depends on the pair, not just the object! 🎈 Play with two balloons by changing their charges and distance to see how charge is proportional while distance works by inverse-square. 🔄 Finally, move a magnet in and out of a coil to generate current. Hold it still inside? Current drops to 0 — change creates current, not presence! Built with code · Remix it to add your own generator!
About this app
Still Electricity, Flowing Electricity is an interactive physics educational web app designed to demonstrate static electricity and electromagnetic induction. Users can simulate electron transfer by rubbing materials together, explore electrostatic forces between charged balloons, and induce electrical currents by moving a magnet through a coil. By adjusting variables like distance, charge amount, movement speed, and coil turns, learners can visually observe core electromagnetic principles.
Use cases
- Middle school science teachers seeking interactive visual aids for physics lessons
- Students studying static friction charges, electrostatic forces, and induction
- Science learners wanting to visualize invisible electrical phenomena through direct experimentation
Features
- Friction charging simulator showing electron transfer and relative charge signs across fur, glass, silk, and plastic
- Electrostatic force module to test attraction, repulsion, charge magnitude, and inverse-square distance relations
- Electromagnetic induction lab adjusting magnet poles, movement direction, speed, and coil turn counts
- Guided interactive step-by-step challenges with real-time feedback and data readouts