
Overview
In this lesson, students will explore Coulomb's Law and connections between Kinematics and Electrostatics Motion. Students will use computational models built in a modeling environment called NetLogo to explore how charged particles interact.
Underlying Pages
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0. Student Directions -
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1. Exploring a Model of Coulomb's Law -
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2. Plotting Coulomb's Force -
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3. Plotting Potential Energy -
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4. Distance, Potential Energy, and Force -
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Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
- Physical Science
- NGSS Practice
Computational Thinking in STEM
- Data Practices
- Modeling and Simulation Practices
- Computational Problem Solving Practices
- Systems Thinking Practices