Battery Voltage

This simulation will allow you to look inside a battery to see how it works. You will be able to select the battery voltage and see the movement of the charges from one end of the battery to the other. A voltmeter will tell the resulting battery voltage.
Some of the sample learning goals can be:

Do the small blue spheres represent positive or negative charges?
Which side of the battery is labeled positive, and which side is negative?
How can you determine which side of the battery is positive and negative just by the location of the blue charges?

Resource ID#: 52581 Type: Virtual Manipulative

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Direct Link: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/battery-voltage

General Information

Subject(s): Science

Grade Level(s): 9

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Java Plugin

Keywords: Voltage, Batteries, Electrons

Instructional Component Type(s): Virtual Manipulative

Resource Collection: Games and Simulations

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