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: An introduction to charges
Animation 2: Charged particles

Animation 3: Induction of a balloon with wool

Animation 4: Induction of a balloon with polyester

Animation 5: Simple circuits

Animation 6: Parallel circuits

Animation 7: Series circuits

Animation 8: Reviewing Electric Circuits

Animation 1.0
 Animation 1.1

Chucky can have a Negative or

Positive charge

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Animation 2.0
 Animation 2.1

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Animation 2.2
 Animation 2.3

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Animation 2.4
 Animation 2.5

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Animation 2.6
 Animation 2.7

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Animation 3.0
Animation 3.1
Animation 3.2
Wool
 



 


-


 
 
 
 

+

+
    

  

     
  

 
 
  

Animation 3.3

  
 

     


  
-

-
  

   
 




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  
 
 
  

 
 




  
 

   

 
 

 


  

    





 

 
  
   

 

 




   
   


 
 

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  

  
  
 



 

 
 
   
 

 


 
 
 
   
 


 



   
   
 
 
 

 
 
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-

  

 
 

 

Animation 4.0
Polyester
 



 

-








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    

  

     
 

 

  

Animation 4.1

  
 

     


  
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  

   





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  
 
 
  

 





  
 

   

 
 

 


  

    





 

 
 
   

 

 




   
   


 
 

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+

  

  
  
 



 

 
 
   





 
 
 
   
 


 



   
   
 
 
 

 
 
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-

  

 
 



Animation 5.0
 Animation 5.1

Chucky can also have

Energy

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Animation 5.2
Animation 5.3
Animation 5.4
Animation 5.5
Animation 5.6
Animation 5.7
Animation 5.8
Animation 5.9

• 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
Animation 6.3
Animation 6.4
Animation 6.5

• 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
Animations used with permission from the Department of Physics & Astronomy
Delaware State University © 2007 (Gleeson, Rock, Moyer)