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:
Animation 5:
Animation 6:
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 2.0

Animation 2.1

Animation 2.2

Animation 2.3

Animation 2.4

Animation 2.5

Animation 2.6

Animation 2.7

Animation 3.0

Animation 3.1

Animation 3.2
Wool

Animation 3.3

Animation 4.0
Polyester

Animation 4.1

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

Charges 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 Charges

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

Charges 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)