THE
PHYSICS ZONE

ELECTRICITY

Physics experiment simulations - A selection of downloadable programs - good for grade 11 and above.

Powerhouse - A shockwave program which works out the cost of electricity in a room - good for grade 9 and above.

Ohm's law - A java applet demonstratiing ohm's law - good for grade 10 and above.

Resistor combinations - A java applet which works out effective resistances etc. - good for grade 10 and above.

The ohmzone - An interactive shockwave program which enables you to make up electrical circuits - good for grade 6 and above.

Electrostatics - A java applet showing field lines and equipotentials - good for grade 11 and above.

Electric fields and potentials - A shochwave program that enables you to plot fields and equipotentials - good for grade 11 and above.

The electroscope - A small program showing the various ways of charging an electroscope - good for year 10 and above.

Charged rod and pith ball - a shockwave program showing atraction (induced charges) and repulsion - good for grade 10 and above.

Full wave rectification - A shockwave program showing the workings of a rectifier - good for grade 10 and above.

Current in a metallic conductor - a program which demonstrates interactions between electrons and the lattice - good for 10 and above