A Classroom Activity for Teaching Electric Polarization of Insulators and Conductors

Autor/in	Deligkaris, Christos
Titel	A Classroom Activity for Teaching Electric Polarization of Insulators and Conductors
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 56 (2018) 4, S.226-229 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
Schlagwörter	Class Activities; Science Activities; Physics; Energy; Scientific Concepts; Science Laboratories; Science Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Energie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	The phenomenon of electric polarization is crucial to student understanding of forces exerted between charged objects and insulators or conductors, the process of charging by induction, and the behavior of electroscopes near charged objects. In addition, polarization allows for microscopic-level models of everyday-life macroscopic-level phenomena. Textbooks may adequately discuss polarization, but there is little material in active learning labs and tutorials on this topic. Since polarization of materials is a microscopic phenomenon, instructors often use diagrams and figures on the classroom board to explain the process in a lecture setting. In this paper I will describe a classroom activity where the students play the role of electrons as an alternative option. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01