Children’s Museum

 

To help younger children grasp concepts of electricity JMU Physics faculty have run workshops at the Harrisonburg Children’s Museum.  Faculty members use the Van de Graf generator to explain voltage and simulate electric circuits in games where the student plays the role of an electric charge. In addition students are given simple components and are shown how to build simple circuits.

 

basic circuits
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Building circuits
Building circuits.JPG

electric charge
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It works
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No fear
No fear.JPG

Now we see an effect
Now we see an effect.JPG

positive and negative
positive and negative.JPG

Role Playing
Role Playing.JPG

simple Circuit
simple Circuit.JPG

static elcectricity
static elcectricity.JPG

still alive
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Touch it
Touch it.JPG

try this
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Two charges attract
Two charges attract.JPG