Capacitor Lab: Basics (PhET Interactive Simulation)
An interactive simulation that allows students to explore the relationships between voltage, charge, capacitance, stored energy, plate area, and plate separation in a parallel-plate capacitor. Students investigate how capacitors store energy and discharge through a circuit, including RC circuit behavior and energy transfer to a load (light bulb).
Duration
60 MInutes
Subject
ENR (Energy and Natural Resources)
Grade
11th-12th
Key topic
Energy
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