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Electric Field Hockey
Play hockey with electric charges. Place charges on the ice, then hit start to try to get the puck in the goal. View the electric field. Trace the puck's motion. Make the game harder by placing walls in front of the goal. This is a clone of the popular simulation of the same name marketed by Physics Academic Software and written by Prof. Ruth Chabay of the Dept of Physics at North Carolina State University.
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Electricity
- Electric Charges
- Electric Field
Sample Learning Goals
- Determine the variables that affect how charged bodies interact.
- Predict how charged bodies will interact.
- Describe the strength and direction of the electric field around a charged body.
- Use free-body diagrams and vector addition to help explain the interactions.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Translated Versions:
| Language | Language (Translated) | Simulation Title | ||
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| Arabic | العربية | لعبة الهوكي الكهربائية - مستلة من عمل روث تشابي | Run Now | |
| Arabic, Saudi Arabia | العربية (السعودية) | لعبة الهوكي الكهربائية - مستلة من عمل روث تشابي | Run Now | |
| Armenian | Armenian | Էլեկտրական դաշտի հոկեյ | Run Now | |
| Basque | Basque | Eremu Elektriko Hockey-a | Run Now | |
| Bosnian | Bosnian | Električni hokej je bolji od električne stolice! | Run Now | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | português (Brasil) | Hóquei no Campo Elétrico | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 电荷曲棍球 | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | 電場曲棍球 | Run Now | |
| Croatian | hrvatski | Električni hokej! Naboj umjesto paka! | Run Now | |
| Danish | Dansk | Elektrisk felthockey | Run Now | |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Elektrischveldhockey | Run Now | |
| Estonian | Eesti | Elektrivälja hoki | Run Now | |
| French | français | Electric Field Hockey | Run Now | |
| Galician | Gallegan | Hóckey nun Campo Eléctrico | Run Now | |
| Georgian | Georgian | ჰოკეი ელექტრული ველზე | Run Now | |
| German | Deutsch | Elektrisches Hockey | Run Now | |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Ηλεκτροστατικό Χόκεϋ | Run Now | |
| Hebrew | עברית | הוקי חשמלי - נגזר מעבודתה של רות חבאי | Run Now | |
| Hungarian | magyar | Elektromos hoki | Run Now | |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Hockey Medan Listik | Run Now | |
| Italian | italiano | Hockey Elettrico | Run Now | |
| Japanese | 日本語 | 電界ホッケー(Electric Field Hockey) | Run Now | |
| Kannada | Kannada | ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಹಾಕಿ | Run Now | |
| Kazakh | Kazakh | Электр Хоккей Жазығы | Run Now | |
| Korean | 한국어 | 전기장 하키 | Run Now | |
| Latvian | Latviešu | Elektriskā lauka hokejs | Run Now | |
| Macedonian | македонски | Електричен хокеј | Run Now | |
| Marathi | Marathi | विद्युत क्षेत्र हॉकी सामना | Run Now | |
| Mongolian | Mongolian | Electric Field Hockey | Run Now | |
| Norwegian Bokmal | Norwegian Bokmål | Elektrisk landhockey | Run Now | |
| Persian | Persian | هاكي روى چمن الكتريكي | Run Now | |
| Polish | polski | Elektryczny hokej - zapożyczony z pracy Ruth Chabay | Run Now | |
| Portuguese | português | Hockey Elétrico | Run Now | |
| Romanian | română | Hockey Electric | Run Now | |
| Russian | русский | Хоккей на электрическом поле | Run Now | |
| Serbian | Српски | Електрични хокеј је бољи од електричне столице! | Run Now | |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Elektrický hokej | Run Now | |
| Spanish | español | Hockey Electrico | Run Now | |
| Spanish (Peru) | español (Perú) | Campo Eléctrico de Hockey | Run Now | |
| Swedish | svenska | Elektrisktfält-hockey | Run Now | |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Elektrik Alan Hokeyi | Run Now | |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | Elektrik meýdan hokeýi | Run Now | |
| Ukrainian | українська | Електричний хокей | Run Now | |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Hockey điện | Run Now |
Software Requirements
| Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
| Design Team | Third-party Libraries | Thanks To |
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