Experiments
Here are experiments our science specialists have selected to support this IB* topic.
Mapping Electric Potential
Experiment #8 from Advanced Physics with Vernier — Beyond Mechanics
In this experiment, you will
- Measure the electric potential at locations on a conducting surface resulting from various distributions of electric charge.
- Use a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and the electric potential data to generate 2-D and 3-D maps of electric equipotentials.
- Analyze the maps of electric potential to sketch lines representing the electric field produced by electric charge.
- Describe how the field from lines of charge differs from that produced by point sources.
- Educational Standard
- International Baccalaureate (IB) 2025
- Subject
- Physics
- Theme
- D Fields
- Topic
- D.2 Electrical magnetic fields
- Level
- Standard level and higher level
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