This student interactive tutorial, by Michael Davidson of Florida State University, focuses on the factors influencing capacitance. An interactive applet allows visitors to select various combinations of dielectrics,...

All About Circuits is a website that “provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics.” Written by Tony R. Kuphaldt, the textbooks available here are wonderful resources for students,...

This site contains an activity on electrostatics. A styrofoam plate is rubbed with wool to give it a large electric charge that can be transferred to an aluminum pie pan. This electrophorus, or change carrier produces...

This activity demonstrates the magnetic field induced by a current-carrying wire. A group of compasses are arranged around the wire indicating when a magnetic field stronger than the Earth’s field is produced. ...

This is arguably the tastiest way to design and learn about electronic circuits: make circuitry snacks! Two of Evil Mad Scientist favorite things in the world are playing with electronics and playing with food, and so it...