Friday Fun #1
November 30, 2012
In addition to Wednesday news updates on my site, I’d like to start a tradition of posting fun things on Fridays. Sometimes it’ll be science games. Sometimes it might be science news. Sometimes it may even be me trying to rival XKCD’s artistic skills.
This week, I’m highlighting a game I remember fondly: Electric Field Hockey. This was made years ago by PhET. A bit o’ background on PhET (‘Physics Education Technology’, btw): they make great science interactives. They are especially well geared towards educators, so if you’re a teacher looking for activities, check them out. They do good work.
Electric Field Hockey, though, is one of my favorites. It is a simple bare-bones game based around the electric force. And that’s really all you need. You move electric charges around, place them were you will, and try to get your test charge to the goal. I played around with this for longer than I’m willing to admit. But don’t listen (read?) to me blabbering on about it, go give it a play. (Note, you will have to download the java script and run it on your computer. Them’s the breaks for your Friday Fun.)
PhET keeps coming out with new stuff, so if you find something cool on its site, let us know below in the comments.
-Andy
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