Charge Force Law

This past week in class we discussed charges more deeply and how they work. We were also introduced to a few new equations that are especially vital in understanding this unit. The equation on the left can be used to calculate the force of the charges repulsion or attraction. The basic knowledge needed to be mastered for this unit is basically how like charges repel and different charges attract. We also used an electroscope to further understand charges and how they work. For instance a good example of what we learned based on an electroscope would be based on something we learned in class. So if a negative rod was placed on a neutral electroscope that electroscope would become negative also because only electrons can flow. Meaning that only electrons can move from one thing to another. The mani idea to remember with charges and charged objects they just want to be equal with each other so therefore they will lose electrons just to become equal with another and vice versa.

Electromagnetism

This week in class we learned about charges and how they work. We learned that everything has a charge in it. Mr. Blake made it very clear to try and understand there is no possible way for us to know if something has a positive or negative charge because we never can ever really see what the charge really is. But we use those terms just to refer to it. With this same topic we also talked about getting shocked. Everyone knows that getting shocked is not pleasurable but the science behind it is actually pretty amazing. Everything in the world wants to be balanced, especially charges. It always wants to be neutral. So when one object touches another object with a different charge then the two objects try to balance themselves therefore you feel the shock. It's actually very interesting when trying to understand why certain things work that way. In class we were also able to understand the concept of different charges, and the distributing of charges in this lab using magic tape. Basically it showed attractions and repels between charges. One main point to remember so far is that different charges attract and like charges repel.