Getting Started

Here you can find external resources related to, or expanding on, the material presented in this chapter. Currently included are links to online video clips, animations, quizzes, activities, and circuitSIM files.

Study Resources

Video: "Explaining why metals can conduct electricity"

Description: This video provides an overview of how the atomic properties of metals allow them to conduct the flow of electric energy.

Credit: Frank Scullion

Animation: "Conventional Current vs. Electron Flow"

Description: Click the buttons below to view animations for conventional current flow and the direction of electron flow in a simple DC circuit.

Conventional Current Electron Flow Reset

Credit: Chris Chaulk

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