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Today's Featured Project

Media Literacy

A resource for scholars and others interested in media literacy. The materials were originally developed by graduate students enrolled in a course taught by Professor Renee Hobbs at Temple University's School of Communication and Theater, and has been further developed by succeeding versions of the same course. The course looks at media literacy in a wide context, and is of relevance to secondary education, tertiary education, research and education outside the formal sector.

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Educational Picture of the Day

Van de Graaf Generator

1. hollow metallic sphere (with positive charges)
2. electrode connected to the sphere, a brush ensures contact between the electrode and the belt
3. upper roller (for example in plexiglass)
4. side of the belt with positive charges
5. opposite side of the belt with negative charges

6. lower roller (metal)
7. lower electrode (ground)
8. spherical device with negative charges, used to discharge the main sphere
9. spark produced by the difference of potentials

Diagram of a Van De Graaf generator. Click on the image for a full size version which you can freely re-use and modify. Print it and use it for your lessons, integrate it into your pages on Wikiversity, or use it in other learning resources and websites. Use the links below to find more images like this one.

Electrostatics images
Mechanics images - Electromagnetism images - Optics images - Atomic physics images
Images relating to physics in general

This image is a part of the Educational Media Awareness Campaign, raising awareness among educators about the availability and usage of millions of free internet media in education.

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News

2018

1 January: The programming resource Python Concepts is ready for participation.

2017

23 December: The lesson Technical writing pm is ready for learners.
22 December: The new course on preparing for HTML and CSS certification is complete and ready for learners.
20 December: Cell disassembly during apoptosis has been published in the WikiJournal of Medicine
19 December: The lecture Meteor astronomy and its quiz are ready.
13 December: The human resources course Create a training and development plan is ready for learners.
11 December: Juridical national measures on climate change is ready.