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# Battery Voltage

Download Embed close Embed an image that will launch the simulation when clicked <div style="position: relative; width: 300px; height: 197px;"><a href="https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/battery-voltage/battery-voltage_en.jar" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/battery-voltage/battery-voltage-600.png" alt="Battery Voltage" style="border: none;" width="300" height="197"/><div style="position: absolute; width: 200px; height: 80px; left: 50px; top: 58px; background-color: #FFF; opacity: 0.6; filter: alpha(opacity = 60);"></div><table style="position: absolute; width: 200px; height: 80px; left: 50px; top: 58px;"><tr><td style="text-align: center; color: #000; font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Click to Run</td></tr></table></a></div> Use this HTML code to display a screenshot with the words "Click to Run". | Voltage Batteries Electrons Donate PhET is supported by and educators like you.

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### Topics

- Voltage
- Batteries
- Electrons

### Description

Look inside a battery to see how it works. Select the battery voltage and little stick figures move charges from one end of the battery to the other. A voltmeter tells you the resulting battery voltage.

### Sample Learning Goals

- Do the small blue spheres represent positive or negative charges?
- Which side of the batterey is labeled positive, and which side is negative?
- How can you determine which side of the battery is positive and negative just by the location of the blue charges?

Version 1.04

### Keywords

- Electricity
- Voltage
- Electrons
- Batteries

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### Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title |  |  | Authors | Level | Type | Subject
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Basic Electricity: short inquiry activities includes ideas for several sims |  |  | Trish Loeblein | MS UG-Intro HS | HW Lab CQs | Physics
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |  |  | Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Biology Physics Chemistry Earth Science
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |  |  | Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Earth Science Chemistry Biology Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment |  |  | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS | Other | Biology Chemistry Physics
Batteries |  |  | Roberto Marrero | HS | Lab | Physics
Simulações no Ensino de Fisica |  |  | Carla Tavares | HS | Guided Discuss Demo Other HW MC Lab | Physics Astronomy Earth Science
Električna struja osmi razred |  |  | Vladan Mladenovic | MS K-5 | CQs HW Demo |

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Language |  | Download or Run |  |  | Tips
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Albanian | All shqip |  |  | Tensioni i baterisë |
Arabic | All العربية |  |  | جهد البطارية |
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | All العربية (السعودية) |  |  | جهد البطارية |
Armenian | All Armenian |  |  | Մարտկոցի լարումը |
Basque | All Basque |  |  | Bateriaren tentsioa |
Belarusian | All беларускі |  |  | Пабочныя сілы крыніцы току |
Bosnian | All Bosanski |  |  | Napon baterije |
Bulgarian | All български |  |  | Напреежение на батерията |
Chinese (Simplified) | All 中文 (中国) |  |  | 电池电压 |
Chinese (Traditional) | All 中文 (台灣) |  |  | 電池電壓 |
Croatian | All hrvatski |  |  | Napon (elektromotorna sila) baterije |
Czech | All čeština |  |  | Napětí baterie |
Danish | All Dansk |  |  | Batterispænding |
Dutch | All Nederlands |  |  | Spanning batterij |
Estonian | All Eesti |  |  | Patarei pinge |
French | All français |  |  | Tension de la pile |
Galician | All Gallegan |  |  | Battery Voltage |
Georgian | All Georgian |  |  | აკუმულატორის ძაბვა |
German | All Deutsch |  |  | Batteriespannung |
Greek | All Ελληνικά |  |  | Τάση Μπαταρίας |
Hebrew | All עברית |  |  | מתח סוללה |
Hungarian | All magyar |  |  | Elemfeszültség |
Indonesian | All Bahasa Indonesia |  |  | Voltase Baterai |
Italian | All italiano |  |  | d.d.p. in una Pila |
Japanese | All 日本語 |  |  | 電池の電圧 |
Kannada | All Kannada |  |  | ಬ್ಯಾಟರಿಯ ವೋಲ್ಟೇಜು |
Kazakh | All Kazakh |  |  | батареяы күші |
Khmer | All Khmer |  |  | តង់ស្យុង​ថ្ម​ពិល |
Korean | All 한국어 |  |  | 전지 전압 |
Kurdish (Turkey) | All Kurdish (Turkey) |  |  | Voltaja Pîlê |
Latvian | All Latviešu |  |  | Baterijas spriegums |
Macedonian | All македонски |  |  | Напон на батеријата |
Marathi | All मराठी |  |  | बॅटरीचा दाब |
Mongolian | All Монгол (Монгол) |  |  | батарейн хүчдэл |
Persian | All فارسی |  |  | واتاژ باتری |
Polish | All polski |  |  | napięcie ogniwa |
Portuguese | All português |  |  | Voltagem de bateria |
Portuguese (Brazil) | All português (Brasil) |  |  | Tensão de Bateria |
Romanian | All română |  |  | Voltaj Baterie |
Russian | All русский |  |  | Напряжение батарейки |
Serbian | All Српски |  |  | Напон батерије |
Slovak | All Slovenčina |  |  | Napätie batérie |
Slovenian | All Slovenščina |  |  | Napetost na bateriji |
Spanish | All español |  |  | Voltaje de batería |
Spanish (Mexico) | All español (México) |  |  | Voltaje de batería |
Spanish (Peru) | All español (Perú) |  |  | Voltaje de una Pila |
Swedish | All svenska |  |  | Batterispänning |
Thai | All ไทย |  |  | ความต่างศักย์ไฟฟ้าของถ่านไฟฉาย |
Turkish | All Türkçe |  |  | Pilde Potansiyel Fark |
Turkmen | All Turkmen |  |  | Batareýanyň naprýaženiýesi |
Ukrainian | All українська |  |  | Напруга батареї |
Vietnamese | All Tiếng Việt |  |  | Hiệu thế của Pin. |

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Windows | Macintosh | Linux
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1/10 Latest version of Java | OS X 10.9.5 or later Latest version of Java | Latest version of Java

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Design Team | Third-party Libraries | Thanks To
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Sam Reid (Developer) Carl Wieman |  |