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PHYSICS I Course Code: 200338001
TOPIC IX: Charge Behavior and InteractionsESSENTIAL CONTENT / OBJECTIVES / INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
A. Develop a Model of Charges
1. Review the theory of the atom
2. Review the particles that make up the atom
3. Review the fundamental forces within the atom
4. Discuss the Conservation of charge
B. Distinguish Between Conductors and Insulators
1. Charging by friction
2. Charging by induction
3. Charging by polarization
C. Analyze Coulomb’s Law
1. Compare Coulomb’s Law to the Law of Universal Gravitation
D. Explore Electric Fields
1. Electric field lines
a. Point charges
b. Charged plates
2. Electric shielding / · Discuss the patterns and distribution of particles within the atom, including the forces that shape this distribution
· Compare the magnitude and range of the four fundamental forces
· Describe the fundamental rule at the base of all electrical phenomena.
· Understand the properties of electric charge.
· Define the basic unit of charge.
· Explain the conservation of charge.
· Experiment with an electroscope and other materials to analyze the nature of charge.
· Differentiate between charging by contact, charging by induction, and charging by polarization.
· Differentiate among conductors, semiconductors and insulators.
· Describe Coulomb’s law.
· Calculate the electrostatic force using Coulomb’s law.
· Compare the electric force with the gravitational force.
· Describe how to measure the strength of an electric field at different points.
· Relate the configuration of static charges to the electric field, and electric force
· Draw and interpret electric field lines / Core Text Book: Ch. 17, Ch.32, and Ch. 33
Vocabulary:
Polarization, insulator, conductor, semiconductors, charge, electrostatic, Coulomb’s law, electrical force, grounding, capacitor, conductor ,dipole, Faraday, flux, grounding, induction shielding, superposition
Technology:
1. Progressive Science Initiative (PSI)
a. Electric charge and force
b. Electric Fields and Potential
2. The Physics Source: http://www.physicssource.org
3. Teachers Domain: http://teachersdomain.org
4. Lectures online
5. Khan Academy
6. Online Conversion
7. Hyperphysics
8. Lab Manuals from Pasco: http://www.pasco.com/resources/labdownloads/detail.cfm?manual=1
9. Lab Manuals from Vernier:
a. http://www.vernier.com/cmat/cmatdnld.html
b. http://www2.vernier.com/sample_labs/PWV-24-COMP-capacitors.pdf
SC.912.P.10.13
SC.912.P.10.14 / Coulomb’s Force
Pith Ball Lab
Charge Launcher
SC.912.P.10.13 / Electric Field Hockey
Balloons and Static Electricity
Standard: SC.912.N.2.4 / / Video / · Forces on a Current-Carrying Conductor in a Magnetic Field / · Applications of Electromagnetic Induction / · Understanding the Connection of Electricity and Magnetism
Standard: SC.912.N.2.5 / / Video / · The Work of Michael Faraday
· The History of the Study of Electrostatics / · Energy From the Earth
· Montaigne, Bernoulli, and Static Electricity
/ Article / · Coulomb, Charles Augustin de
· Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Standard: SC.912.E.5.2 / / Video / · Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation and Coulomb's Law
Standard: SC.912.P.8.3 / / Video / · Structure of Atoms
· Identifying the Electron / · Identifying Electron Charge
· Resistance / · Ohm's Law: Relating Current, Voltage, and Resistance
· Voltage vs Amperage
Standard: SC.912.P.10.10 / / Video / · Gravity & Large Planets
· Nature's Fundamental Forces
Standard: SC.912.P.10.13 / / Video / · How Electric Potential Energy Affects a Charged Particle
· Electric Potential Changes in a Uniform Electric Field / · An Analogy for Electric Potential
· Program Overview: Electrical Potential
/ Math Explanation / · Potential of Point Charges
· Potential of a Group of Point Charges
· Electric Potential: Practice Problem 1
· Electric Potential: Practice Problem 2
· Electric Potential: Practice Problem 3
· Electric Potential: Practice Problem 4
· Electric Potential: Practice Problem 5 / · Electric Potential and Electric Field: Problem 1.1
· Electric Potential and Electric Field: Problem 1.2
· Electric Potential and Electric Field: Problem 2
· Electric Potential and Electric Field: Problem 3 / · Electric Potential and Electric Field: Problem 4
· Electric Potential and Electric Field: Problem 5
· Electric Field with Potential Energy, Part 1
· Electric Field with Potential Energy, Part 2
Standard: SC.912.P.10.14 / / Video / · Static and Current Electricity, Conductors, and Insulators
· Current Electricity, Conductors, and Insulators / · Conductors: Faraday Cages
· Electricity's Power / · Electricity
· Superconductors
/ Video / · First-Ever Image of a Molecule (Million Times Smaller Than Grain of Sand)
· World's Largest Atom Smasher Fires Up in Chicago
· Atom Smasher Project in NY Abandoned, "Obsolete" Before It's Finished
· OK, Atoms, Say Cheese: Molecular Structures Photographed at Cornell Lab
· See Change: Physicists Have Color Films of Atoms for the First Time
· Science of Innovation: Electronic Tattoos
· Step by Step in 1983: The Development of Silicon Chips
· From Metal to Plastic: Iowa State Chemist Works on Organic Semiconductors
· Science Behind the News: Quantum Computing
· Physicists Surprised by Breakthrough in Superconductivity
· Shades of Electric Blue: Painter Uses Electricity To Make Art on Glass
· How Superconductivity and Superconductors Work
/ Image / · Atoms, Elements, Isotopes (NASA Genesis Mission Teacher Resource)
· John Dalton: Chemical Atoms and Their Combinations (1808)
· John Dalton: Atomic Symbols (1835)
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