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Honors Physics: Objectives and Schedule
Last updated: April 20th, 2011
Unit 12 – Electricity
Chapter 20 – Electrical Forces and Fields
Chapter 21 – Electric Potential
Chapter 22 – Current and Resistance
Chapter 23 - Circuits
Text
College Physics, by Randy Knight, Brian Jones, and Stuart Field, Pearson/Addison
Wesley, 1st edition, 2007.
Student Learning Objectives
 Understand the nature of charge
 Use Coulomb’s Law to calculate the electric force between charges
 Understand the nature and be able to calculate the electric field
 Understand the relationship between the electric potential and the electric field
 Be able to compute the electric potential for various charge distributions
 Understand the world of capacitors
 Understand current and resistance and their relationship
 Analyze energy transfers as charges move through simple circuits
 Understand batteries and the emf
 Be able to draw, analyze (using Kirchhoff’s laws), and use basic circuit diagrams
 Understand capacitors and resistors in series and in parallel
 Understand common household circuits and applicances
Schedule
Day # Date
Day
76
22-Apr
Fri
77
26-Apr
Tue
78
28-Apr
Thu
79
29-Apr
Fri
80
3-May
Tue
81
5-May
Thu
82
83
9-May
11-May
Mon
Wed
84
13-May
Fri
Class Work
Charge and Electrostatic Force;
Molecular view of charge;
Coulomb's Law; Electric Field;
Applications of the Electric Field
Conductors in an Electric Field;
Electric Potential Energy and
Electric Potential
Details of the Electric Potential (
Using, Calculating, and Sources)
Connecting the Electric Potential
and Electric Field;
Electrocardiogram
Capacitance, Capacitors, and
Dielectrics; Energy in a Capacitor;
Last day for seniors - Senior Study
Guides Due
Current and Resistivity; Seniors
retake CSE
Ohm's Law; Power
Circuits; Kirchhoff's Laws; Series
and Parallel Circuits; Measurieng
Voltage and Current
Lab
Reading
Demos; Home Lab
20.1-20.2
Demos
20.3-20.5
20.6; 21.1
21.2-21.4
21.5-21.6
Demos
21.7-21.9
Demos
22.1-22.4
22.5-22.6
Demos
23.1-23.4
Day # Date
85
86
87
17-May
19-May
23-May
25-May
Day
Class Work
Lab
Tue
Thu
Mon
Wed
Complex Circuits; Household
Circuits; Capacitors in Parallel and
Series
RC Circuits; Applications; Review
Review;
Final
Ohm's Law Lab
Simple Circuits
Reading
23.5-23.7
23.8-23.9
Homework
We are using an electronic homework system from Mastering Physics (MP). All text
based homework is to be downloaded from, solved, and the answers submitted on-line to
www.masteringphysics.com . DRS problems will also be given out in class and will need
to be turned in. Mastering Physics problem will be denoted by MP and the appropriate
day number. See the Expectations and Procedures document for penalty details on
submitting late work.
Reading and MP problems
Q = Conceptual/Multiple Choice Questions at the end of the text chapter
P = Problems at the end of the text chapter
ST = Step through/Skill builder problems in Mastering Physics
MP Assigned Lab Prep
# Date
Reading ?’s
Probs
76
22-Apr
20.1-20.2
1,3,5,6,7
77
26-Apr
20.3-20.5
9,10,14,19,23,
47
78
28-Apr
20.6; 21.1
46,48,50,49,5
5
79
29-Apr
21.2-21.4
80
3-May
21.5-21.6
81
5-May
21.7-21.9
82
9-May
22.1-22.4
4,10,13,15,17,
16
18,19,23,24,4
3,48,47,51;
Last
Homework for
Seniors
26,29,31,32,3
6,63,67,77;
1,8,11,14,16,1
8,19,20,25
ST and Other
ST: The Sign of the Charge;
The Sign of the Charge;
ST: PSS 20.1: Electric forces
and Coulomb’s law;
Repulsive Force between
Two Spheres; Mystery
Charge; Electric Force of
Three Collinear Points
Ranking Task; Magnitude
and Direction of Electric
Fields
ST: Electric Field Conceptual
Question; Electric Field due
to Multiple Point Charges;
Electric Fields and Forces ;
ST: PSS 21.1 Conservation
of energy in charge
interactions; Electric Fields
and Equipotential Surfaces;
Electric Potential and
Potential Energy;
ST: Electric Potential Ranking
Task; Change in Electric
Potential Ranking Task
ST: The Capacitor as an
Energy-Storing Device;
Energy of a Capacitor in the
Presence of a Dielectric;
Energy in Capacitors and
Electric Fields
Due
Day
#
Due
Date
77
26-Apr
78
28-Apr
79
29-Apr
80
3-May
81
5-May
82
9-May
83
11-May
MP Assigned Lab Prep
# Date
83
11-May
84
13-May
85
86
87
17-May
19-May
23-May
Ohm's Law
Lab
Simple
Circuits
Reading ?’s
Probs
ST and Other
22.5-22.6
29,
30,32,33,36,4
4,47,58
23.1-23.4
5,10,11,12,16
23.5-23.7
23.8-23.9
17,18,19,20,2
1,22,26,29,33,
34,35
EC
EC
ST: Dependence of
Resistance on Resistor
Dimensions Ranking Task;
ST: Kirchhoff's Current Rule
Ranking Task; Series And
Parallel Connections; Tactics
Box 23.1 Using Kirchhoff's
Loop Law I; Kirchhoff's Rules
and Applying Them;
Kirchhoff's Loop Rule
Conceptual Question
ST: PSS 23.1: Resistor
Circuits; Capacitors in Series;
Capacitors in Parallel ;
Brightness of Light Bulbs
Ranking Task ;
Due
Day
#
Due
Date
84
13-May
85
17-May
86
87
19-May
23-May