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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
District Pacing Guide
PHYSICS I
Course Code: 200338001
TOPIC XI: Electric Current and Circuits
Pacing
Date(s)
Traditional 13 days
Block
6.5 days
Q3 Assessment
ESSENTIAL CONTENT
A. Define Electric Current.
1. Flow of charges
2. Voltage source
3. Electric resistance
4. Sources and types of current
B. Develop Ohm’s law
C. Define Electric Power
1. Energy transfer
D. Develop Diagrams for Electrical Circuits.
1. Electric Circuits
2. Schematic Diagram.
3. Resistors in Series
4. Resistors in Parallel
5. Resistors Combined in Parallel and in Series.
Division of Academics – Department of Science
Third Nine Weeks
OBJECTIVES
 Discuss the patterns and distribution of particles within
the atom, including the forces that shape this
distribution
 Describe the flow of electric charge.
 Describe what is happening inside a current carrying
wire.
 Describe the factors that affect the resistance of a wire.
 Describe the basic properties of electric current, and
solve problems relating current, charge, and time.
 Calculate resistance, current, and potential difference by
using the definition of resistance.
 Differentiate between direct and alternating current.
 Relate electric power used by a device to current and
voltage.
 Calculate electric power and the cost of running
electrical appliances. Describe the configuration of a
working circuit.
 Describe the characteristics of a series circuit.
 Describe the characteristics of a parallel circuit.
 Interpret circuit diagrams.
03-11-16 to 04-07-16
03-11-16 to 04-07-16
04-11-16 to 04-22-16
INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
Core Text Book: Ch. 34 and Ch. 35
Vocabulary:
Battery, electric current, ampere, direct current, alternating
current , terminal, diode, resistance, ohm, resistivity,
electric power , kilowatt-hour, equivalent resistance,
resistors in series, and parallel, potential difference,
voltage source.
Technology:
1. Progressive Science Initiative (PSI)
a. Electric currents and circuits
2. Lectures online
3. Khan Academy
4. The Physics Source: http://www.physicssource.org
5. Teachers Domain: http://teachersdomain.org
6. Online Conversion
7. Hyperphysics
8. Voltage in a Series Circuit (Pasco)
9. Voltage in a Parallel Circuit (Pasco)
10. Current in a Series Circuit (Pasco)
11. Current in a Parallel Circuit (Pasco)
12. Lab Manuals from Pasco: PASCO scientific Model EM8656;
http://www.pasco.com/resources/labdownloads/detail.cf
m?manual=1
13. Lab Manuals from Vernier:
http://www.vernier.com/cmat/cmatdnld.html
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
District Pacing Guide
PHYSICS I
SC.912.P.10.14
SC.912.P.10.15
Course Code: 200338001
Pith Ball Lab
Advanced Circuits
Intro to E & M
Household Energy Usage
Circuits
SC.912.P.10.14
SC.912.P.10.15
Circuit Construction Kit
Ohm's Law
Battery-Resistor Circuit
Signal Circuit
Division of Academics – Department of Science
Third Nine Weeks
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
District Pacing Guide
PHYSICS I
Standard:
SC.912.N.1.1
Course Code: 200338001
Video
Video
Standard:
SC.912.N.1.2
Reading
Passage
 Currents and Circuits
 Identifying the Logic of Circuits
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 Introduction to Resistance and Circuits
Electric Circuits and Energy
 Experiment #1: Simulated Lightning
With Ground Wire
Electric Current
 Experiment #2: Modern Phone and
Household Myths About Lightning
Wiring
Setting Up the Experiment
Nanoelectronics: The Race to the Next
Era of Computing Heats Up
 Experiment #3: Older Phone and Wiring
 Experiment #4: The Shower Scene
 Electrical Storms: The Final Analysis
 The Scientific Process
Standard:
SC.912.N.3.2
Video
Standard:
SC.912.N.3.3
Video
 Atomic Level of Scientific Inquiry
 Theory and Law
Standard:
SC.912.N.3.4
Video
Standard:
SC.912.P.10.10
Video
Standard:
SC.912.P.10.14
Video
Division of Academics – Department of Science
Third Nine Weeks
 Nuclear Forces
 Strong and Weak Nuclear Forces
 Gravity and Weighing the Earth
 Forces Working Together
 Benjamin Franklin and Electricity
 Gravity & Large Planets
 Nature's Fundamental Forces
 Static and Current Electricity,
Conductors, and Insulators
 Current Electricity, Conductors, and
Insulators
 Conductors: Faraday Cages
 Electricity's Power
 Electricity
 Superconductors
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
District Pacing Guide
PHYSICS I
Course Code: 200338001
Video
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Image
Standard:
SC.912.P.10.15
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Electric Circuit
Resistance
Voltage
Ohm's Law
Examining Circuits
Electric Circuits and Energy
Conversions
Electron Flows and Currents
James Watt
Wire with atoms and electrons
highlighted
Wire with atoms and electrons
highlighted, close view
 Ohms' Law: Relating Current Voltage, 
and Resistance
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 Electric Safety: Voltage vs. Amperage 
 Wattage and Amperage
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 Direct and Alternating Current
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 Electric Currents: Amperage, Alternating
and Direct Current, and Outlets
Series and Parallel Circuits
Circuits with More than One Resistor
Series vs. Parallel Circuits
Work, Power, and Thermal Energy
Electrical Measurements
 George Simon Ohm (1789-1845),
British physicist.
 Electric lines, high voltage
 Amperes, calculation of
 Electricity, units
 Circuit, series; simple
Circuits
Circuits
Circuit, series; with two bulbs
Circuit, parallel
Circuits, parallel and series; each
missing a bulb
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 Volts and Jolts
Exploration
Reading
Passage
Article
 Electric Circuit
 Volt
 Rectification
 Electric Circuit
 Resonance (electric circuit)
 Thomas Edison's Big Blunder
 Getting a Grip on the Smart Grid
 Science of Innovation: Bionic Limbs
Video
 All-Electric Vehicle Costs 2-Cents Per Mile to Drive: Preview of the "Peapod"
 Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Turn Cow Manure into Electricity
 Solar Storm Could Disrupt Power Grids
Division of Academics – Department of Science
Third Nine Weeks
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
District Pacing Guide
PHYSICS I
Division of Academics – Department of Science
Third Nine Weeks
Course Code: 200338001
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