Download AP PHYSICS 2- Electricity and Magnetism

AP PHYSICS 2- Electricity and Magnetism- 3320
Conestoga High School 2016-2017 Instructor- Dr. DeSipio
Text
Halliday, David, Resnick, Robe1i, and Walker, Jearl. Fundamentals of Physics, Fourth Edition.
New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1993
Goals
This course is designed for students to:
• Understand and Apply the mathematical models of theoretical electricity and magnetism to
explain physical phenomena
• Acquire and integrate knowledge of the physical world.
• Develop higher level reasoning skills based on:
Comparing and Classifying - Induction and Deduction -Error Analysis and Constructing
Support - Decision Making and Problem Solving - Experimental Inquiry
• Perform extended laboratory experiments, and be able to interpret the results using
various techniques
1st
Marking
Period
Ch.23 Electric Charge
• Electric Charge • The Coulomb and Ampere Units • Coulomb's Law
Ch. 24 The Electric Field
• Field Theory and the Electric Field • Electric Field Lines • Field Due to a Point Charge, Dipoles
and Continuous Charge Distributions • Point Charge and Electric Dipole in an Electric Field
Ch. 25 Gauss' Law
• Flux and the Electric Field • Gauss' Law and Symmetry • Gauss' Law and Coulomb's Law •
Applications of Gauss' Law- Finding the Electric Field using Gauss' Law
Ch. 26 Electric Potential
• Gravitation, Electrostatics, and Potential Energy • Electric Potential Difference and Electric
Potential
• Equipotential Surfaces • Finding V from E • Potential Due to Point Charges, Electric Dipoles and
Continuous Charge Distributions • Calculating E from V • Electric Potential Energy of a System of
Point Charges •A Charged Conductor
2nd
Marking
Period
Ch. 27 Capacitance
• Capacitor and Capacitance Defined • Parallel Plate, Cylindrical, Spherical and Isolated Capacitors •
Capacitors in Circuits-Series and Parallel • Potential Energy and Energy Density of Capacitors •
Capacitance with a Dielectric • Gauss' Law with a Dielectric
Ch. 28 Current and Resistance
• Current and Current Density Defined • The Mean Drift Speed of the Charge Carriers • The
Resistance of a Conductor- resistivity and conductivity •Conductivity and Temperature • Ohm's
Law, Resistivity of a Metal • Power
Ch. 29 Circuits
• Work, Energy, and Emf- Charge Pressure • Single Loop Circuits- Resistance in Series • Potential
Differences • Multiloop Circuits- Kirchhoffs Loops- Resistance in Parallel • Measuring Instruments
• RC Circuits
Ch. 30. The Magnetic Field
• Definition of the Magnetic Field • The Hall Effect • A Charged Particle Circulating in a Magnetic
Field • Cyclotrons and Synchrotrons • Magnetic Force on a Current • Torque on a Current Loop •
Orientation Energy of a Magnetic Dipole
3rd
Marking
Period
Ch. 31. Ampere's Law
• The Magnetic Field and Current- The Biot-Savart Law • Permeability Constant Po • Magnetic
Field for a Long Straight Wire • B,,and B;., • The Force Between Parallel Wires • Ampere's Law
• A Solenoid and a Toroid • The Field from a Magnetic Dipole
Ch. 32 Faraday's Law and Induction
• Definition of Magnetic Flux • Faraday's Law of Induction • Lenz's Law • Emf and the Induced
Electric Field
Ch. 33. Inductance
• Inductors • Solenoid and Toroid Inductance • Self -Induction • Series RL Circuits • Storage of
Energy by an Inductor • Magnetic Field Energy • Mutual Induction
4th
Marking
Period
Ch. 35. Electromagnetic Oscillations
• LC Energy Transfer • A Mechanical Analogy- A block on a spring • A Quantitative Solution for
LC Circuits • Damped Oscillations-RLC Circuits • Forced Oscillations • Resonance
Ch. 37. Maxwell's Equations
• Maxwell's Extension of Ampere's law • Displacement Current • Maxwell's Equations and
Electromagnetism
Grades will be based on a total point system calculated from Homework, Quizzes, Tests, and Labs
Late labs will receive a deduction of 10% per day down to a zero after which they will not be
accepted.
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