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PHYSICS
(SECONDARY)
ESSENTIAL UNIT 6 (E06)
(Electricity and Magnetism)
(June 2011)
Unit Statement: In essential unit six, the student will learn that electrostatics involves
electric charges, the forces between them, and their behavior in materials. The student will
also learn that a magnetic field surrounds a moving electric charge and that magnetism can
produce electricity, and electricity can produce magnetism.
Essential Outcomes: (must be assessed)
1. The Student Will describe the fundamental rule at the base of all electrical
phenomena.
2. TSW describe Coulomb’s law.
3. TSW describe what happens when charged objects are in the presence of
conductors and insulators.
4. TSW explain how magnetic poles affect each other.
5. TSW describe how magnetic fields are produced.
6. TSW describe how a magnetic field exerts a force on a charged particle in the
field.
7. TSW describe current is affected a by a magnetic field.
8. TSW state and explain Faraday’s law and explain how a generator works.
9. TSW describe how a transformer works.
10. TSW explain why almost all electrical energy is sold in the form of alternating
current.
11. TSW explain how an electric field creates a magnetic field.
12. TSW describe electromagnetic waves.
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Suggested Materials:
Conceptual Physics Chapters 22, 24 and 25.
Technology Resources:
Destiny Webpath Express (found on school’s automated library system)
M.I.T. Open Courseware – Use this website to review or learn new material in
this course (Coulomb’s Law, Faraday’s Law):
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01-physics-i-classical-mechanics-fall-1999/
Chapter 22 Phet Lab:
1. Balloons and Static Electricity – Use this lab to help students understand
electric charges:
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons
Chapter 24 Phet Labs:
1. Magnet and Compass – Use this lab to help students understand
magnetism:
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/magnet-and-compass
2. Magnets and Electromagnets – Use this lab to help students understand
electromagnets:
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/magnets-and-electromagnets
Chapter 25 Phet Labs:
1. Faraday’s Law - Use this lab to help students understand Faraday’s Law:
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faradays-law
2. Faraday’s Electromagnetic Lab - Use this lab to help students understand
Faraday’s Law:
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday
Suggested Assessment Tools and Strategies:
1. The test items for the outcome can be selected from the items provided by
Chapter Test- Conceptual Physics.
2. An authentic means of evaluating students for this unit is to ask students to
do the Projects on pages 401, 438 and 451.
RUBRIC FOUND ON FOLLOWING PAGE…………………………..
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PHYSICS
(Secondary)
ESSENTIAL UNIT 6 (E06)
Evaluation Rubric
Students must have all ‘B’ level mastery and no ‘P’ levels for a final evaluation.
For an ‘A’ evaluation a student must have all ‘A’ level and the rest ‘B’ Level.
‘A’ LEVEL MASTERY
Student successfully applies the
fundamental rule of electrical
phenomena.
‘B’ LEVEL MASTERY
Student adequately applies
the fundamental rule of
electrical phenomena.
Student describes Coulomb’s
law.
Student successfully applies
Faraday’s Law to a new
situation.
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‘P’ in progress
Student cannot yet
applies the fundamental
rule of electrical
phenomena.
Student cannot yet
describe Coulomb’s
law.
Student describes what
happens when charged
objects are in the presence
conductors and insulators.
Student cannot yet
describe what happens
when charged objects
are in the presence
conductors and
insulators.
Student describes how
magnetic fields are produced
and how they affect each
other.
Student is not yet able
describe how magnetic
fields are produced and
how they affect each
other.
Student applies Faraday’s
Law.
Student is not yet able
to apply Faraday’s Law.
Student explains how an
electric field creates a
magnetic field.
Student is not yet able
to explain how an
electric field creates a
magnetic field.
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