Download Electrostatics - Princeton ISD

Campus: Princeton H.S.
Author(s): Darryl Spurgers
Date Created / Revised: Jan 20 2014
Six Weeks Period: 4th
Grade Level & Course: AP Physics B
Timeline: 10 Days
Unit Title: Unit 11 Electrostatics
Stated
Objectives:
TEK # and SE
Lesson
#1
§112.64. Advanced Placement (AP) Physics B
(b) Content Requirements. Content requirements for Advanced Placement (AP) Physics are
prescribed in the College Board Publication Advanced Placement Course Description: Physics,
published by The College Board.
Source: The provisions of this §112.64 adopted to be effective September 1, 1998, 22 TexReg 7647.
AP Physics B Syllabus (course approved syllabus)
III. Electricity and Magnetism
A. Electrostatics Ch 16, Ch 17, Appendix D.……………..2 wks
1. Charge and Coulomb’s law
2. Electric field and electric potential (including point charges)
3. Application
a. Electroscope
b. Mapping an Electric Field
c. Van de Graff Generator
Gauss’ Law
See Instructional Focus Document (IFD) for TEK Specificity
Key
Understandings
1. Electric Charge, Forces and Fields
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Electric charge
Electrostatic charging
Electric force
Electric field
Gauss's law for electric fields
2. Electric Potential, Energy
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Electric potential energy and potential difference
Equipotential surfaces and the electric field
Misconceptions
None identified
Key Vocabulary
Electric charge, electrostatic charging, electrostatic force, coulomb(C), Gauss’s Law, equipotential,
electric field, potential difference
Suggested Day
5E Model
Instructional Procedures
Day 1
Engage
1 Use interactive Lecture to introduce unit concepts. Access
http://www.archive.org/details/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_30 and
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/vandeg.html#c1 website and
have student fill in missing info on concept diagram. Assign homework for this unit Set 15 problem solving exercises, Ch 16 textbook examples
(Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend/Elaborate, Evaluate)
Materials,
Resources, Notes
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Internet
access
outline form
for Lesson
30 note
taking
Day 2 Explore
Explain
Use Testable question and cooperative groups, Lab 86 p 277 from conceptual
physic series have students charge electroscopes and to determine the charge
on various different materials. Review the triboelectric series and verify selected
items on list for their charge attraction
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Set 15 from
problem
solving
workbook
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triboelectric
series table
Lab 86
copies
lab materials
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Day 3 Engage
Explain
Use interactive lecture to introduce Problem Solving procedures. Go over Set
15-1 and 15-2. Review and discuss AP practice problems (handout) from
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~probs/eandm.html
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handout for
practice from
zeba website
Day 4 Engage
Explain
Use Interactive lecture from website take notes then practice AP style questions
http://www.archive.org/details/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_31
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Lesson 31
outline form
for note
taking
Day 5 Evaluate
Quiz Electrostatics. After quiz -use inter active lecture to go through problem
solving using 15.3 exercises.
http://www.archive.org/details/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_32
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Quiz copies
copies of
Lesson 32
for note
taking guide
Day 6 Explore
Explain
http://ia300141.us.archive.org/0/items/AP_Physics_B_Lesson_33/Container.html
Assign Ch 17.1,2,3 Textbook example
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copies of
Lesson 33
note taking
outline
Day 7 Evaluate
Quiz - Electric Fields and point charge. Watch video streaming clip over
Electrostatics or video by Paul Hewitt from the conceptual physics collection.
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video clip
Day 8 Explore
Explain
Use Testable question-Electric Field mapping. Use computer simulated static
charge of field lines and electric field intensity vectors to diagram several
examples and practice EM field calculations.
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PHed Sim
Day 9 Explain
Review for test – Homework ch.16 questions, Set 15 and the practice question
from zebu. Also review Lab results and questions from internet questions, also
Ch 17.1,2,3
http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/giancoli/chapter16/deluxe.html
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test review
sheet
Day 10
Evaluate
Unit -Test Electrostatics and Electric Fields
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test
Accommodations
for Special
Populations
Accommodations for instruction will be provided as stated on each student’s (IEP)
Individual Education Plan for special education, 504, at risk, and ESL/Bilingual.