STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

1.01 Identify questions and problems that can be answered through scientific investigations.

1.02 Design and conduct scientific investigations to answer questions about the physical world.

• Create testable hypotheses
• Identify variables.
• Use a control or comparison group when appropriate.
• Select and use appropriate measurement tools.
• Collect and record data.
• Organize data into charts and graphs.
• Analyze and interpret data.
• Communicate findings.

1.03 Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence to:

• Explain observations.
• Make inferences and predictions.
• Explain the relationship between evidence and explanation.
• Communicate results, including suggested ways to improve experiments and proposed questions for further study.

1.04 Apply safety procedures in the laboratory and in field studies:

• Recognize and avoid potential hazards.
• Safely manipulate materials and equipment needed for scientific investigations.
• Analyze reports of scientific investigations of physical phenomena from an informed scientifically literate viewpoints including considerations of:
  • Adequacy of experimental controls.
  • Replication of findings.
  • Alternative interpretations of the data.

2.01 Analyze and evaluate electric field.

• Calculate force, net force and torque on a charge or collection of charges in a specific field.
• Calculate and sketch equipotentials for a configuration.
• Use integration to determine electric potential.
• Utilize the conservation of electric field to solve problems.

2.02 Calculate and analyze Coulomb's law, field, and potential of point charges.

• Define magnitude and direction of a force and electric field on a charge.
• Calculate electric potential near one or more charges.
• Compute the force and electric field between charges.
• Determine the work necessary to move charges and potential energy of the system.

2.03 Evaluate and analyze fields and potentials of other charge distributions.

• Using the principle of superposition and integration, calculate:
  • - Electric field for a wire and ring.
  • - Electric potential for a disk.
• Determine the electric field of
  • - Charged plates.
  • - Uniformly charged wire.
  • - Thin cylindrical shell.
• Determine the mathematical expression for various situation of electric potential.

2.04 State and apply Gauss's law.

• Determine the flux of electric field through an arbitrary surface.
• Use the integral form of Gauss's Law to determine electric flux and charge.
• Use Gauss's Law to find charge density on a surface.
• Graph electric field to find maxima and minima.
  

3.01 Examine and analyze electrostatics with conductors.

• Describe and sketch the features of electric fields in and outside of a conductor.
• Describe the charge density on a conductor.
• Explain charging by induction and how charges are brought near a conductor.
• Clarify qualitatively the electric field region.

3.02 Identify and evaluate capacitors and dielectric.

• Define capacitance with stored charge and voltage.
• Recognize energy storage in relation to voltage, charge, and energy.
• Relate voltage, charge, and stored energy in a capacitor.
• Analyze capacitance and energy of a parallel plate.
• Define the electric field and capacitance in spherical and cylindrical objects.
• Explain how a dielectric affects the capacitance field strength and voltage.
  

4.01 Measure and analyze the current, resistance, and power in electric circuits.

• Relate current and voltage for a resistor.
• Qualitatively describe what happens in terms of electric field strength, current density, and drift electron velocity in a conductor.
• Explain and calculate how cross-sectional area, length, and material affect the resistance of a resistor.
• Explain the rate of how heat is dissipated.

4.02 Examine and analyze steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors.

• Define and relate current, resistance, and voltage.
• Identify series and parallel wiring in a circuit.
• Determine voltage, current, resistance, and power across series, parallel, and combination circuits.
• Draw a diagram of a series-parallel circuit using conventional symbols.
• Calculate terminal voltage and internal resistance for a known battery.
• Identify and calculate the current, voltage and resistance using Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's rules.
• Identify the properties and connections of an ammeter and voltmeter.

4.03 Evaluate and analyze capacitors in circuits.

• Explain the capacitance for capacitors in parallel and series circuits.
• Identify and examine energy storage in a capacitor.
• Explain the charge and voltage for capacitors in parallel and series circuits.
• Graph and mathematically express the discharging of a capacitor over time.
• Calculate and graph voltage and currents over time in a circuit.
  

5.01 Derive and analyze the force on a charge in a magnetic field.

• Calculate charge, force, velocity, and magnetic field.
• Explain why work cannot be performed by a magnetic field.
• Explain the motion of charged particle in a magnetic field.

5.02 Analyze the force on a current-carrying wire in magnetic fields.

• Relate the magnitude and direction of charge, velocity, magnetic field, and force on a moving charges and current-carrying wire in a magnetic field.
• Analyze the torque on a rectangular loop of wire in a magnetic field.

5.03 Examine the magnetic fields of long current-carrying wires.

• Analyze the magnetic fields of long current-carrying wires.
• Calculate the forces between long current-carrying wires.

5.04 Apply and use Biot-Savart and Ampere's law.

• Articulate and utilize Ampere's Law in the integral form to relate current to magnetic field strength.
• Analyze magnetic field for a long straight wire, solid cylinder, and hollow cylinder using law of superposition.
  

6.01 Evaluate and analyze electromagnetic induction using Faraday's law and Lenz's law.

• Calculate the flux of a uniform magnetic field.
• Calculate the magnetic flux of a nonuniform magnetic field using integration
• Identify the magnitude and direction of the induced emf and current in a uniform magnetic field for specific and general cases.
• Develop the skills necessary to solve basic problems with electromagnetic induction.

6.02 Formulate and examine inductance (including LR and LC circuits).

• Calculate the magnitude and emf for an inductor through which a specified changing current is flowing.
• Apply self-inductance for a long solenoid.
• Develop the skills necessary to solve basic circuits with resistors and inductors.

6.03 Explain Maxwell's equations in integral form and discuss their implications.