Electrostatics

Learning Targets

• Recognize that electric charge tends to be static on insulators and can move on conductors.

• Explain how an object becomes electrically charged.

• Describe conceptually the attractive and repulsive forces between objects relative to their charges and the distance between them according to Coulomb's law.

• Solve problems using Coulomb's law.

• Describe ways electric charges can be transferred.

• Describe what happens when a charged object is placed near a conducting surface.

• Describe what happens when an insulator is in the presence of a charged object.

Printable Learning Targets

Textbook Pages: 139 - 147, 162 - 163

Reading Essentials Pages: 83 - 88