Electricity and Magnetism
1 - Introduction to Electricity
Video - BBC Story of Electricity preview
Topics:
1. Electrical Circuits Review 2. Electricity - review of basic concepts
SPH3U Electricity Introduction
Video - Benjamin Franklin and his kite (History, 2:35)
Handout: Electrical Circuits Review
Video lesson - Electricity Concepts Review
Handout: Electricity Concepts Review
Electricity Concepts Review - solutions
Video - Circuit Basics - What's the difference between AC and DC power (3:12)
Video - Thomas Edison and the AC/DC Battle (Time, 4:00)
Video: Conventional Current vs. Electron Flow (4:32)
Video: Voltage and Potential Energy (9:40)
Physics Concepts and Connections Textbook Pages: pp. 523, 530, 544, 548, 553, 567
Nelson Physics 11 Textbook Pages: 510-513, 516-518, 504-505, 523-525
2 - Electricity Review
Electricity – review of basic concepts (cont.)
Handout: Electricity Review (from last class)
Review Electricity Concepts ppt
Video - Conventional Current (Khan Academy, 3:56)
Video - Superconductivity and magnetic levitation (4:38)
Practice Problems: p. 540 - #22, 25; p. 575 - #10, 11, 18, 24, 37
3 - Electrical Circuits: Kirchoff’s Laws
Video - Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (Khan Academy, 6:49)
Video - Kirchhoff's Current Law (Khan Academy, 6:02)
Nelson Physics 11 Textbook Pages: 519-522
4 - Culminating Assignment
Electrical Circuits – Kirchoff’s Laws continued
Introduce Culminating Assignment
May 14, 16/15, 17
Culminating Assignment – 7.5%
SPH3U Culminating Task Description and Rubric
video - Illustrated Honda Cog Commercial (contains names of all components of the commercial)
5 - Circuit Analysis
Topics:
Equivalent Resistance, Circuit Analysis
Equivalent Resistance and Circuit Challenge
Nelson Physics 11 Textbook Pages: 527-534
6 - Introduction to Magnetism
Handout: Magnetism Activity
Magnetism Activity - solutions
PhET - magnet and compass simulation
Video - MinutePhysics - Magnets: How do they work?
Video - MinutePhysics - Where is the true North Pole?
Video - Science Channel - Magnetic Field Reversal (2:34)
Video - The Core - trailer (2:09)
Video - SciShow - Animal Magnetism: How animals navigate (3;21)
Textbook Pages: pp. 582-584
Nelson Physics 11 Textbook Pages: 548-551
7 - Oersted’s Principle and electromagnets
Circuit Laws Practice Problem #1
Handout: Activity - Oersted's Principle and Electromagnetism
Handout: Magnetic Fields of Straight Conductors and Solenoids
Video - NASA - Space weather and Earth aurora
Video - Veritasium - What causes the Northern Lights
Physics Concepts and Connections Textbook Pages: pp. 584-585, 589
Practice Problems: p. 599 - #15a, 20, 21, 22
Nelson Physics 11 Textbook Pages: 553-556, 559-561
8 - Electromagnetic Induction, Lenz’s Law
Circuit Laws Practice Problem #2
Handout: Electromagnetic Induction and Lenz's Law
Video - Crash Course Physics - Electromagnetic Induction
Video - Veritasium - Electromagnetic Induction
Video - Physics Girl - Electromagnets
Physics Concepts and Connections Textbook Pages: pp. 608-611
Practice Problems: p. 625 - #16, 17, 18, 20
Nelson Physics 11 Textbook Pages: 588-591
9 - Electric motors
Handout: The Motor Principle
Video - SciShow - World's Simplest Motor
Nelson Physics 11 Textbook Pages: 563-564, 567-570
10 - Exam Review
June
Final Exam – 22.5%
June