Fields - Gravity, Electric, Magnetic
Unit outline
Electric and Magnetic Fields Unit Outline 2017-18
Video - Real World Telekinesis (Introduction to Fields) (Minute Physics, 5:11)
Video - The Reality of Fields (Perimeter Institute, 5:30)
Video - Black Holes Explained (Kurzgesagt, 5:55)
1 - Electrostatic Forces, Coulomb’s Law
Video - Electric eel lights up a Christmas tree
Handouts:
Practice Problem - Electric Forces
Video - Coulomb's Law calculation (Khan Academy, 11:50)
Homework:
Read pg. 320-325, 327-333
Problems: pg. 332 - #1, 3, pg. 333 - #5
2 - Electric Field Diagrams
Handout:
Video - Electric Fields (Crash Course Physics, 9:56)
Visualizing Electric Forces in 3D
Video - Khan Academy - Electric Field Lines
Video - Khan Academy - Electric Field Lines - dipoles
Video - Veritasium - What's in a Candle Flame?
Homework:
Read pp. 338-345
3 - Electric Field Strength
Handout:
University of Colorado PhET Simulation - Electric fields
Video - Khan Academy - Electric Field Intensity
Video - Faraday Suit - Electrostatic Shielding
Video - ArcAttack - Back in Black
Video - Bozeman Science - Electric Field of a Parallel Plate
Video - Tech Quickie - How do signal blockers work? (5:33)
Homework:
Read pg. 334-337
Culminating Activity
May 17, 19
4 - Magnetic Fields, Faraday’s Law
Video - Einstein's Big Idea - Michael Faraday part 1
Video - Einstein's Big Idea - Michael Faraday part 2
Video - Physics of Superheroes - Electro and Magneto
Handout:
Video - Eddy Currents and Magnetic Braking
Video - Magnetic Braking in Rides (National geographic, 3:22)
Homework:
Read pg. 378-382
Read pg. 382-385, pg. 405-408
5 - The Magnetic Force
Handout:
Video - Bozeman Science - Magnetic Force
Video - Magnetic Force on Charged Particles
Video - How speakers make sound (Animagraffs, 7:05)
Homework:
Read pg. 386-389
6 - Electromagnetic Waves and Polarization
Video - Why is the speed of light what it is? (13:18)
Video - SciSchow - James Clerk Maxwell
Maxwell, Electromagnetism and Light
Handout:
Video - polarization of light - basic concept
Video - Making a secret monitor with polarization
Video - Engineering Guy - How does an LCD monitor work?
Review Problems Package
Homework:
Read pg. 532-536
7 - Exam Review
June 7, 9
Review I – Kinematics and Projectiles, Newton’s Laws and Forces, Special Relativity
June 13
Review II – Energy and Momentum, Fields (Gravitational, Electric and Magnetic) and Light
Final Exam – June 21, 9 am, Rm. 317 (2 hours)