Electricity

Rosedale Grade 9 Science - Physics


PEARSON TEXTBOOK Unit D (Electricity)

Static Electricity Topics (see halfway down for Current Electricity Topics)

1 The Law of Electric Charges 

Introductory Discussion: What do you know about electricity?

Introductory Powerpoint: The Story of Electricity

Introduction to Static Electricity WS and notes

Electrostatics Intro Mini Lab WS 2023

Video - TED-Ed - The science of static electricity (3:38)

Video - Bill Nye the Science Guy - Static Electricity (22:36)

2 Charging by Friction/ The Electrostatic Series

Electrostatics - notes

Triboelectric/Electrostatic Series - Pearson textbook Page 398

Charging by Friction Activity: The Amazing Race 2023

Charging by Friction - Charge Diagrams WS

Review - Electrostatic Series and Charging by Friction

3 Charging by Contact

Charging by Contact - notes

Charging by Contact notes answers

Mini-Lab: Using the pith balls

Charging by Contact Mini-Lab

4 Conductors and Insulators pp. 400-401 (Pearson)

Conductors and Insulators notes

5 Electrostatics Lab

04 Electrostatics lab 2016

6 Charging by induction, grounding (Pearson pp. 404-409)

Charging by Induction Notes Answers V2.docx

Charging by Induction notes

Charging by Induction notes answers

Video - TVO - Charging by Induction (9:30)

Video - Bozeman Science - Review of Electrostatic Induction (8:36)

7 Applications of Static Electricity 

05 electrostatics Applications WS.docx

Video - Mythbusters - Cell phones and Gas stations (2:23)

Video - How A laser Printer Works (2:54)

Video - Electrostatic Spray Painting (3:57)

8 Static Electricity Quiz

Static Electricity Quiz Outline and Review Questions

SNC1DE_static_electricity_crossword.pdf

Current Electricity Topics

1 What is Current Electricity?  p 474-481 p 489 #1-10

Introduction to Current Electricity V5 ppt

Introduction to Current Electricity notes V5.doc

Electricity Generation Methods text V2 WS.docx

Energy 101 Video 5 min

Phet Current Generator Simulation

Video: Toronto Blackout 2003 - CBC footage

YouTube: School House Rocks: Electricity Song 3 min

2 Parts of a Circuit and their Functions p 434-435

Parts of a Circuit and their Functions V3.ppt

Parts of a Circuit and their Functions  notes V3.doc

Parts of a Circuit WS V2.doc

Intro Activity - Light Up Your Life.docx

Video: Bill Nye - Introduction to Current Electricity (23 minutes)

AIM 2 What is a circuit?.pdf

3 Series and Parallel Loads in Circuits p. 310-311     

Video Series and Parallel Circuits 

 Series and Parallel V2 ppt

Series and Parallel notes V2.docx

Building Circuits Mini-lab V2.docx

Series and Parallel circuits WS

Review Series and Parallel WS

Circuit Construction Kit (DC) - Online Lab

aim 3 What is a series circuit? ws.pdf (optional)

aim 4 What is a parallel circuit? ws.pdf (optional)

Electric Circuits : Series and Parallel - YouTube 4:19

Series and Parallel Circuits; Bozeman Science - YouTube 8:04

4 What is Electric Current? How to Use an Ammeter Text p. 314-315

What is electric current V2 (PDF)

What is electric current V2?ppt

What is electric current V2? notes.docx

Minilab - using an ammeter V2 (PDF) or Minilab - using an ammeter V2 (doc) to measure current with loads in series and parallel - Use this simulation to create your circuits  Circuit Construction Kit (DC)

Video - TVO - Current Electricity (9 min)

Video - Crash Course Physics - Current Electricity: Crash Course Physics (8 min)

5 What is Voltage/Potential Difference? How to Use a Voltmeter 

What is voltage or potential difference V2 (PDF)

What is voltage or potential difference V2?ppt

What is voltage or potential difference V2? notes.docx

Reading a voltmeter ws.docx

Minilab - measuring voltage V3 Measuring Voltage with Loads in Series and Parallel- Use this simulation to create your circuits  Circuit Construction Kit (DC)

Video - Khan Academy: Using voltmeters and ammeters

6 Solving Electricity Problems: Current (I = Q/t) and Voltage (V=E/Q)

Solving Electric Current Problems (I = Q/t) Student version

Solving Electric Current Problems (I_Q/t) Answers

Solving Electricity Problems (I = Q/t, V = E/Q) Student version

Solving Electricity Problems (I-Q/t, V=E/Q) Answers

7 Analyzing Circuits for current and voltage

Analyzing Circuit Diagrams for Current and Voltage note and WS.docx

8 Optional Gizmos Lab – Measuring Current and Voltage with loads and sources in Series and Parallel

Gizmos Lab - Current and Voltage in Series and Parallel Circuits

9 Resistance and Ohm’s Law - Solve Resistance Problems (V=IR)

Resistance and Ohm's Law.pdf

Resistance and Ohm's Law  V2.ppt

Resistance and Ohm's Law Note and WS V2.docx

Resistance and Graphing.docx

Video - TVO Video - Electricity - Resistance (9:30 min) 

10  Power  and EVQRIt

What is Power and EVQRIt.pptx

What is Power? and EVQRIt Note and WS.docx

Video - Energy Vampires

Video - How Light Bulbs Work

10 Test Review 

13 Current Electricity Review 2019.doc

11 Unit Test

Culminating Assignment

Pros and Cons of Different Methods of Generating Electricity Outline - 

Tesla's Giant Australian Battery

For info about amazing renewable energy projects in Africa

Some cool interactive links for power generation.

Recommended video: Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity (Jim Al-Khalili, BBC Horizon, 2 hours 54 minutes)