2nd Semester Assignments 2012-13 (AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism)

Monday, January 14
Chapter 21: The Electric Field-Discrete Charge Distribution
21.1 Charge
21.2 Conductors
21.3 Coulomb's Law
ex p723 26,30
HW p723 27,31,35,69
21.4 The Electric Field
ex p723 37,41,45
HW p723 38,48
Lab-Coulomb's Law for charged balloons

Wednesday, January 16
21.5 Electric Field Lines
-diagrams on worksheet
21.6 Action of the Electric Field on Charges
ex p724 51,57,84,86
HW p724 52,87
Lab-Mapping Electric Fields (Electric Field of Dreams) or (Electric Field Hockey)

Friday, January 18
Test - chapter 21

Wednesday, January 23
Chapter 22: The Electric Field and Continuous Charge Distributions
22.1 Calculating E from Coulomb's Law
ex p757 13,14,16,17
HW p757 15,68,71,79

Friday, January 25
22.2 Gauss' Law
video intro to Electric Flux (10 min)
video intro to electric Flux - part 2 (8 min)
ex p758 27-30
HW p758 31,33
22.3 Using Symmetry to Calculate E with Gauss' Law
*spherical charge distribution*
video intro to Gauss' Law for a point charge (10 min)
video intro to Gauss' Law for a non-conducting sphere (10 min)
video to Gauss' Law for spherical shells (10 min)
ex p759 37,38,42,66
HW p759 39,40,43

Tuesday, January 29
22.3 Using Symmetry to Calculate E with Gauss' Law
*cylindrical charge distribution*
ex p759 46,48,50,54
HW p759 49,51,55

Thursday, January 31
22.5 Charge and E Field at Conductor Surfaces
ex p760 60,61
HW p760 59,63
review

Tuesday, February 5
Test - chapter 22

Thursday, February 7
Chapter 23: Electric Potential
23.1 Potential Difference
23.2 Potential due to a System of Point Charges
ex p796 26,29,30,31
HW p796 27,32 (skip d)
23.3 Computing E from V
ex p797 35,36
HW p797 37-39

Monday, February 11
23.4 Calculations of V for Continuous Charge Distributions
ex p797 40,45,49
HW p797 44,48,58
23.5 Equipotential Surfaces
ex p798 60,61
HW p798 62,64
classwork problems
Electric Field/Potential applet

Wednesday, February 13
23.6 Electrostatic Potential Energy
ex p798 21,23,65,69,79
HW p798 24,66,70,81
review

Friday, February 15
Test - Chapter 23

Monday, February 18 - NO SCHOOL (Presidents' Day)

Wednesday, February 20
Chapter 24-Capacitance
problem 87 is interesting
24.1 Capacitance (including parallel plate and cylindrical capacitors)
ex p832 16,17,40,44
24.2 Storage of Electrical Energy
Lab-Capacitors ( online PhET Capacitor simulation )
the lab worksheet can be found here: Capacitors: Two Plate Special
ex p832 19,21,22,23,77
HW p832 20,25,74

Friday, February 22
Spherical Capacitors
ex p832 24,48
24.3 Capacitors, Batteries, Circuits
ex p832 26,28,34,79
HW p832 29,32,35,75
Lab-A Homemade Capacitor -p821 Example 24-11 ( how-to video )

Tuesday, February 26
Disconnected and Reconnected Capacitors
ex p834 52,53,55
HW p834 54,56,59
24.4 Dielectrics
ex p835 61,69
HW p835 63,67

Thursday, February 28
Test-chapter 24

Monday, March 4
Chapter 25-Electric Current and Direct Current Circuits
25.1 Current and Motion of Charges
25.2 Resistance and Ohm's Law
ex p879 39,41,45
HW p879 38,42,46,47
25.3 Energy in Electric Circuits
ex p880 61,65,67
HW p880 62,66
Lab-Appliance Lab (take home)

Wednesday, March 6
25.4 Combinations of Resistors
ex p881 70,72,74
HW p881 75,76,77
25.5 Kirchoff's Rules
ex p882 81,85, worksheet
HW p882 82,86, worksheet
Lab-PhET simulation of DC Circuits (DC circuit simulation)
the worksheet for this lab is found here: DC Circuits lab worksheet

Friday, March 8
25.6 RC Circuits
ex p883 95,97,98
HW p883 96,99,103
Lab-RC Circuits ( PhET simulation of RC circuits )

Tuesday, March 12
Review

Thursday, March 14
Test-chapter 25

Monday, March 18
Chapter 26-The Magnetic Field
26.1 The Force Exerted by a Magnetic Field
ex p911 14,17,18,24,74
HW p911 21,23,70,75
26.2 Motion of a Point Charge in a Magnetic Field
ex p912 27,35,39
HW p912 34,36,40
Lab-Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Wire

Wednesday, March 20
ITED Testing - all grades (NO Classes)

Thursday, March 21
26.3 Torques on Current Loops and Magnets
ex p913 47,49
HW p913 48,50,51
Lab-Torques on Current Loops

Monday, March 25-Sunday, April 7: Spring Break (NO School)
You will have AP Physics work to do over Spring Break.
If possible, I encourage you to get together as a group (or small groups) over vacation to begin reviewing for the AP Physics C Exam.
Chapter 27-Sources of the Magnetic Field
27.2 The Magnetic Field of Currents: Biot-Savart Law
video lesson-Biot Savart and Ampere's Law
ex p951 19,21,27,33,95
HW p 951 18,29,76,79,81
Lab-Force Between Two Current Carrying Wires
27.3 Gauss’ Law for Magnetism
27.4 Ampere’s Law
HW p953 47,49,84,94

Chapter 30-Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
30.1 Maxwell’s Displacement Current
30.2 Maxwell’s Equations
video lesson-Maxwell's Equations
-know the implications of each equation (you will NOT be doing calculations with them)
30.4 Electromagnetic Radiation

Monday, April 8
Magic Mountain field trip prep work-calibration, ride packet Power Point, practice measurements

Wednesday, April 10
Magic Mountain field trip - leave at 9:30am and return to school by 6:30/7pm
bring at least $20 for food

Friday, April 12
Chapter 28-Magnetic Induction
28.1 Magnetic Flux
ex p989 20,23,24,28 (different #s)
HW p989 22,25,28
28.2 Induced EMF and Faraday's Law
ex p989 30
HW p989 31
28.3 Lenz's Law
video lesson-Electromagnetic Induction and Lenz's Law
28.4 Motional EMF
ex p990 36,38,77,78
HW p990 37,39,43,82
Demo-Lenz's Law

Tuesday, April 16
go over HW
Lab-Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law
Lab-Right Hand Rule Roller

Thursday, April 18
28.5 Eddy Currents
-demo
28.6 Inductance
ex p991 49
HW p991 50
28.7 Magnetic Energy
ex p991 54
HW p991 57
28.8 RL Circuits
ex p991 59,60,67
HW p991 61,62,64

Tuesday, April 23
sample AP Exam-Mechanics multiple choice
counts for a grade

Thursday, April 25
sample AP Exam-Mechanics free response
counts for a grade

Monday, April 29
sample AP Exam-E&M multiple choice
counts for a grade

Wednesday, May 1
sample AP Exam-E&M free response
counts for a grade

Friday, May 3
review

Tuesday, May 7
review

Thursday, May 9
review

Monday, May 13
AP Physics C Exam (12 noon) - NO Class today
get a good night sleep on Sunday night
relax, answer everything

Wednesday, May 15
Relativity (Special and General)
video-Einstein Revealed

Friday, May 17
finish Einstein Revealed

Tuesday, May 21
Modern Physics/Higgs Boson/String Theory
video-Elegant Universe