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PHYSICAL SCIENCE Course Code: 200331001
TOPIC VIII: Electricity-Static CurrentESSENTIAL CONTENT / OBJECTIVES / INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
A. Develop the concept of electricity
1. Static electricity/Lightning
2. Charges/Electromagnetic force
B. Conductor, semiconductors, and insulators
1. Current
2. Voltage
C. Electric circuits and systems
1. Batteries
2. Series and Parallel circuits
3. Ohm’s Law
4. Kirchoff’s law
5. Power
6. Alternating/Direct current
7. Circuit breakers and fuses / · Define static electricity and discuss its causes.
· Investigate how electric charges exert forces on each other and how objects become electrically charge.
· Differentiate among conductors, semiconductors, and insulators
· Investigate and explain the relationships among current, voltage, resistance, and power.
· Introduce Ohm’s Law using examples and make a connection to the motion of charges.
· Describe band structure, valence electrons, and how the charges flow or rearrange themselves between conductors and insulators.
· Distinguish between circuits connected in parallel or in series.
· Discuss advantages for using parallel circuits.
· Construct and interpret circuit diagrams.
· Discuss applications of electricity in daily living
· Distinguish direct current and alternating current. / Core Text Book:
Ch. 20 & 21
Vocabulary: (see p. 2)
Electricity, electric current, electric circuit, resistor, open/closed circuit, switch, ampere, voltage, battery, resistance, ohm,
Technology: (see p. 2)
1. Gizmos
2. Brain pop multimedia: Electricity
3. Brain pop multimedia: Static Electricity
4. Brain pop multimedia: Current Electricity
5. Brain pop multimedia: Electric Current
6. Teachersdomain.org
7. Learner.org
SC.912.P.10.14
SC.912.P.10.15 / Coulomb Force (Static)
Circuits
Advanced Circuits
SC.912.P.10.14
SC.912.P.10.15 / Ohm’s Law (PhET)
Circuit Construction Kit (AC/DC) (PhET)
Ballons and static electricity (PhET)
Resistance in a wire (PhET)
Battery resistor circuit (PhET)
Charges and Fields (PhET)
Capacitor Lab (PhET)
Standard: SC.912.P.10.14 / / Video / · Charge Transfer: Friction
· Charge Transfer: Conduction
· Charge Transfer: Induction
· Charge Transfer: Discharge / · Generating Electricity: Understanding Electromagnetism
· Minimizing Electrostatics / · Smart Fibers
· Transistors
· Organic Semiconductors: OLEDs
/ Image / · Electrical Power Lines with Insulators
· Insulators on Power Line
/ Article / · Electroscope
Standard: SC.912.P.10.15 / / Video / · Electric Current
· Ohm's Law
· Electric Resistance
· Watts's & Kirchhoff's Laws
· Introduction to Resistance and Circuits / · Circuits with More than One Resistor
· Series vs. Parallel Circuits
· Understanding How a Light Bulb Works
· Wattage and Amperage
· Resistance / · Electric Circuits and Energy Conversions
· Electric Safety: Voltage vs. Amperage
· Work, Power, and Thermal Energy
· Grounding Electricity and Safety
/ Image / · Circuits, parallel and series; each missing a bulb
/ Skill Builder / · Series and Parallel Circuits
/ Article / · Ohm, Georg Simon
· Electrochemistry
/ Video / · Shocking: Electric Barrier Set to Repel Invasive Asian Carp
· Under Wraps: Unraveling Ancient Mummies with Virtual Autopsies
· Can Electrical Stimulus Reverse Paralysis in Injured Dogs?
· Physicists Surprised by Breakthrough in Superconductivity
· How Superconductivity and Superconductors Work
· From Metal to Plastic: Iowa State Chemist Works on Organic Semiconductors
· Columbia Shuttle Crew Studies Northern Lights, Sends Ham Radio Transmissions
/ Image / · Watching the electrons, and chemistry in motion
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