Electric Fields: Crash Course Physics #26

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

This Crash Course Physics video discusses electric fields and Coulomb's law. As we learn more about electricity, we have to talk about fields. Electric fields may seem complicated, but they're really fascinating and a crucial part of physics.

Science (2015) Grade(s): 09-12 - Physics

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Develop and use models to illustrate electric and magnetic fields, including how each is created (e.g., charging by either conduction or induction and polarizing; sketching field lines for situations such as point charges, a charged straight wire, or a current carrying wires such as solenoids; calculating the forces due to Coulomb’s laws), and predict the motion of charged particles in each field and the energy required to move a charge between two points in each field.

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Vocabulary

  • voltmeter
  • model
  • fields
  • field force
  • energy
  • potential energy
  • electric potential
  • electric charge
  • positive
  • negative
  • like
  • unlike
  • electric field strength
  • north and south magnetic poles
  • magnet
  • magnetic field strength
  • conduction
  • induction
  • charge
  • current
  • conductors
  • insulators
  • compass
  • multimeter
  • work
  • vector
  • point charge
  • test charge
  • Coulomb's law
  • proton
  • electron
  • attract
  • repel

Knowledge

Students know:
  • How to develop and use models.
  • Understanding of static electricity.
  • Phenomena of electric and magnetic fields.
  • How charges interact and how they behave in a field.
  • How fields interact.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Properly use a voltmeter or mulimeter.
  • Develop and use models to make predictions and to illustrate explanations.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Some forces act over a distance, creating fields.
  • The behavior of objects in a field is predictable and caused by interaction of fields and charged particles.

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Developing and Using Models

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and Effect

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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