SC15.PHYS.11
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.
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
