TEXTBOOK:  Chapter 15; Section 15.1 to 15.6;  pages 484 - 503. 

OBJECTIVES:

• To state the three basic particles found in an atom, their location, and their charges.

• To describe the make-up of both a positively charged object and a negatively charged object in terms of electrons.

• To state, explain, and give one example of the law of conservation of charge.

• To state the law of like charges and unlike charges.

• Differentiate between electron action in conductors and insulators.

• Explain why an automobile is a relatively safe haven in a lightning storm.

• To describe how a neutral object may be charged by contact and by induction; and to identify the type of charge acquired in each case. 

• To use an electroscope to detect the presence of charge and identify the type of charge.

• Describe how an insulator can be charged by charge polarization.

• State the variables that affect the electric force between two objects; and to analyze how the variables affect the force.

• State the name of the scientist who first quantified the nature of electric force and name the unit of electric charge.

• Define the unit of electric charge in terms of the charge on an electron.

• State and apply Coulomb's law for electrostatic charges for forces in one and two dimensions.

• Define an electric field.

• Sketch the electric field lines in the vicinity of simple charged objects.

• Find the magnitude and the direction of the electric field for a test charge, and for a point charge or a combination of point charges.

• State the value of an electric field inside a conductor in which no current is present.

ACTIVITIES:

TYPE	DESCRIPTION	DATE
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	Worksheet: Electrical Nature of the Atom	May 23, 2002
EXPERIMENT	Transfer of Electric Charge	May 24, 2002 May 28, 2002
MULTI-MEDIA	Video - Lightning	May 31, 2002
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	Worksheet on Coulomb's Law	June 3, 2002
HOMEWORK	Read Sections 15.3, pages 490 - 494; and do problems, pages 514 - 519; # 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13.	June 3, 2002
MULTI-MEDIA	PowerPoint: Electric Charges at Rest	June 4, 2002
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	WORKSHEET: Electric Fields I	June 4, 2002
MULTI-MEDIA	PowerPoint: Electric Fields	June 5, 2002
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	WORKSHEET: Electric Fields II	June 5, 2002
HOMEWORK	Read Section 15.4 to 15.6, pages 494 - 503; and do problems pages 514 - 519; # 15, 17a, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27.	June 5, 2002
DEMONSTRATION	Van de Graaff Generator	June 7, 2002
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY	WORKSHEET: Review Problems	June 7, 2002
MULTI-MEDIA	PowerPoint: Transfer of Electric Charge	June 10, 2002
TEST	Electric Forces and Fields	June 11, 2002

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