IB Physics
Electricity
Chapter 16, 17 Syllabus
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Block |
Class |
Due on this class |
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1 Sept
6/7 |
•Get textbooks •Electric Charge •Coulomb’s Law •Electrostatics:
Insulators, Conductors |
Read: 16.1-5 |
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2 Sept 10/11 |
•Induced Charge •Stupid Van de Graaff
tricks •Arrays of charges:
Linear •Charge on
conductors/Van de Graaff/Lightning Safety •Course
Policy/Teaching/Research ideas |
Check: (16#1): 1-9, Gen.
Prob. 41,42[1] Read: 16.6 |
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3 Sept 12/13 |
•Arrays of charges:
Vectors •Course
Policy/Teaching/Research ideas |
Check: (16#2): 10,11,15-20,
Gen. Prob. 45,48 |
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4 Sept 14/17 |
•Electric Field •Electric Field
addition: Vectors again |
Check: (16#3): 12-14, Gen.
Prob. 49,46,47,53,54 Read: 16.7-9 |
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5 Sept
18/19 |
•Voltage and Electric
Field •Electron Volts •Millikan prep –
Numerical analysis |
Check: (16#4): 21-39, Gen.
Prob. 43,44,50,51,52, 55,56 Read: 17.1-4, 10 |
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6 Sept 20/21 |
•Voltage due to point
charges: Not a vector •Quiz 16 |
Check: (17#1):1-12, Gen. Prob. 54 Turn In: PS 16: (4 stamps) Read: 17.10 |
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7 Sept 24/25 |
•Millikan prep
–Formulas •Cute voltage problems |
Check: Millikan Prep Read: 17.10 |
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8 Sept 26/27 |
•Equipotential lines •Field Lines and
conductors •CRT problems |
Check: (17#2): 13-18, Gen.
Prob. 56,63 |
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9 Sept
28 Oct
1 |
•Quiz 17 •More CRT problems |
Check: (17#3): 19-23, Gen.
Prob. 58,64 Read: 17.5,10 Turn In: PS 17: (3 stamps) |
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10 Oct 2/3 |
•Millikan Lab – write
up/particulars/how to •Work on electric
field mapping lab/Millikan prep |
Turn In: Millikan Prep |
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11 Oct 4/5 |
•Electric Field
Mapping lab •Work on labs |
Check: AP #1-2 |
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12 Oct 8/9 |
•Work
on labs |
Check: AP #3 |
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13 Oct 10/11 |
•Work
on labs |
Check: AP #4 |
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14 Oct 15/16 |
•Work
on labs |
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15 Oct 17/22 |
Test on Chapters 16 and 17
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Turn In: AP problems: (3 stamps) Turn In: Electric Field mapping lab |
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16 Oct 23/24 |
Currents and circuits |
Turn In: Millikan lab |
[1] Spend about 30 minutes on homework between classes. If you are bored, try the more challenging problems, and if you are struggling, do the easier ones. You are not expected to do all the problems. Don’t waste your time doing problems that are too hard or too easy.