121+Electricity+and+Magnetism

= = =121 Electricity and Magnetism=

=Description= Electricity is the cause of lightning, enables people to enter their houses and with a flip of a switch turn on lights and computers, is used in human bodies to send signals; in fact, dependence on electricity grows daily. Magnetism once was considered a military secret; now it is needed every day to store information on computers and drive motors. This course examines these two related topics by experimentation and modeling.

Core Course 1 trimester course

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Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: 2010/2011: Open to students in Class of 2012, 2013, and 2014 2011/2012 forward: Algebra 1 or successful completion of a year of Algebra in 8th grade

Essential Question(s) Course:
Course question: What is electricity? What are similarities and differences between electricity and magnetism? Unit I: What are necessary components for a complete circuit? Unit II: Where do the charges originate? Unit III: What determines the amount of charge flow? Unit IV: What "drives" the electricity to flow? Unit V: What components and arrangements of components determine overall current, resistance and voltage? Unit VI: How do magnetic fields relate to electric fields?

Final Assessment
lab practical

Units
Give the basic units that will be covered- You can make each unit a page and give detail there.

Attachments
Unit Plans


 * ~ Table of Contents ||
 * Unit Name ........................................................ . || Number of Weeks || NSES or Benchmark ...................................................... .. ||
 * Closed Loop Model || 1.2 || UCP 1,2,3,5 ST 1,2 SPSP 4,5 ||
 * Charge Flow and Sources of Charge Model || 2 || UCP 1,2,3,4,5 SAI 1,2 ST 1,2 SPSP 2,4,5 ||
 * Resistance Model || 1.4 || UCP 1,2,3,4,5 SAI 1,2 HNS 1,3 SPSP 1,2,4,5 ||
 * Pressure Model || 2 || UCP 1,2,3,4,5 SAI 1,2 HNS 1,3 SPSP 1,2,4,5 ||
 * Circuit Variables || 2 || UCP 1,2,3,4,5 SAI 1,2 ST 1,2 SPSP 4,5 ||
 * Magnetism || 2.4 || UCP 1,2,3,4,5 SAI 1,2 ST 1,2 SPSP 4,5 ||