PHY70A-Curriculum Document-AY 2017-2018 PDF

Grade 12 ASP Physics Curriculum Document- 2017-2018
Course Title Physics

Grade Level ATHS G12 ASP

Course Code PHY70A
Course Theory: 80%
Delivery Practical: 20%
Hours 6 / week
Pre- PHY60A
requisites
Course Description
The Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism course is a calculus-based, college-level physics
course, especially appropriate for students planning to specialize or major in physical
science or engineering. The course explores topics such as electrostatics; conductors,
capacitors, and dielectrics; electric circuits; magnetic fields; and electromagnetism.
Introductory differential and integral calculus is used throughout the course.

Course Learning Outcomes
The learner will be able to:

• Recall the concept of electric charge and the forces between them. Apply Coulomb’s
Law and the principle of superposition to find the net force on a charge due to other
charges around it
• Realize that charges are surrounded by electric fields that exert a force on other
charged objects and that the intensity of the electric field is the electric force per
unit charge
• Understand the concept of Electric Potential energy and Electric Potential
• Comprehend the relation between electric field and electric flux, and understand
the integral form of Gauss’s law and its applications
• Use the principle of superposition and integration to calculate the fields and
potentials of other charge distributions
• Know the fields of highly symmetric charge distribution
• Understand the nature of electric fields in and around conductors
• Understand induced charge and electrostatic shielding
• Understand the definition and function of capacitance
• Understand the physics of parallel- plate capacitors
• Apply the concept of electric fields to cylindrical and spherical capacitors to derive
an expression for the capacitance of each
• Describe the behavior of dielectrics used in capacitors
• Understand the meaning of electric current, conductivity, resistivity, resistance and
electromotor force
• Understand the behavior of series and parallel combinations of resistors
• Understand the properties of ideal and real batteries
• Apply Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s rules to direct-current circuits
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• Understand the properties of voltmeters and ammeters

• Understand the t = 0 and steady-state behavior of capacitors connected in series or
in parallel
• Understand the discharging or charging of a capacitor through a resistor
• Understand the force experienced by a charged particle in a magnetic field
• Draw field diagrams to explain and calculate the force exerted by a magnetic field
on a current carrying wire
• Understand the magnetic field created by a long straight current carrying wire
• Comprehend Biot-Savart law and its applications
• State and apply Ampere’s Law in the integral form
• Understand and apply the concept of magnetic flux
• State and apply Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws
• Understand the concept of inductance (including LR and LC circuits), and analyze
the transient and steady state of a DC circuit containing resistors and inductors
• Become familiar with Maxwell’s equations and their implications

Contribution to Program Outcomes
Program Outcomes Course Contribution
1 Demonstrate effective
self-learning and goal High
setting.
Medium
utilization of technology.
3 Perform scientific
Medium
research.
High
problem-solving skills.
critical and creative
Medium
thinking to solve real-life
problems.
6 Emphasize the
Medium
importance of ethics.
7 Demonstrate social and
Medium
emotional growth.
8 Demonstrate leadership
Medium
skills.
9 Perform service to
society and the Medium
environment.
10 Join top universities. High
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Assessment Scheme
Term 1 30%
Homework 5%
Class work & task 5%
Formative contribution
Lab/ Projects 10%
School based quizzes 15%
SWQ 15%
Summative
EOT 50%
Term 2 20%
Homework 5%
Lab/ Projects 10%
SWQ1 30%
Summative
SWQ2 35%
Term 3 20%
Homework 5%
Lab/ Projects 10%
SWQ 65%
Summative
End of Year Exam 30%
End of Year Exam
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G12 ASP Physics Curriculum Document
Reference: College Board - The AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (2014)

and aligned with SAT topics (2016)
Standard Learning Outcomes Performance Criteria
Attractive and repulsive interactions at a 1 Apply the concept of electric 1.1 Describe the types of charge and the
distance (e.g., gravitational, magnetic, charges and use Coulomb’s Law attraction and repulsion of charges
electrical and electromagnetic) can be with superposition principle to 1.2 Describe polarization and induced charges
described by using the concept of fields. find the net force on a charge 1.3 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
due to other charges around it force on a positive or negative charge due to
other specified point charges
1.4 Analyze the motion of a particle of specified
charge and mass under the influence of an
electrostatic force
Lab – 1: Experiments with Electroscope
2 Realize that charges are 2.1 Define electric field in terms of the force on a
surrounded by electric fields test charge
that exert a force on other 2.2 Describe and calculate the electric field of a
charged objects and that the single point charge
intensity of the electric field is 2.3 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
the electric force per unit electric field produced by two or more point
charge charges
2.4 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
force on a positive or negative charge placed
in a specified field
2.5 Interpret an electric field diagram
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2.6 Analyze the motion of a particle of specified

charge and mass in a uniform electric field
3 Understand the concept of 3.1 Determine the electric potential in the
Electric Potential energy and vicinity of one or more point charges
Electric Potential 3.2 Calculate the electrical work done on a
charge or use conservation of energy to
determine the speed of a charge that moves
through a specified potential difference
3.3 Determine the direction and approximate
magnitude of the electric field at various
positions given a sketch of equipotential
3.4 Calculate the potential difference between
two points in a uniform electric field, and
state which point is at the higher potential
3.5 Calculate how much work is required to
move a test charge from one location to
another in the field of fixed-point charges
3.6 Calculate the electrostatic potential energy of
a system of two or more point charges, and
calculate how much work is required to
establish the charge system
3.7 Use integration to determine electric
potential difference between two points on a
line, given electric field strength as a
function of position along that line
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3.8 State the general relationship between field

and potential, and define and apply the
concept of a conservative electric field
Lab – 2: Electric fields and potentials
4 Comprehend the relation 4.1 Calculate the flux of an electric field through
between electric field and an arbitrary surface or of a field uniform in
electric flux, and understand the magnitude over a Gaussian surface and
integral form of Gauss’s law and perpendicular to it
its applications 4.2 Calculate the flux of the electric field through
a rectangle when the field is perpendicular to
the rectangle and a function of one
coordinate only
4.3 State and apply the relationship between
flux and lines of force
4.4 State Gauss’s Law in integral form, and apply
it qualitatively to relate flux and electric
charge for a specified surface
4.5 Apply Gauss’s Law, along with symmetry
arguments, to determine the electric field for
a planar, spherical, or cylindrically
symmetric charge distribution
4.6 Apply Gauss’s Law to determine the charge
density or total charge on a surface in terms
of the electric field near the surface
Term 1 SWQ: LO 1 to LO 4
5 Use the principle of 5.1 Calculate the electric field of a straight,
superposition and integration uniformly charged wire
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to calculate the fields and 5.2 Calculate the electric field and potential on
potentials the axis of a thin ring of charge, or at the
center of a circular arc of charge
5.3 Calculate the electric potential on the axis of
a uniformly charged disk
6 Know the fields of highly 6.1 Identify situations in which the direction of
symmetric charge distribution the electric field produced by a charge
distribution can be deduced from symmetry
considerations
6.2 Describe qualitatively the patterns and
variation with distance of the electric field
of:
• Oppositely-charged parallel plates
• A long, uniformly-charged wire, or
thin cylindrical or spherical shell
6.3 Use superposition to determine the fields of
parallel charged planes, coaxial cylinders, or
concentric spheres
6.4 Derive expressions for electric potential as a
function of position in the above cases
Interactions of an object with other 7 Understand the nature of 7.1 Explain the mechanics responsible for the
objects can be described and explained electric fields in and around absence of electric field inside a conductor,
by using the concept of the transfer of conductors and know that all excess charge must reside
energy from one object to another, both on the surface of the conductor
within a defined system and across the 7.2 Explain why a conductor must be an
boundary of the system. Energy equipotential, and apply this principle in
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transfers across the boundary of a analyzing what happens when conductors

system can change the energy within the are connected by wires
system. 7.3 Show that all excess charge on a conductor
must reside on its surface and that the field
outside the conductor must be perpendicular
to the surface
7.4 Describe and sketch a graph of the electric
field and potential inside and outside a
charged conducting sphere
8 Understand induced charge and 8.1 Describe the process of charging by
electrostatic shielding induction
8.2 Explain why a neutral conductor is attracted
to a charged object
8.3 Explain why there can be no electric field in a
charge-free region completely surrounded
by a single conductor, and recognize
consequences of this result
8.4 Explain why the electric field outside a
closed conducting surface cannot depend on
the precise location of charge in the space
enclosed by the conductor, and identify
consequences of this result
EOT 1: LO 1 to LO 8
9 Understand the definition and 9.1 Relate stored charge and voltage for a
function of capacitance capacitor
9.2 Relate voltage, charge, and stored energy for
a capacitor
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9.3 Recognize situations in which energy stored

in a capacitor is converted to other forms
10 Understand the physics of 10.1 Describe the electric field inside the
parallel- plate capacitors capacitor, and relate the strength of this field
to the potential difference between the
plates and the plate separation
10.2 Relate the electric field to the density of the
charge on the plates
10.3 Derive an expression for the capacitance of a
parallel-plate capacitor
10.4 Determine how changes in dimension will
affect the value of the capacitance
10.5 Derive and apply expressions for the energy
stored in a parallel-plate capacitor and for
the energy density in the field between the
plates
10.6 Analyze situations in which capacitor plates
are moved apart or moved closer together,
or in which a conducting slab is inserted
between capacitor plates, either with a
battery connected between the plates or
with the charge on the plates held fixed
Lab – 3: Simulation lab on parallel plate capacitor
11 Apply the concept of electric 11.1 Describe the electric field inside each of
fields to cylindrical and cylindrical and spherical capacitors
spherical capacitors to derive 11.2 Derive an expression for the capacitance of
each cylindrical and spherical capacitors
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an expression for the

capacitance of each
12 Describe the behavior of 12.1 Describe how the insertion of a dielectric
dielectrics used in capacitors between the plates of a charged parallel
plate capacitor affects its capacitance and the
field strength and voltage between the plates
12.2 Analyze situations in which a dielectric slab
is inserted between the plates of a capacitor
13 Understand the meaning of 13.1 Relate the magnitude and direction of the
electric current, conductivity, current to the rate of flow of positive and
resistivity, resistance and negative charge
electromotor force 13.2 Relate current and voltage for a resistor
Lab – 4: Experiment on Ohm’s law
13.3 Write the relationship between electric field
strength and current density in a conductor,
and describe, in terms of the drift velocity of
electrons, why such a relationship is
plausible
13.4 Describe how the resistance of a resistor
depends upon its length and cross-sectional
area, and apply this result in comparing
current flow in resistors of different material
or different geometry
13.5 Derive an expression for the resistance of a
resistor of uniform cross-section in terms of
its dimensions and the resistivity of the
material from which it is constructed
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Lab – 5: Experiment on resistivity

13.6 Derive expressions that relate the current,
voltage and resistance to the rate at which
heat is produced when current passes
through a resistor
13.7 Apply the relationships for the rate of heat
production in a resistor
14 Understand the behavior of 14.1 Identify on a circuit diagram whether
series and parallel resistors are in series or in parallel
combinations of resistors 14.2 Determine the ratio of the voltages across
resistors connected in series or the ratio of
the currents through resistors connected in
parallel
14.3 Calculate the equivalent resistance of a
network of resistors that can be broken
down into series and parallel combinations
14.4 Calculate the voltage, current, and power
dissipation for any resistor in such a
network of resistors connected to a single
power supply
14.5 Design a simple series-parallel circuit that
produces a given current through and
potential difference across one specified
component, and draw a diagram for the
circuit using conventional symbols
Lab – 6: Experiment on series and parallel circuits
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15 Understand the properties of 15.1 Calculate the terminal voltage of a battery of

ideal and real batteries specified emf and internal resistance from
which a known current is flowing
15.2 Calculate the rate at which a battery is
supplying energy to a circuit or is being
charged up by a circuit
16 Apply Ohm’s law and 16.1 Determine a single unknown current,
Kirchhoff’s rules to direct- voltage, or resistance
current circuits 16.2 Set up and solve simultaneous equations to
determine two unknown currents
17 Understand the properties of 17.1 State whether the resistance of each is high
voltmeters and ammeters or low
17.2 Identify or show correct methods of
connecting meters into circuits in order to
measure voltage or current
17.3 Assess qualitatively the effect of finite meter
resistance on a circuit into which these
meters are connected
Lab –7: Experiment on Kirchhoff’s Laws
18 Understand the t = 0 and 18.1 Calculate the equivalent capacitance of a
steady-state behavior of series or parallel combination
capacitors connected in series 18.2 Describe how stored charge is divided
or in parallel between capacitors connected in parallel
18.3 Determine the ratio of voltages for
capacitors connected in series
18.4 Calculate the voltage or stored charge, under
steady-state conditions, for a capacitor
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connected to a circuit consisting of a battery

and resistors
Lab – 8: Experiment on series and parallel
capacitors
19 Understand the discharging or 19.1 Calculate and interpret the time constant of
charging of a capacitor through the circuit
a resistor 19.2 Sketch or identify graphs of stored charge or
voltage for the capacitor, or of current or
voltage for the resistor, and indicate on the
graph the significance of the time constant
19.3 Write expressions to describe the time
dependence of the stored charge or voltage
for the capacitor, or of the current or voltage
for the resistor
19.4 Analyze the behavior of circuits containing
several capacitors and resistors, including
analyzing or sketching graphs that correctly
indicate how voltages and currents vary with
time
Lab – 9: Experiment on charging and discharging of
a capacitor
Term 2 SWQ 1: LO 9 to LO 19
Attractive and repulsive interactions at a 20 Understand the force 20.1 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
distance (e.g., gravitational, magnetic, experienced by a charged force in terms of $, &, '() +, and explain why
electrical and electromagnetic) can be particle in a magnetic field the magnetic force can perform no work
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described by using the concept of fields. 20.2 Deduce the direction of a magnetic field from
information about the forces experienced by
charged particles moving through that field
20.3 Describe the paths of charged particles
moving in uniform magnetic fields
20.4 Derive and apply the formula for the radius
of the circular path of a charge that moves
perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field
20.5 Describe under what conditions particles
will move with constant velocity through
crossed electric and magnetic fields
21 Draw field diagrams to explain 21.1 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
and calculate the force exerted force on a straight segment of current-
by a magnetic field on a current carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field
carrying wire 21.2 Indicate the direction of magnetic forces on a
current-carrying loop of wire in a magnetic
field, and determine how the loop will tend
to rotate as a consequence of these forces
torque experienced by a rectangular loop of
wire carrying a current in a magnetic field
22 Understand the magnetic field 22.1 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
created by a long straight field at a point in the vicinity of a long
current carrying wire straight current carrying-Wire
22.2 Use superposition to determine the magnetic
field produced by two long wires
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22.3 Calculate the force of attraction or repulsion

between two long current-carrying wires
23 Comprehend Biot-Savart law 23.1 Deduce the magnitude and direction of the
and its applications contribution to the magnetic field made by a
short straight segment of current-carrying
wire
23.2 Derive and apply the expression for the
magnitude of B on the axis of a circular loop
of current
24 State and apply Ampere’s Law 24.1 State Ampere’s law precisely
in the integral form 24.2 Use Ampere’s law, plus symmetry arguments
and the right-hand rule, to relate magnetic
field strength to current for planar or
cylindrical symmetries
24.3 Apply the superposition principle to
determine the magnetic field produced by
combinations of the configurations listed
above
25 Understand and apply the 25.1 Calculate the flux of a uniform magnetic field
concept of magnetic flux through a loop of arbitrary orientation
25.2 Use integration to calculate the flux of a non-
uniform magnetic field, whose magnitude is
a function of one coordinate, through a
rectangular loop perpendicular to the field
26 State and apply Faraday’s and 26.1 Recognize situations in which changing flux
Lenz’s laws through a loop will cause an induced emf or
current in the loop
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induced emf and current in a loop
of wire or a conducting bar under the
following conditions:
• The magnitude of a related quantity
such as magnetic field or area of the
loop is changing at a constant rate
• The magnitude of a related quantity
such as magnetic field or area of the
loop is a specified non-linear function
of time
26.3 Analyze the forces that act on induced
currents to determine the mechanical
consequences of those forces
Lab – 10: Experiment on Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws
27 Understand the concept of 27.1 Calculate the magnitude and sense of the emf
inductance (including LR and in an inductor through which a specified
LC circuits), and analyze the changing current is flowing
transient and steady state of a 27.2 Derive and apply the expression for the self-
DC circuit containing resistors inductance of a long solenoid
and inductors 27.3 Apply Kirchhoff’s rules to a simple ,- series
circuit to obtain a differential equation for
the current as a function of time
27.4 Solve the differential equation obtained
above for the current as a function of time
through the battery, using separation of
variables
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27.5 Calculate the initial transient currents and

final steady state currents through any part
of a simple series and parallel circuit
containing an inductor and one or more
resistors
27.6 Sketch graphs of the current through or
voltage across the resistors or inductor in a
simple series and parallel circuit
27.7 Calculate the rate of change of current in the
inductor as a function of time
27.8 Calculate the energy stored in an inductor
that has a steady current flowing through it
Term 2 SWQ 2: LO 20 to L27
28 Become familiar with Maxwell’s 28.1 Students should be familiar with Maxwell’s
equations and their equations so they can associate each
implications equation with its implications
Revision for AP Exam
Term 3 SWQ: LO 27 and 28

EOY:
50% Term 1: LO 4, 5 and 6
50% Term 2: LO 14, 15, 16 and 26

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Course Title Physics

• Understand the properties of voltmeters and ammeters

e-Resources on D2L Pdf copy, solution manual, Power points, sample

End of Year Exam

Reference: College Board - The AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (2014)

Standard Learning Outcomes Performance Criteria

2.6 Analyze the motion of a particle of specified

3.8 State the general relationship between field

transfers across the boundary of a analyzing what happens when conductors

9.3 Recognize situations in which energy stored

an expression for the

Lab – 5: Experiment on resistivity

15 Understand the properties of 15.1 Calculate the terminal voltage of a battery of

connected to a circuit consisting of a battery

22.3 Calculate the force of attraction or repulsion

26.2 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the

27.5 Calculate the initial transient currents and

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