Rio Americano High School Physics
1.08 Introduction to Electricity Schedule

Day Date Topic of the Day Handouts (Approximate) and Miscellaneous Notes Q & P Set Items
1 T
1/22 Electrostatics Lab I
Lab: Charge It I, Prelab: Charge It
2 W
1/23 Electrostatics Lab I -> II
Lab: Charge It II
3 r
1/24 Electrostatics Lab II

4 F
1/25 Electrostatics Lab II J: Franklin, G: Electrostatics, 1-3
5 M
1/28 Coulomb's Law G: Coulomb's Law, SB: By the Numbers, X: Intro to Electricity 7-12
6
T*
1/29
Lightning Film DCRP: Lightning, G: Getting a Charge, J: Balancing Charges 4-6
7 W
1/30 Demo: Van de Graaff Generator D: Van de Graaff, J: Analog Measurement Technique 1, J: AMT 2 20-24
8 r
1/31
Static Electricity Film MU: Static Electricity 25-26
9 F
2/1 Electric Fields G: Electric Fields, SB: Electric Fields 47-48
10 M
2/4 >< Electric Field Hockey? >< Competition: Electric Field Hockey 49-50
11 KC
2/5 LSB: Lemon Batteries, Current LSB: Lemon Battery, SB: Current and Voltage, G: Batteries and Current 13, 29-32
12 KC 2/6 Lab: Ohm, Ohm on the Range L: Ohm, Ohm on the Range 14-15, 27-28
13 R
2/7 Lab: Ohm, Ohm on the Range
16-18, 33
14 F
2/8 Lab: Ohm, Ohm on the Range
34-37, 51
15 M
2/11 Ohm's Law and the Simple Circuit J: Slide, G: Circuit Basics, G: Circuit Slider; X: Current 19, 38-42
16 B1
2/12 Electric Power
J: Bun-Burning, J: Wrap-Up 43-46
17 B2
2/13 Wrap-up


18
r
2/14
Unit Test 8


Textbook Chapters: 32 (Electrostatics and Coulomb's Law), 33 (Fields), 34 (Current, Power)
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Revised January 2008 by Dean Baird