Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Electricity and Magnetism Name: Lauren Smith

Content Area: Physics Grade Level: 11-12
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
 HS-PS-1. Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons on the patterns of electrons in the
outermost energy level of atoms.
 HS-PS1-3 Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the bulk scale to infer the strength of electrical forces
between particles.
 HS-PS2-4 Use Mathematical representations of Newton’s Law of Gravitation and Coulomb’s Law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces
between objects.
 HS-PS2-6 Communicate scientific and technical information about why the molecular-level structure is important in the functioning of designed materials.
 HS-PS3-2 Develop and use models to illustrate the energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motion of
particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).
 HS-PS3-5 Develop and use a model of two objects interacting through electric or magnetic fields to illustrate the forces between objects and the changes in energy
of the objects due to the interaction.

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

Driving Question/Essential Question: How can a train work without wheels or an engine? How does a Maglev train work?

Student Learning Objectives:

 Students will be able to understand, identify, and sketch the various forces at work in a system, including but not limited to gravitational, normal, electric, and
magnetic.
 Students will be able to model a system of interacting objects both conceptually and mathematically.
 Students will be able to use the given formulas for the forces as evidence to describe that the change in the energy of objects interacting through electric or
gravitational forces depends on the distance between the objects.

Unit Summary:
In this unit, we will explore the topics of electricity and magnetism, and how they relate to each other, as well as to past topics of forces and energy. We will begin by
exploring static electricity, including how it relates to gravity (a topic from earlier in the course). As part of this, we will look at electric fields and interacting charged
particles. We will then look at continuous, or moving, electricity in circuit electricity. In circuits, we will see how electricity “flows” and sources of electricity. This will then
lead us into magnetism, specifically electromagnetism. We will look at how electricity and magnetism relate to each other, briefly explore how power and transmission work,
and, ultimately, be able to answer our driving question: How can a train work without wheels or an engine?

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Initial Model and class discussion Formative: Summative: Final presentation and exam
Exit tickets (electrostatics and simple circuit)
Quizzes (electrostatics and circuits)
Crossword Puzzle
Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
Students will be able to (Assessments): Students As a class, go through presentation and lecture. Lecture begins with presentation of big idea/driving
model a system of correctly draw free body question and students creating initial model in groups. Students respond to questions posed in
interacting objects both diagrams for interacting presentation, both on their guided notes, and then in groups or as a whole class discussion. Watch videos
conceptually and objects or an object in a to supplement lecture and support conceptual understanding.
mathematically field. Students correctly
identify the direction a
charged particle would
move in an electric field.
Students use formulas to
solve for electric field
and/or force electric.
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Students will be able to use Students can solve for Students work on a webercise where they will be using PhET and other simulations and reading articles
the given formulas for the electric potential energy, to answer questions about electrostatics and interacting particles. They will predict relationships from
forces as evidence to and can relate electric field, the simulations before reading articles that tell them about these relationships. They will learn about the
describe that the change in potential, and energy, to formulas used and their analogous Newtonian physics formulas to help understand the relationships
energy of objects gravitational field, (activating prior knowledge).
interacting through electric potential, and energy.
or gravitational forces
depends on the distance
between objects
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Students will be able to Students identify the Students get in groups and read through two articles (magnetic force and magnetic fields) and watch
understand, identify, and different forces and fields video about magnetic force. Students (as groups) create a graphic organizer concept map laying out
sketch the various forces at at work in a mass important aspects of magnetic force, magnetic field, and the right hand rule. Students will include
work in a system, including spectrometer, including the symbols, units, and formulas (though these will not have to be memorized) in order to start making
but not limited to equations used to solve connections and understanding the concepts of magnetism.
gravitational, normal, each sector.
electric, and magnetic.
Unit Resources:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi-jbAtbCVE – MagLev
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU8Fe6846d4 - Bill Nye
 https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/john-travoltage - John Travoltage
  https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balloons-and-static-electricity/latest/balloons-and-static-electricity_en.html - Balloon Sim
 Pie Plate Lab (Reference+Materials https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/charge-carry)
 Computer Simulation to show electric field https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields
 Computer Simulation for electric field simulation class lab https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/electric-hockey
 Coulomb’s law balloon lab (Reference+materials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPmxRKETNKI
 Computer Simulation to show electric field https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields
 Demonstrations involving electric field/seeds (lab/materials listed in video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6YdC2UoDYY
 Capacitor Levitation Demo (lab/materials listed on video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgslPPHvDw
 Ohm’s Law - https://youtu.be/HXOok3mfMLM
 Generator Simulation - https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/generator
 EMF Video - https://youtu.be/9kgzA0Vd8S8
 Ohm’s Law simulation - https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/ohms-law/latest/ohms-law_en.html
 Circuit Constructin Simulation - https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc_en.html
 DC Resistors & Batteries - https://youtu.be/g-wjP1otQWI
 AC/DC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN9aR2wKv0U
 Series/Parallel Circuits - https://youtu.be/-w-VTw0tQlE
 How Light Bulbs Work - https://youtu.be/oCEKMEeZXug
 Magnetism https://youtu.be/s94suB5uLWw
 How do magnets work https://youtu.be/hFAOXdXZ5TM
 Electromagnetic induction https://youtu.be/jeTmIa00_rc
 What is magnetic force https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnets-magnetic/a/what-is-
magnetic-force
 What are magnetic fields https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnetic-field-current-
carrying-wire/a/what-are-magnetic-fields
 What is Faradays law https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/magnetic-forces-and-magnetic-fields/magnetic-flux-faradays-
law/a/what-is-faradays-law
 Mass spectrometer http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/maspec.html
 The Concord Constortium https://lab.concord.org/embeddable.html#interactives/interactions/electricPE2.json
 Hyperphysics http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/index.html
Useful Websites:
 Popplet http://popplet.com/
 iRubric https://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
 Puzzel https://puzzel.org/en/