| Big Ideas |
Forces and energy interactions occur within fields. |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: fields |
Elaboration: Sample questions to support inquiry with students:Why is gravity considered to be a fundamental force?Explain the similarities and differences between electrostatic force and gravitational force.How are electric fields similar to magnetic and gravitational fields?How can a conductor and a magnet be used to generate electricity?What is the relationship between the moon orbiting Earth and an apple falling to the ground? |
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| Big Ideas |
Forces can cause linear and circular motion. |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: linear and circular motion |
Elaboration: Sample questions to support inquiry with students:Under what conditions do forces not cause linear or circular motion?Why do you feel a sideways sliding motion when you speed around a corner in a vehicle?Why must the “orbiting electron” model of the atom be false? |
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| Big Ideas |
Measurement of motion depends on our frame of reference. |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Measurement of motion |
Elaboration: Sample questions to support inquiry with students:When are measurements considered to be relative?How is vector addition/subtraction different from scalar addition/subtraction?What are the implications of the theory of special relativity? |
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| Content |
graphical methods in physics |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: graphical methods |
Elaboration: graphing a linear, exponential, and inverse relationship given a physical model (e.g., electric and gravitational forces and fields versus distance)determining the linear regression that results from exponential and inverse relationshipscalculating the slope of a line of best fit, including significant figures and appropriate unitsinterpolating and extrapolating data from a constructed graphcalculating and interpreting area under the curve on a constructed graph (e.g., impulse) |
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| Content |
conservation of momentum and energy in collisions |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: collisions |
Elaboration: elastic, inelastic, and completely inelasticmultiple objects in 1D and 2Dballistic pendulums |
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| Content |
impulse and momentum |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: impulse |
Elaboration: relation to Newton’s second lawin a closed and isolated system |
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| Content |
applications of electromagnetic induction |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: applications of electromagnetic induction |
Elaboration: back electromotive force (EMF), direct current (DC) motors, generators, transformers |
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| Content |
electromagnetic induction |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: electromagnetic induction |
Elaboration: Faraday’s lawLenz’s lawcurrent induced by a change in magnetic fluxmoving a bar, wire, coil, single charge within a changing magnetic field (strength, polarity, or area) |
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| Content |
magnetic field and magnetic force |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: magnetic field |
Elaboration: vector fieldinduced by moving chargesinteracts with polarity (north/south)attractive or repulsivepermanent magnets, straight wires, and solenoids |
| Keyword: magnetic force |
Elaboration: acting on a moving charge or current carrying wire within a magnetic fieldright-hand rules |
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| Content |
electrostatic dynamics and energy relationships |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: electrostatic dynamics and energy relationships |
Elaboration: relationships between force, charge, and distance on a single point charge:1D and 2D with other chargesin orbitsbetween parallel platesapplication of law of conservation of energy and the principle of work and energy (e.g., cathode ray tube, mass spectrometer, particle accelerator) |
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| Content |
electric potential energy, electric potential, and electric potential difference |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
electric field and Coulomb’s law |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: electric field |
Elaboration: vector fieldinteracts with positive/negative elementary chargeattractive or repulsivesingle point charges (non-uniform field) and parallel plates (uniform field) |
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| Content |
gravitational dynamics and energy relationships |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: gravitational dynamics and energy relationships |
Elaboration: satellite motion, orbit changes, launch velocity, escape velocity |
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| Content |
gravitational potential energy |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
gravitational field and Newton’s law of universal gravitation |
Physics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: gravitational field |
Elaboration: vector fieldinteracts with mass through gravitonsattractive only |
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