AP Physics C--Electricity & Magnetism
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LABOR DAY | WebQuest Presentations | WebQuest Presentations | Electric Fields | Electric Fields, Charge distributions |
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Equipment needed: pen/pencil, scientific calculator, notebook will be needed everyday
Assignments:
Webquest due Tuesday 9/6 | |||||
Chapter 23 problems due Tuesday 9/13
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Important Equations:
Useful links:
The Millikan
Oil Drop Experiment
Explanation of Millikan's Numbers
J.J. Thompson's
Discovery of the electron
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Summer Assignment
Each student is to read one piece of approved educational nonfiction (excluding textbooks) dealing with physics, engineering, or general scientific study. Keep a journal for a chapter by chapter analysis of the book. Journal must include the following:
Cover page
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1 page (at least) personal response to
each chapter in any or several of the following styles:
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Choose a book that interests you. Find one that is relevant to your life. I must approve your choice to make sure it meets the intended goals of the assignment.
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking | |
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking | |
The Physics of Baseball (3rd Edition) by Robert Kemp Adair | |
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan | |
The Tao of Physics : An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof Capra | |
The Theory of Everything : The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen W. Hawking | |
The Physics of Golf by Theodore P. Jorgensen | |
The Physics of Sports by Angelo Armenti | |
The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss, Stephen Hawking | |
The Forensic Science of C.S.I by Katherine M. Ramsland | |
Physics and the Art of Dance : Understanding Movement by Kenneth Laws | |
Music, Physics and Engineering by Harry Ferdinand Olson | |
Nanotechnology by Gregory Timp | |
From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century by F. David Peat | |
The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World by Steven L. Kent | |
The complete idiot's guide to understanding Einstein by Moring, Gary F. | |
Janice VanCleave's scientists through the ages by VanCleave, Janice Pratt. |