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January Assignments--IB Physics 2


Tuesday, Jan. 2
Intro to charge and electrostatics
Journal Entry--demo observations (if you were absent, you must make these up by the end of this week)

Wednesday
Jan. 3
Notes/discussion:  methods of charging; triboelectric series

Thursday, Jan. 4
Journal Entry: Mini-lab
Determination of the relationship between two charged particles and the separation distance between them.
Go to this website:  http://employees.oneonta.edu/viningwj/sims/coulombs_law_s.html 

If you're in class, you will be assigned charges to use.  If you are absent today, use the following guideline to choose charges:
Birthday Jan - March:  Stationary ion= +1    Mobile ion = +2
Birthday April -June:  Stationary ion = -2      Mobile ion = -3
Birthday July - September:  Stationary ion = +2    Mobile ion = +2
Birthday October - December:  Stationary ion = -3    Mobile ion = -1

You may type your data table, but please remember print it off and properly insert it into your journal--same with the graphs.  Be complete and correct with your titles, labels, and units. :)
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Your journal entry will include:
  • your assigned charge values
  • your data table with distance (both units) and force  (no uncertainties...)
  • two graphs​ -- original data and linearized (no error bars, no max/min slopes...)
  • A short summary of what you did to linearize your data and what you think the relationship is between the separation distance and the force between the charges
  • Prediction--what do you think the slope of your linear graph means/represents?

​Due Monday, beginning of the period

Friday, Jan. 5

Monday, Jan. 8
​Notes and discussion:  charging through induction

Tuesday, Jan. 9
work day--WA and IA  (WebAssign due a week from Friday)

Wednesday,
Jan. 10
ranking task exercise--electric force
Qualitative discussion:  electric fields

Thursday, Jan. 11

Work day on WA and IA

Friday, Jan. 12
Notes and discussion:  electric field strength, quantified
Demo with van de Graaff generator

​Monday, Jan. 15
No School--MLK, Jr. Day

Tuesday, Jan. 16
Notes:  electric fields around multiple charged particles
Practice problem to quantify electric field strength

Extra Practice (and E.C. opportunity):  Phet Electric Field Hockey
Google search for Phet Electric Field Hockey--open/run the Java file
For each of the tasks, make sure you are using a positive puck, m = 25, and the "trace" is checked on so we can see you puck's path.

Expectations:
- do NOT maximize the screen--use the original given size
- your puck may not travel off screen.  It must stay visible on screen for the entire run from start to goal.
- You are not allowed to use the glitch in the program that allows for "quantum tunnelling".  The puck MUST go around each of the walls (zig zag through the maze)
- the puck must be a 'GOAL" by hitting the front of the goal, not the back.

there are 4 modes:  practice, and difficulty levels 1, 2, and 3.  
For the practice mode:  get the puck into the goal using between 15 and 20 other charges.  Create a creative non-straight pathway into the goal
For difficulty 1:  get the puck to the goal by going around 1 wall
For difficulty 2:  the puck must go around each of 2 walls individually (not both at once) and into the goal
For difficulty 3:  the puck must weave around all 3 walls (6 walls, if you count the T at the end)

Assignment extra credit points awarded for each level successfully completed.  Please take a screenshot of your successful goal, insert it into a Word document, and email the document to me.

1 bonus quiz point for the one who can successfully get the goal in level 3 without disobeying any of the expectations, and with the fewest number of additional charges used to modify the puck's path.  (per class period...)

Your proof of goals must be emailed to me no later than Wednesday, January 23, at 10 AM--this is the first day of finals and the last day I'm accepting any late/make-up work or extra credit submissions. Have fun :)  And please ponder the concepts of electric fields and force while doing this game.

Wednesday
Jan. 17

Thursday, Jan. 18

Friday, Jan. 19

Monday, Jan. 22

Tuesday, Jan. 23

Wednesday, Jan. 24

Thursday, Jan. 25

Friday, Jan. 26

End of Semester 1

​Monday, Jan. 29
No School--teacher inservice/work day

Tuesday, Jan. 30

Wednesday
Jan. 31

Thursday, Feb. 1

​Friday, Feb. 2
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