Best Practice High School

Conceptual Physics Unit #10

(THREE WEEK SCHEDULE)

ELECTRICITY - SERIES & PARALLEL CIRCUITS

LABS: (230)

 

LAB 10-1 SERIES CIRCUIT (45)

LAB 10-2 PARALLEL CIRCUIT (45)

LAB 10-3 SERIES & PARALLEL (45)

LAB 10-4 CONDUCTIVITY (15)

LAB 10-5 RESISTANCE IN SERIES (20)

LAB 10-6 RESISTANCE IN PARAL (20)

LAB 10-7 VOLTAGE IN SERIES (20)

LAB 10-8 VOLTAGE IN PARALLEL (20)

 

 

WORKSHEET: (65)

 

10-1 CURRENT, VOLTAGE & POWER(40)

10-2 OHMP LAW(SERIES/PARALLEL)(25)

 

 

 

READING: (50)

 

 

"CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS TEXT"

(2 ASSIGNMENTS)

 

CHAPTER #34 
(PAGES 521 - 532)
25 POINTS
 
CHAPTER #35 
(PAGES 537-547)
25 POINTS

 

POINTS:

 

A 400

B 350

C 300

D 250

DEFINITIONS: (60)
  • POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE 
  • ELECTRIC CURRENT 
  • AMPERES 
  • VOLTAGE SOURCES 
  • ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE 
  • OHM'S LAW 
  • DIRECT CURRENT 
  • ALTERNATING CURRENT 
  • ELECTRIC POWER 
  • KILOWATT 
  • KILOWATT-HOUR 
  • IN PARALLEL 
  • SERIES CIRCUIT 
  • PARALLEL CRICUITS 
  • SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS 
  • EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE 
  • LINES 
  • OVERLOAD 
  • FUSES 
  • SHORT CIRCUIT 
  • CIRCUIT BREAKERS 
 

TEST: (200)

 

BELL QUIZ #1 (25)

BELL QUIZ #2 (25)

BELL QUIZ #3 (25)

BELL QUIZ #4 (25)

 

Unit Test (100)

 

TOTALS:

 

LAB (230)

WORKSHEET (65)

READING (50)

DEFINITIONS (60)

TEST (200)


TOTALS (605)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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