Pre- AP Physics
Unit 6- Scope and Sequence
2010-2011
(Suggested Time)
TEKS
TAKS Review
(4 Days)
Circuits
(5 Days)
Complex Resistor
Combinations
(5 Days)
5F
Design, Construct, Calculate
CURRENT THROUGH SERIES AND
PARALLEL COMBINATIONS
Including, but not limited to:
Olm’s law series vs. parallel electric circuits current potential difference across circuits resistance in circuits electric overload power used by electric circuit elements prevention of electric shock
5F
Design, Construct, Calculate
CURRENT THROUGH SERIES AND
PARALLEL COMBINATIONS
Including, but not limited to:
Olm’s law series vs. parallel electric circuits current potential difference across circuits
5F
5F
+design, construct, and calculate in terms of current through, potential difference across, resistance of, and power used by electric circuit elements connected in both series and parallel combinations;
Pg 699
Pg 736-745
+design, construct, and calculate in terms of current through, potential difference across, resistance of, and power used by electric circuit elements connected in both series and parallel combinations;
Pg 736-745
Electrical Circuits PPT
Series Circuit Lab
Building Series and Parallel
Circuits Lab X2
Electronic Circuits Problems
Circuits, Conductors, and
Insulators
Series and Parallel Circuit
Problems
Resistors Lab
Short Circuit Lab

Pre- AP Physics
Unit 6- Scope and Sequence
2010-2011
Magnets &
Magnetic Fields
(4 Days) resistance in circuits electric overload power used by electric circuit elements prevention of electric shock
5D
Identify
EXAMPLES OF ELECTRIC AND
MAGNETIC FORCES IN EVERYDAY
LIFE
Including, but not limited to: the direction of a magnetic field magnetic field lines the force that a magnetic field exerts on a charged particle a transformer and how it works medical applications
MRI
CAT scan
5E
Characterize
MATERIALS AS CONDUCTORS OR
INSULATORS BASED ON THEIR
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
Including, but not limited to: conductors insulators
5H
Describe
EVIDENCE FOR AND EFFECTS OF
STRONG AND WEAK NUCLEAR
FORCES IN NATURE
Including, but not limited to: radioactive decay
6E
Describe
5H
5E
5D
6E
+identify examples of electric and magnetic forces in everyday life;
+characterize materials as conductors or insulators based on their electrical properties;
+describe evidence for and effects of the strong and weak nuclear forces in nature.
Pg 766-767
Pg 773-776
Seeing Magnetic Fields
Electromagnetic Radiation
Problems
Exploring Electromagnets
CSCOPE: Static Magnetic Fields:
Sources, Shapes, and Effects
Magnetic Field and Coil of Wire
Lab http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/elec tromag/java/magneticlines/ind ex.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/elec tromag/java/magneticlines2/in dex.html

Magnetic Force
(5 Days)
HOW THE MACROSCOPIC
PROPERTIES OF A
THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM ARE
RELATED TO THE MOLECULAR
LEVEL OF
MATTER
Including, but not limited to: temperature in terms of average molecular motion heat in terms of the transfer of molecular motion within a system concept of thermal equilibrium specific heat pressure kinetic energy of atoms potential energy of atoms relationship between temperature, heat, and work
5D
Identify
EXAMPLES OF ELECTRIC AND
MAGNETIC FORCES IN EVERYDAY
LIFE
Including, but not limited to: the direction of a magnetic field magnetic field lines the force that a magnetic field exerts on a charged particle a transformer and how it works medical applications
MRI
CAT scan
5E
Characterize
MATERIALS AS CONDUCTORS OR
INSULATORS BASED ON THEIR
5E
5D
Pre- AP Physics
Unit 6- Scope and Sequence
2010-2011
+describe how the macroscopic properties of a thermodynamic system such as temperature, specific heat, and pressure are related to the molecular level of matter, including kinetic or potential energy of atoms;
+identify examples of electric and magnetic forces in everyday life;
+characterize materials as conductors or insulators based on their electrical properties;
Pg 766-767
Pg 773-776

Nuclear
(5 Days)
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
Including, but not limited to: conductors insulators
5H
Describe
EVIDENCE FOR AND EFFECTS OF
STRONG AND WEAK NUCLEAR
FORCES IN NATURE
Including, but not limited to: radioactive decay
6E
Describe
HOW THE MACROSCOPIC
PROPERTIES OF A
THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM ARE
RELATED TO THE MOLECULAR
LEVEL OF
MATTER
Including, but not limited to: temperature in terms of average molecular motion heat in terms of the transfer of molecular motion within a system concept of thermal equilibrium specific heat pressure kinetic energy of atoms potential energy of atoms relationship between temperature, heat, and work
8A
Describe
THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
AND THE DUAL NATURE OF LIGHT
Including, but not limited to: photoelectric effect dual nature of light inverse relationship between
8A
6E
5H
Pre- AP Physics
Unit 6- Scope and Sequence
2010-2011
+describe evidence for and effects of the strong and weak nuclear forces in nature.
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+describe how the macroscopic properties of a thermodynamic system such as temperature, specific heat, and pressure are related to the molecular level of matter, including kinetic or potential energy of atoms;
+Describe the photoelectric effect and the dual nature of light
Pg 629-642 Nuclear Fission Questions
Nuclear Fusion Questions
CSCOPE: Ideas, Concepts, and Applications of
Quantum Mechanics

Finals
(5 Days) energy and wavelength
8B
Compare, Explain
THE EMISSION SPECTRA
PRODUCED BY VARIOUS ATOMS
Including, but not limited to: the identification of gases by their spectra the line spectra from different gas-discharge tubes lasers
8C
Describe
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MASS-
ENERGY EQUIVALENCE
Including, but not limited to: mass-energy equivalence explanations of phenomena nuclear stability fission
fusion
8D
Give
EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS OF
ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR
PHENOMENA AND QUANTUM
PHENOMENA
Including, but not limited to: atomic and nuclear phenomena radiation therapy diagnostic imaging nuclear power applications of quantum phenomena
digital cameras
8B
8C
8D
Pre- AP Physics
Unit 6- Scope and Sequence
2010-2011
+ Compare and explain the emission spectra produced by various atoms
+Describe the significant of mass-energy equivalence and apply it in explanations of phenomena suck as nuclear stability, fission and fusion
+Give examples of applications of atomic and nuclear phenomena such as radiation therapy, diagnostic imaging, and nuclear power and examples of applications of quantum phenomena such as digital cameras

Pre- AP Physics
Unit 6- Scope and Sequence
2010-2011