Physics: Grade 3, Semester 1

Physics: Grade 3, Semester 2

Physics: Grade 1, Semester 1
Physics: Grade 1, Semester 2
Physics: Grade 2, Semester 1
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Physics: Grade 3, Semester 1
Communication, Sensing, Information, Informatics
Big Idea: Evolution of communication is based on mechanical and electromagnetic wave properties.

PH 3.01 - Students will be able to use geometrical optics and laws of reflection and refraction to analyze the
path of light rays in optical systems consisting of planar mirrors and lenses (Week 01 - Week 02)

Essential Questions: ‣What is the size of the smallest plane mirror that you need to view an image of
your entire body?
‣Explain why travelers may think that they see water in a "phantom oasis"
Skills:
‣A. Use law of reflection to d etermine position and size of image(s) formed when an object placed in
front of a set of plane mirrors
‣B. Apply Snell's law to determine light ray paths through lenses
‣C. Measure the index of refraction of a non-opaque material
‣D. Determine critical angle for total internal reflection when light passes from more dense to less
dense optical material
Concepts:
‣A. Light rays
‣B. Law of Relfection
‣C. index of refraction
‣D. Refraction and Snell's Law
‣E. Image formation in plane mirror
‣F. Light paths in prisms
‣G. Total internal reflection
Evidence:
Holt: practice (B) page 379
Haliday: page 386
Haliday: page 403
Haliday page 404.
Quizzes on google drive.
Experiment.
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Lab. equipments- Internet
Capstone Connection: Introduction for communication and communication systems.
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase opportunities for Egyptians to stay and work in Egypt, Work to
eradicate public health issues/disease, Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: light ray, reflection, refraction, image formation

PH 3.02 - Students will be able to use geometrical optics to analyze image formation from concave/convex
mirrors and lenses (Week 02 - Week 03)

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Essential Questions: ‣How large does a telecscope have to be to be able to see a planet from the
nearest galaxy?
‣How large does a microscope have to be to be able to see a strand of DNA?
Skills:
‣A. Predict image formed by concave/convex mirros using ray-tracing and mirror equation
‣B. Predict image formed by concave/convex lenses using ray-tracing and lens equation
‣C. Explain the optics of a reflecting telescope
‣D. Explain the optics of a refracting telescope
‣E, Explain the optics of a compound microscope
‣F. USe an optical bench to measure the focal point of lenses and mirrors
‣G. Use optical bench to confirm mirror/lens equations
Concepts:
‣A. Focus
‣B. Optical Axis
‣C. Real images
‣D. Virtual images
‣E. Magnification
‣F. Convex & Concave mirrors
‣G. Convex & Concave lenses
Evidence:
Questions and problems from Haliday: page 905, 906 and 911.
Haliday: page 919. Holt:Practice A page 449.
Holt: page 454.
Holt: page 493 practice (A) & review.
Holt: page 508 Practice (C). Holt: Review from 514 - 518.
Holt: Practice (A) page 513.
Quizzes on google drive. Experiments
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Lab. equipments- Internet
Capstone Connection: Modern communications use waves.
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase opportunities for Egyptians to stay and work in Egypt, Work to
eradicate public health issues/disease, Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: concave mirrors, focusing lenses, image formation

PH 3.03 - Students will be able to analyze the motion of travelling transverse and longitudinal waves [7]
(Week 04 - Week 05)

Essential Questions:
Skills:
‣A. Describe travelling waves using sin9kx-wt)
‣B. Determine speed of waves on a string

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 ‣C. Understand pressure and displacement views of a travelling longitudinal wave
Concepts:
‣A. Mechanical waves
‣B. Transerse waves
‣C. Longitudinal waves
‣D. Wave speed in a medium
‣E. Wavelength
Evidence:
Questions and problems from Haliday Holt: Practice (B) page 427.
Holt: Review page 431. Holt: page 434 - 435 Review.
quizzes on google drive and some others are hard copies
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Lab. equipments- Internet
Capstone Connection: an introduction for communications
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase opportunities for Egyptians to stay and work in Egypt, Increase
industrial base for Egypt
Topic: electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic spectrum, speed of light

PH 3.04 - Students will be able to analze the production of complex waves using the principle of
superposition. [8] (Week 06 - Week 07)

Essential Questions:
Skills:
‣A. Draw diagrams to express the resultant wave due to superposition between two waves.
‣B. Analyze the outcome of constructive and destructive interference of transverse wave pulses and
use this to make predictions with other wave pulses. Students will also recognize the standing wave on a
resonant spring as being the superposition of two sinusoidal travelling waves.
Concepts:
‣A. Superpositioin of waves
‣B. Interference
‣C. Diffraction
Evidence:
Questions and problems from Haliday. quizzes on google drive and some others are hard copies
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Internet
Capstone Connection: using LASER in communications
Grand Challenge Connections: Improve the use of alternative energies to reduce our reliance on extracted
fuel sources, Increase opportunities for Egyptians to stay and work in Egypt, Increase industrial base for
Egypt
Topic: interference, diffraction, superpositin

PH 3.05 - Students will be able to analyze light as electromagnetic wave consisting of travelling electric and
magnetic field waves (Week 08 - Week 09)

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Essential Questions: How can light be characterized as both a wave and a particle?
Skills:
‣A. Describe experimental observatins that suggest light is a wave
‣B. Understand different regions of EM spectrum (IR, UV, visible, x-ray. etc..) and their uses
‣C. Explain how speed of light is determined
‣D. Explain evidence that speed of light constant in all reference frames
Concepts:
‣A. Electromagnetic waves
‣B. Wave properties: frequenc, wave length, speed
‣C. Polarized vs unpolarized light
‣D. Electromagnetic spectrum
‣E. Energy in electromagnetic waves
Evidence:
Questions and problems from web sites
Texts & References: internet web sites
Capstone Connection: using waves in communications
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase opportunities for Egyptians to stay and work in Egypt, Work to
eradicate public health issues/disease, Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, analog, digital

PH 3.06 - Students will be able to use wave description of light to analyze interference and diffraction (Week
09 - Week 10)

Essential Questions: ‣What is the resolving power of your eye?

‣How large can a photo taken on your smart phone be enlarged before the image degrades?
Skills:
‣A. Explain/analyze young double-slit experiment
‣B. Explain/analyze use of diffractin gratings to produce monochromatic radiation
‣C. calculate the resolving power of an objective lens
Concepts:
‣A. Superposition
‣B. Constructive/Destructive Interference
‣C. Slits and interference patterns
‣D. Diffraction gratings
‣E. Resolution of optical instruments
Evidence:
Questions and problems from Haliday- quizzes on google drive and some others are hard copies -
Experiments
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Lab. equipments- Internet
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase opportunities for Egyptians to stay and work in Egypt, Work to
eradicate public health issues/disease, Increase industrial base for Egypt

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Topic: communication system

PH 3.07 - Students will be able to describe how information can be transmitted via electromagnetic radiation
(Week 10 - Week 11)

Essential Questions: How can TV, radio, cellular, and data signals be transmitted through open air, and
even outer space?
Skills:
‣A. Convert base 10 values to binary and vice-versa
‣B. Explain digital representatin of images (gray scale and color)
‣C. Explain how AM can be used to encode digital data
‣D. explain how FM can be used to encode digital data
‣E. Analyze effect of sampling rate on data transmission
Concepts:
‣A. Encoding information
‣B. amplitude modulation
‣C. frequency modulation
‣D. digital vs analog data
‣E. digital vs. analog transmission
‣F. wifi
‣G. sampling
‣H. transmitter & receiver
Evidence:
Questions and problems from Haliday- quizzes on google drive and some others are hard copies -
Experiments
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Lab. equipments- Internet
Capstone Connection: None
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase opportunities for Egyptians to stay and work in Egypt,Work to
eradicate public health issues/disease,Increase industrial base for Egypt
Needed Prior Knowledge: CH.1.03,
Topic: blackbody radiation, energy quantization, photon

PH 3.08 - Students will be able to design a system of communication through applying previous knowledge
(electronics , LASER, mechanical waves and em waves) (Week 11 - Week 12)

Essential Questions: Local TV Channels can not transfer matches of soccer world Cup, why?
Skills:
‣A. Design a flowchart to express a communication system
‣B. Explain how information can be transmitted as variation in amplitude and frequency of waves
‣C. Use diagrams to design a system of communication
‣D. Analyze different communication systems to identify sorts of variation included

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 ‣E. Apply previous knowledge (electronics , LASER, mechanical waves and em waves) to design F.
a system of communication and transmitting data
Concepts:
‣A. Basic elements of communication
‣B. Ground, Sky, Space wave propagation
‣C. Antennas
‣D. covering range of T.V transmitting tower
‣E. Max. usable frequency.
‣F. Sattellite communication
‣G. Mobile phones
‣H. Optical fibers
Evidence:
Questions and problems from Haliday - quizzes (hard copies)
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Internet
Capstone Connection: None
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: photoelectric effect, photon, laser,LED, photocell

PH 3.09 - Students will be able to discuss evidence for the particle model of light and analyze specific
situations in terms of energy, wavelength, and temperature (Week 12 - Week 13)

Essential Questions: ‣How can we tell the temperature of the sun and other stars?
‣How are x-rays produced?
Skills:
‣A. Explain blackbody radiation, including laws associated with ernergy distribution (Wien, Stefan-
Boltzman)
‣B. Solve Wien and Stefan-Boltzman type problems
‣C. Explain impossibility of wave explanation (ultraviolet catastrophe)
‣D. Explain Planck's success in matching blackbody distribution using assumption of quantized
energy changes
‣E. Determine relationship between kinetic energy of electrons and emitted photons in x-ray emission
‣F. Apply the law of conservation of energy in analysis of Compton scattering and x-ray production
Concepts:
‣A. Blackbody radiation
‣B. Energy quantization
‣C. Planck's Constant
‣D. Photon
‣E. x-rays
‣F. Inelastic scattering (Compton effect)
Evidence:
Questions and problems from Haliday - quizzes (hard copies)

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Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Lab. equipments- Internet
Capstone Connection: None.
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: Bohr model, hydrogen spectrum

PH 3.10 - Students will be able to analyze the interaction of light and matter using the Photoelectric Effect
where appropriate. (Week 13 - Week 14)

Essential Questions: ‣How can the sun's energy be used to generate electricity?
‣What is the explanation for the Greenhouse effect?
Skills:
‣A. calculate cut-off frequency that will generate photoelectricity for a given material
‣B. Predict how photocurrent varies with changes in frequency and intensity
‣C. Compare wave and photon views of light
‣D. Describe principles behind photoabsorption and photoemission
‣E. Explain basic physics of Lasers
‣F. Explain basic physics of LED's
‣G. explain basic conversion of light to electrical energy using photocell
‣H. Solar cell calculations:fill factor, efficiency; explanation of deviation from ideal behavior.
‣D. Explain the conditions required to increase photo current
Concepts:
‣A. photoelectric effect
‣B. photons
‣C. work function
‣D. intensity
‣E. cut-off frequency
‣F. LED's
‣G. Laser
‣H. photocell
Evidence:
Questions and problems from Haliday - quizzes (hard copies)
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Internet
Capstone Connection: None.
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: crustal structure, phonons, energy bands

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Physics: Grade 3, Semester 2
Theories, Models and Data
Big Idea: Models and theories provide scientists with powerful tools to enhance their understanding of the
universe.

PH 3.11 - Students will be able to explain the thermal and electrical properites of materials using quantum
concepts from solid-state physics (Week 01 - Week 03)

Essential Questions: ‣Why is iron a conductor while silicon is a semi-conductor?

‣Why is the speed of sound in titanium so much higher than in air?
Skills:
‣A. Explain typical metal crystal structures (fcc, bcc, hcp)
‣B. Analyze vibration modes in a 1-D crystal structure
‣C. Explain specific heat microscopically,
‣D. Explain formatin of electron energy bands as atom density increases
‣E, Explain how photoelectron spectroscpy can be used to probe electron energy bands in solids
Concepts:
‣A. Solid-state physics
‣B. Crystal structure
‣C. Coulomb forces
‣D. pairwise interactions
‣E. phonons
‣F. Specific heat
‣G. Energy bands
‣H. Ionic, covalent binding
Evidence:
Haliday text book
Texts & References: Halliday (9th edition) - Holt - Serway- Internet
Capstone Connection: None.
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: superfluids, superconductors

PH 3.12 - Students will be able to explain the superconductivity and/or superfluidity for certain materials at
very low temperatures using quantum mechanics concepts. (Week 04 - Week 05)

Essential Questions: Does life as we know it come to a stop when the temperature is Absolute Zero?
Skills:
‣A. Explain several cooling mechanisms mechanism that can bring materials close to 0K
‣B. Explain the properties of super fluids

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 ‣C. Explain some applications of super fluidity.
‣D. Explain the properties of some metals at very low temperature.
‣E. Explain some applications of superconductors.
Concepts:
‣A. Cooling processes
‣B. Van Der Walls effect and chemical reaction
‣C. Super fluidity
‣D. viscosity
‣E. Bose-Einstein condensates
‣E. Superconductivity
‣F. Cooper pairs
Evidence:
‫يعقد الطالب مقارنة بين العوامل الطبيعية والبشرية لقيام الحضارة‬
‫ يرسم الطالب خريطه لمصر يوضح عليها عواصم مصر القديمه‬A ‫حل مشكلة االسكان فى مصر‬S
Texts & References: ‫االنترنت‬
‫قصة الحضارة‬
Egypt Characteristics
Grand Challenge Connections: Reduce pollution fouling our air water and grounds
Topic: nanotechnology, nanomaterials

PH 3.13 - Students will be able to decribe new mechanical and electrical properties for objects in the
nanoscale range. (Week 06 - Week 08)

Essential Questions: How can the science and engineering of nanomaterials be used to design/create
more energy efficient materials for construction in Egypt?
Skills:
‣Skills will depend on focus areas. See
‣
‣http://www.nnin.org/education-training/k-12-teachers/nanotechnology-curriculum-materials
‣
‣for ideas
Concepts:
‣A. nanoparticles
‣B. nanofabrication
‣C. atomic force microscope
‣D. scanning tunneling microscope
‣E. nanotubes
Evidence:
‫يقارن بين الحدود الطبعيةوالبشرية؟‬
‫؟ يسنتج المقصود بالحدودالسياسية‬
Texts & References: ‫االنترنقت‬

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‫شخصبة مصر‬
Grand Challenge Connections: Reduce pollution fouling our air water and grounds
Topic: relativistic mass, energy-mass equivalence

PH 3.14 - Students will be able to analyze effects on mass and energy of travel at relativistic speeds (Week
09 - Week 10)

Essential Questions: How fast would you have to travel in order for your mass to be only 2x of the value
standing still on earth? What are the implications for space travel of this relativistic increase in mass with
speed?
Skills:
‣A. Calculate mass change with velocity
‣B. Apply Relativity to GPS of the NAVSTER
‣C. Explain the postulates of relativity
Concepts:
‣A. The concepts of relativity
‣B. Postulates of relativity
‣C. Relativity of time
‣D. Relativity of mass
‣E. Relativity of length
‣F. simultaneity
‣G. energy-mass equivalence
Evidence:
‫يصنف الصخور وسبب تكونها‬
Texts & References: ‫االنترنت‬
‫شخصية مصر‬
‫جيومورفولوجية مصر‬
Capstone Connection: ‫االستفادة من الصخور وانواعها فى اقامة البيت‬
Grand Challenge Connections: Increase efficient use of our land through improved use of arid areas
Topic: nuclear physics

PH 3.15 - Students will be able to analyze the energy production of fission and fusion events using special
relativity. (Week 11 - Week 12)

Essential Questions: ‣How much energy can be extracted from a soccer-ball-sized piece chunk of
uranium?
‣How much energy can be extracted from a soccer-ball-sized container of liquid hydrogen?
Skills:
‣A. Identify the properties of the nucleus of an atom
‣B. Explain why some nuclei are unstable
‣C. Measuring nuclear decay

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 ‣D. Calculate the binding energy of various nuclei
‣E. Compare between types of nuclear reactions: fission and fusion
Concepts:
‣A. Properties of the nucleus
‣B. Nuclear stability
‣C. Nuclear decay
‣D.Nuclear reactions
‣ a. Fission
‣ b. Fusion
Evidence:
‫ يحدد الطالب عوامل تشكيل سطح االرض‬R ‫يصنف الصخور وسبب تكوينها‬A ‫يقترح اماكن جديده لالسكان فى مصر‬S
Texts & References: ‫االنترنقت‬

‫شخصية مصر‬

Egypt Characteristics
Grand Challenge Connections: Improve the use of alternative energies to reduce our reliance on extracted
fuel sources
Topic: climate modeling,
weather modeling,
global warming

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Physics: Grade 1, Semester 1

PH.1.03 - Students will be able to predict an object's motion based on the forces that are acting on it. (Week
04 - Week 06)

Essential Questions: ‣How can you design a tall structure that does not blow over in heavy winds?
‣How can you control the direction a large tree will fall when chopping it down?
‣Why is it possible that a sheet of paper can be dragged quickly from beneath a heavy body, but the
body does not move?
Skills:
‣A. Identify forces acting on an object and represent them pictorially in a free body diagram.
‣B. Use free-body diagram to determine net force acting on a body via graphical vector addition
‣C. Given all of the forces acting on a body, use Newton's 1st law to determine whether the object is
in equilibrium (i.e. moving at constant velocity, including 0)
‣D. Given all of the forces acting on a body, apply Newton's 2nd law to determine the acceleration of
an object not in equilibrium
‣C. Knowing the state of motion of an object but not all forces on a body, determine the resultant of
the unknown force(s)
‣D. Describe why an object moving in a circle experiences a centripetal acceleration towards the
center of rotation, even though it is moving at constant speed..
‣E. Identify the force or forces that cause a body to move in a circle about a fixed point in space
Concepts:
‣A. Equilibrium vs. motion vs. change in motion
‣B. Force as a vector
‣C. Net force acting on a free body.
‣D. Newton's Laws of Motion
‣E. Centripetal acceleration
‣F. Centripetal force
‣G. Inertial reference frame
Evidence:
RECALL: mention Newton's Laws of motion and their mathematical expressions ???????
BA; holbook t _ch4_ -q1-pg 129 ******

ST; holtbook _ch4_-q5-pg 129 *****

Texts & References: Active Physics p 132 – 143; p 157 – 173 *******
Capstone Connection: How to achieve the stability of the sustainable structure of your capstone project?
Grand Challenge Connections: Address the exponential population growth and prepare for the
impact,Increase efficient use of our land through improved use of arid areas
Topic: motion, equilibrium, acceleration, Newtons' Laws

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Net Force

PH.1.06 - Students will understand that certain material objects (e.g. springs that follow Hooke's Law)
generate restoring forces that act to maintain them in an equilibrium shape. (Week 11 - Week 12)

Essential Questions: ‣Do all solid objects generate restoring forces?

‣Which is most preferred, to make the shock absorber in cars from a high-elasticity material or from a
low-elasticity one, and why?
Skills:
‣A. Measure spring constant of a linear spring
‣B Measure stress and strain of different materials
‣C. Calculate stress and strain of different materials
‣D. Measure Young's modulus for a material
‣E. Calculate Young's modulus for a material
‣F. Identify unknown materials using Young's modulus
Concepts:
‣A. Elasticity & Hooke's Law
‣B. Range of validity for Hooke's Law
‣C. Stress and strain
‣D. Young's modulus
Evidence:
RECALL:mention mathematical formale of Hook,s law
BA:pg323_q9_surway book
A 200-kg load is hung on a wire of length 4.00 m,
cross-sectional area 0.200 3 10–4 m2, and Young’s modulus
8.00 3 1010 N/m2. What is its increase in length?
10.
ST:pg323_q12_surway book
Assume that if the shear stress in steel exceeds
about 4.00 3 108 N/m2, the steel ruptures. Determine
the shearing force necessary to (a) shear a steel bolt
1.00 cm in diameter and (b) punch a 1.00-cm-diameter
hole in a steel plate 0.500 cm thick.
Texts & References: Holt ch 11 & Haliday ch 7 part 1
Capstone Connection: Role of elasticity in building materials and design
Grand Challenge Connections: Address the exponential population growth and prepare for the
impact,Increase efficient use of our land through improved use of arid areas,Increase industrial base for
Egypt
Topic: stress, strain, Hooke's Law

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Physics: Grade 1, Semester 2
Energy Force and Power
Big Idea: Power of nature can be transformed into energy that benefits man.

PH.1.11 - Students will be able to analyze energy flow in typical heating and cooling applications by applying
the 1st Law of Thermodynamics. (Week 10 - Week 12)

Essential Questions: ‣What is more efficient at cooling a building in a desert climate: an air
conditioner or a heat pump?
‣If average temperatures of earth surface increase by 2 degree Celsius, how much ice in Greenland
will melt?
Skills:
‣A. Explain p-v graphs
‣B. Calculate the work done as gases are compressed/expanded both mathematically and
graphically
‣C. Determine equilibrium temperatures in heating/cooling situation
‣D. Describe how 1st Law of thermodynamics is applicable for each type of thermodynamic process.
‣E. Explain methods to produce low temperature near absolute zero.
‣F. Describe applications for low temperature physics.
Concepts:
‣A. Conservation of thermal energy
‣B. Energy graphs
‣C. Low temperature physics
‣D. Thermodynamic processes( isothermal – isovolumetric- isobaric- adiabatic )
‣E. Phase changes
Evidence:
quizs, check points, assighnments& disccussions
Texts & References: Haliday ch 18
Capstone Connection: Applying Laws of thermodynamics to types of alternative energy.
Grand Challenge Connections: Improve the use of alternative energies to reduce our reliance on extracted
fuel sources, Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: energy flow, heating, cooling, thermodynamics

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Physics: Grade 2, Semester 1
Change, Equilibrium and Cycles
Big Idea: There are similarities between the gravitational and electrostatic forces of particles.

PH.2.06 - Students will be able to analyze the effects on time dependance and energy storage due to simple
capacitive elements in DC circuits. (Week 09 - Week 10)

Essential Questions: ‣How much charge needs to be present in a storm cloud in order for lightning
to strike earth?
‣How large a capacitor is needed for a family to store enough electrical energy for one day?
Skills:
‣A. Use the fact that capacitance increases with size of surface, but decreases with increasing
separation to explain why capacitors in parallel
‣B. Use the fact that capacitance increases with size of surface, but decreases with increasing
separation to explain why capacitors in series add reciprocally.
‣C. Calculate charge and voltage across capacitors in DC circuits once equilibrium is reached
‣D. Measure i-v characteristics of capacitor in DC circuit
‣E. Measure and predict time constants in simple RC circuits
‣F. Calculate the energy stored in the electric field inside a fully charged capacitor
Concepts:
‣A. Capacitor charging and discharging
‣B. Energy storage
‣C. Charge separation
‣D. time constant
‣E. Exponential charge/discharge
Evidence:
R1: Q1
R2: Q 1, 2, 5, 6
R3: Q 1, 3, 5

BA1: Q 2,3
BA2: Q 3, 4, 7, 8
BA3: Q 9, 10

ST1: Q 4, 5
ST2: Q 4
ST3: Q 9 - 13
Texts & References: R1: Holt Physics page: 682
R2: Holt Physics page: 695
R3: Active Physics page: 784

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BA1: Holt Physics page: 686
BA2: Holt Physics page: 695
BA3: Active Physics page: 785

ST1: Holt Physics page: 682

ST2: Holt Physics page: 686
ST3: Holt Physics page: 695
Capstone Connection: Compare and contrast traditional generator operation to other forms of alternative
energy conversion
Grand Challenge Connections: Improve the use of alternative energies to reduce our reliance on extracted
fuel sources, Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: capacitance,time constant, energy storage

PH.2.07 - Students will be able to analyze the effects on time dependance and energy storage due to simple
inductive elements in DC circuits. (Week 11 - Week 12)

Essential Questions: Are coils of wire with many loops more dangerous than those with fewer loops when
provided electrical power?
Skills:
‣A. Use the fact that inductors act like resistors once current begins flowing to why inductors in
series add and inductors in parallel add reciprocally
‣B. Calculate current through and voltage across inductors in DC circuits once equilibrium is reached
‣C. Measure i-v characteristics of inductor in a DC circuit
‣D. Measure and predict time constants in simple RL circuits
‣E. Calculate the energy stored in the magnetic field of an inductor when fully charged
Concepts:
‣A. Inductor
‣B. Lenz's Law
‣C.Back emf
‣D. Inductor charging and discharging
‣E. Energy storage
‣F. RL circuit
‣G. time constant
‣E. Exponential charge/discharge
Evidence:
* the student can calculate induced EMF in a generator.
* the student can determine the polarity of the coil.
* Student explains the difference between motor and AC generator
Texts & References: ● "Giancolli" Ch: 21 p: 584 - 614
● "Holt" Ch: 20 p: 707 - 749
● "Serway" Ch: 31 - 33 p: 893 - 982

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● "Physics: Principles and problems" Ch: 25 p: 670 - 695
● "SAT II physics by Spark notes" p: 262 - 272
Grand Challenge Connections: Improve the use of alternative energies to reduce our reliance on extracted
fuel sources, Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: inductance, time constant, energy storage

PH.2.08 - Students will be able to analyze simple AC circuits containing resistive elements. (Week 12 - Week
14)

Essential Questions: Do resistors and inductors behave the same or differently when power sources
alternate their polarity?
Skills:
‣A. Determine total impedance of an AC circuit made up of series and paralle combinations of
resistors
‣B. Understand difference between peak-peak voltage and current measurements and RMS
measurements
Concepts:
‣A. AC circuits
‣B. Impedance
‣C. rms voltage, current, power
Evidence:
* the student can calculate induced EMF in a secondary coil of a transformer.
* Student can differentiate between the structure of the two types of transformer.
Texts & References: ● "Giancolli" Ch: 21 p: 584 - 614
● "Holt" Ch: 20 p: 707 - 749
● "Serway" Ch: 31 - 33 p: 893 - 982
● "Physics: Principles and problems" Ch: 25 p: 670 - 695
● "SAT II physics by Spark notes" p: 262 - 272
Capstone Connection: Production of energy needed to be provided for different industrial processes.
Grand Challenge Connections: Improve the use of alternative energies to reduce our reliance on extracted
fuel sources, Increase industrial base for Egypt

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Physics: Grade 2, Semester 2
Systems and Feedback
Big Idea: The variation in electronic conductivity of materials can be used in communication systems.

PH.2.11 - Students will be able to determine the magnetic force on a charged particle moving in a magnetic
field and the effects of the force on the particle's motion. (Week 02 - Week 03)

Essential Questions: ‣How much force is generated by an electromagnet used to move automobiles
in a junkyard?
‣Is it possible to make a charged particle move in circles using magnetic force?
Skills:
‣A. Determine the direction of magnetic force on charges moving wrt constant magnetic fields
‣B. Determine the direction of magnetic force on a current-carrying wire in a constant magnetic field
‣C. Explain the torque that exists on current-carrying loop in a magnetic field (if loop positioned
correctly)
‣D. Explain how an electrical motor works
‣E. Explain how a Galvanometer works
‣F. Explain how to convert a galvanometer into an Ammeter.
‣G. Explain how to convert a galvanometer into a Voltmeter.
Concepts:
‣A. Magnetic field: strength and direction
‣B. Magnetic field lines
‣C. Force on moving charge in magnetic field
‣D. Force on current-carrying wire in magnetic field
‣E. Magnetic torque and motors.
‣F. measuring devices: (sensitive Galvanometer, Ammeter, Voltmeter, Ohmmeter)
Evidence:
* Student can determine the factors affect induced EMF and able to draw the graph that represents these
relations correctly.
Texts & References: ● "Giancolli" Ch: 21 p: 584 - 614
● "Holt" Ch: 20 p: 707 - 749
● "Serway" Ch: 31 - 33 p: 893 - 982
● "Physics: Principles and problems" Ch: 25 p: 670 - 695
● "SAT II physics by Spark notes" p: 262 - 272
Capstone Connection: Production of energy needed to be provided for different industrial processes.
Grand Challenge Connections: Improve the use of alternative energies to reduce our reliance on extracted
fuel sources, Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: magnetic field sources

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PH.2.12 - Students will be able to use Faraday's law of induction to determine induced voltage in conducting
loop due to changes in magnetic flux. (Week 04 - Week 05)

Essential Questions: How can mechanical energy be converted to electrical energy?

Skills:
‣A. Explain electromagnetic induction.
‣B. Identify the factors that affect the induced EMF in a conductor.
‣C. Determine the polarity of induced current in a coil.
‣D. Give examples of electromagnetic induction applications.
‣E. Calculate induced EMF in a variety of basic situations, including changing B-field, or changing
loop area
Concepts:
‣A. Electromagnetic induction
‣B. Magnetic flux
‣C. Faraday's law.
‣D. Lenz’s Law
‣E. Loops and Solenoids
‣.
Evidence:
* Student can solve the truth tables that represent a combination of some logic gates connected to each
other in different ways.
* Students can predict the combination of hidden logic gates according to their truth table.
* Students can construct a circuit of logic gates depending on some provided conditions.
Texts & References: ● "Code, The Hidden Language of Hardware and Software" Ch: 10, 11 p: 86 - 130
● http://www.neuroproductions.be/logic-lab/
Capstone Connection: Using sensors in some industrial processes.
Grand Challenge Connections: Improve the use of alternative energies to reduce our reliance on extracted
fuel sources, Increase industrial base for Egypt
Topic: electromagnetic induction, magnetic flux

PH.2.13 - Students will be able to analyze production and transmission of electrical energy via
electromagnetic induction. (Week 05 - Week 06)

Essential Questions: Why is it better to transmit electrical power at high voltages? How to transfer electric
energy from power plants to consumption places?
Skills:
‣A. Deduce the factors affecting the produced EMF in an A.C. generator.
‣B. Draw graphs illustrate the relation between (EMF & THETA) and between (EMF & t)
‣C. Draw graphs illustrate the relation between max. voltage and the parameters affecting it.
‣D. Design your own workable model of an A.C. generator.
‣E. Explain how to Convert A.C. to D.C.
‣F. Explain what happens on replacing the resistance load in the D.C. dynamo by a battery.

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 ‣G. Design a system to reduce the loss of energy during transmission of energy from power stations
to distribution areas using transformers.
‣H. Explain the eddy current.
‣I. Give examples of eddy current applications.
‣J. Compare between A.C. and D.C. transmission of electrical power
Concepts:
‣A. AC generator
‣B. Effective value of EMF (rms)
‣C. D.C. Generator
‣D. Motor
‣E. Transformer.
‣F. Eddy currents
Topic: transformer, mutual induction

PH.2.14 - Students will be able to analyze the behavior of transformers using mutual Induction (Week 06 -
Week 07)

Essential Questions: How can voltages be increased or decreased with minimum loss of energy?
Skills:
‣A. Compare between forward and reverse current in mutual induction.
‣B. Give examples on mutual induction applications
‣C. Explain the behavior of a tranformer using mutual induction concepts
‣D. Calculate primary or secondary voltages given appropriate information about transformer coil.
‣E. Explain step-up and step-down transformers
‣F. Solve problems on transformer efficiency.
‣G. Calculate the efficiency of a transformer practically.
Concepts:
‣A. Mutual induction between two coils.
‣B. Factors affecting the mutual induction between two coils.
‣C. Coefficient of mutual induction.
‣D. Step-up/step-down transformers
Topic: Generator, motor, power transmission

PH.2.16 - Students will be able to analyze simple DC and AC circuits containing diodes. (Week 08 - Week
09)

Essential Questions: How can AC power be converted to DC power?

Skills:
‣A. Describe i-v properites of diodes in forward-bias

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 ‣B. Describe i-v properties of diodes in reverse-bias
‣C. Analyze current through and voltage across resistive elements when a diode is present in a DC
circuit
‣D Analyze current through and voltage across resistive elements when a diode is present in an AC
circuit
‣E. Explain how a rectifier circuit can be used for AC-DC conversion
Concepts:
‣A. Diodes as one-way devices
‣B. Threshold voltage
‣C. non-ohmic device
‣D. Voltage Rectification
‣E. Breakdown voltage
Topic: diode, reverse bias, forward bias, rectiifier

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