Unit Four– Physics:  The Characteristics of Electricity

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS

By the end of this course, students will:

E1. assess some of the costs and benefits associated with the production of electrical energy from renewable and non_renewable sources, and analyse how electrical efficiencies and savings can be achieved, through both the design of technological devices and practices in the home;

E2. investigate, through inquiry, various aspects of electricity, including the properties of static and current electricity, and the quantitative relationships between potential difference, current, and resistance in electrical circuits;

E3. demonstrate an understanding of the principles of static and current electricity.

IMPORTANT:  All assignments below are from the new textbook, On Science 9.   

Chapter 10:  Static Charges and Energy

10.1 Exploring Static Charges

Read pages 403-405

Answer questions 1-4, page 406. 

Answer questions 5 and 7, page 407.

10.2 Charging by Contact and by Induction

Read pages 411-414.

Answer questions 1-4, page 415.

Complete all of activity 10-3, page 416. 

10.3 Charges at Work

Read pages 418-421, 425-427

Answer questions 1-3, page 421.

Complete STSE Case Study activity, page 422-423, questions 1 and 2.

Complete activity 10-4, page 426, questions 1-4.

Answer questions 6-8, page 428.

Plan Your Own Investigation 10-A, page 429.

Chapter 10 Review Questions: 7, 10, 17, 19, and 25.

Chapter 11:  Electrical Circuits

11.1 Cells and Batteries

Read pages 437-443

Answer questions 1-4, page 443.

Complete activity 11-2, page 441, questions 1-3.

Complete STSE Case Study activity, page 42-443, questions 1-3

11.2 Electric Circuits:  Analogies and Characteristics

Read pages 446-455

Answer questions 1-4, page 450.

Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8, page 454

11.3 Measuring the Properties of Simple Circuits

Read pages 455-460

Answer questions 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7, page 144.

Complete activity 4-3, page 145, questions 1-3.

11.4 Measuring Electrcial Resistance

Read pages 462-465

Answer questions 1-4, page 465.

Complete problems on page 464

Answer questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 4-3, page 467.

11.5 Series and Parallel Circuits

Read pages 468-470

Answer questions 1-4, page 144.

Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8, page 471. 

We will need to develop some kind of investigation similar to 11-A, 11-B, 11-C or 11-D.  If you have the equipment at home, perhaps you could do 11-B and 11-B.  I would like you to complete two of them, if possible.  If you can, there will be no chapter review questions assigned.

Chapter 12:  Generating and Using Electricity

12.1 Electricity at Home

Read pages 485-490

Answer questions 1-4, page 487.

Answer questions 1, 3, 4 and 8, page 490.

12.2 Using Electrical Energy Wisely

Read pages 492-500

Complete problems on page 495 and 498

Answer questions 1, 5, and 8, page 500.

12.3 Meeting the Demand for Electricity

(i) Read pages 501-504

Answer questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7,  page 505.

12.4 Sustainable Sources of Electricity

(i) Read pages 506-512

Answer questions 1, 3, and 5, page 512.

Complete Data Analysis Investigation 12-c

Chapter 12 Review Questions: 9, 10, 14, 15, 20, 22, 25, and 31.

SNC1D1 Main Page

Answer questions 1, 2, and 4, page 496.