LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 4

The learner will build an understanding of electricity and magnetism.

Objective 4.01
Study and analyze electrostatics.
  • Charge, field, and potential.
  • Coulomb's law and field and potential of point charges.
  • Planar fields and potentials of other charge distributions.
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Objective 4.02
Evaluate and analyze conductors, capacitors, and dielectrics.
  • Electrostatics with conductors.
  • Parallel plate capacitors.
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Objective 4.03
Analyze and investigate electric circuits.
  • Current, resistance, and power.
  • Steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors only.
  • Steady-state capacitors in circuits.
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Objective 4.04
Study and evaluate magnetostatics.
  • Forces on moving charges in magnetic fields.
  • Forces on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields.
  • Fields of long current-carrying wires.
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Objective 4.05
Measure and analyze electromagnetism.
  • Electromagnetic induction (including Faraday's law and Lenz's law).
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