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1 Unit 11.5 Electricity
Principle

11.5.1 Electrostatic
• Students can:  Physics for Scientists
 State the mass,  Mass, Charge and and Engineers, 6E by
charge and polarity Polarity of protons and Serway and Jewett.pdf
of protons and electrons  handouts (page 712)
electrons  explain and
 Explain that like  Charging Principles discuss  University-Physics-
charges repel and - how a body acquires  worksheets with-Modern-
unlike charges attract electric charge by  group and class Physics… 13th-Edition
 Demonstrate friction, contact and exercises (page 688, 691 & 692)
electrostatic force by induction method of  corrections on
3 rubbing Perspex and charging homework and
a cloth. exercises
 assignment
 Explain Coulomb’s  Electrostatic Force, Field  test
Law of Force and Potential
between point - Electrostatic Force and
charges and Field are vector  Save Buk
emphasize the law quantities and potential (page 207 – 210)
with examples of is a scalar quantity
calculating force - Coulomb’s Law of Force  University Physics

( )
between a system of Q1 Q2 Vol. 2 (pg. 192 – 197)
charges. F=k 2 between
r
point charges.
 Explain electric field  handouts
intensity around a - Electrical Field  explain and  AQA Physics 2nd
point charge with
examples calculating ( F Q
E= =k 2
q r ) discuss
 worksheets
Edition A Level
(pg. 360 – 364)
electric field intensity - Direction of electric field  group and class
at a point due to a around a point charge exercises  University Physics
system of charges. (positive or negative)  corrections on Vol. 2 (pg. 197 – 197
and between a pair of homework and
 like and unlike charges exercises  The Basic of Physics
 Explain electric (dipoles).  assignment (pg. 141)
potential due to a  test
point charge with - Electrical Potential  Fundamentals of
examples calculating
potential due to a
system of charges.
( V =k
Q
r ) Physics – Halliday,
Resnick & Walker
(pg. 629, 635 & 636)

11.5.2 Current
Electricity
• Students can:
 State the units of
voltage, current and
resistance.  Save Buk (pg. 211)
 Definitions and Units and
 State the Symbols of Circuit
 handouts
alphabetical letters Parameters
 explain and
used to represent
- the volt (V), the ohm (Ω) discuss
sources of
and the ampere (A)  worksheets
electromotive force
4  group and class
(emf) such as a exercises
battery, potential  corrections on
difference or homework and
potential drop, exercises
resistance and  assignment
current.  test
 Draw electrical
symbols of an emf
source and a resistor - the electromotive force
in a simple circuit. (emf), resistance,
potential difference (p.d)
and current symbols in
 Explain a single
circuits
electromotive force
(emf) source such as  Physics Grade 10 – 12
 Electromotive Force,
a battery, and (pg. 440 - 442)
Internal Resistance,
 AQA Physics 2nd
calculate its internal Terminal Voltage
 resistance and its - electromotive force Edition A Level
terminal voltage. (emf), internal resistance (pg. 220 – 222)
of emf sources (batteries
and cells), terminal
voltage and potential  handouts
drop across a resistor in  explain and
a simple circuit discuss
- why the terminal voltage
 worksheets
5 across the terminals of a
battery is less than its  group and class  Basic Physics
 Explain and calculate exercises
the combining of rated value (pg. 154 – 155)
 corrections on  Topical Revision Notes
sources of emfs in homework and
- combining of cells in O Level (pg. 83)
series (opposing and series (aiding and exercises  Save Buk
aiding) and parallel. opposing) and parallel  assignment (pg. 219 ex. 16)
- emf sources (cells)  test
connected in series
(aiding and parallel) to
 Explain Ohm’s Law obtain a higher terminal
voltage and circuit  Physics Grade 10 – 12
and apply it to
current respectively (pg. 430, 432 & 433)
calculate current, - simple circuits and  Cambridge IGCSE
voltage drop across measuring emf, internal Physics - Duncan &
resistors in a circuit resistance of the emf Tom (pg. 167)
and resistance. source and the terminal
 Explain the voltage of the emf  Physics Grade 10 – 12
source (pg. 433 – 437)
combining of
 Physics Grade 10 – 12
resistors in series and
- equivalent resistance in (pg. 442 - 445)
6 in parallel and use parallel circuit is smaller
Ohm’s law to than the smallest
calculate. resistance and is greater
than smaller resistance
 State the in series circuit..  handouts
characteristics of  explain and
series and parallel discuss
circuits  Series and parallel
circuits.  worksheets
 - simple series and parallel  group and class
circuits exercises
- characteristics of series  corrections on
and parallel circuits homework and
eg: (1) current is exercises
constant at all points in
 assignment
series circuits, but
divides in parallel circuits  test
(2) potential difference is
7 added in series circuit
but is the same across
parallel circuits
- advantages and  Topical Revision Notes
disadvantages of series  handouts O Level (pg. 92)
and parallel circuits  explain and
 Discuss the voltage vs - voltmeters and discuss
current graph ammeters in a circuit  worksheets  Topical Revision Notes
 group and class O Level (pg. 88)
 Resistance exercises
 Explain that the - resistance of a resistor;  corrections on
resistance of a - plot V vs I characteristics homework and
conductor (wire) is a for a hot filament bulb
exercises
function of its length,
cross-sectional area - resistance (R) of a wire is  assignment
and temperature. proportional to its length test  1. Physics 8e
Give the relevant (l) and resistivity ( ρ ) but Cutnell & Johnson
equations and apply is inversely proportional (pg. 602 - 604)
them to calculate to its cross-sectional 2. College Physics
resistance of wire area (A) 9th Edition
that depend on
length, thickness and
temperature
(i . e R= ρ Al ) (pg. 597 - 599)

- resistance of a wire is
proportional to its  1. Physics 8e
length, and depends on Cutnell & Johnson
the thickness and (pg. 604)
8 material 2. College Physics
- resistance of a wire also 9th Edition
varies with the (pg. 599 – 600)
  Explain electrical temperature (T) as  Cambridge IGCSE
energy and power R=R 0 ( 1+ αT + β T ) 2 Physics - Duncan &
equations and use Tom (pg. 177)
them to do  Electrical energy and  Physics 8e – Cutnel &
calculations of the power Johnson
appropriate energy - electrical energy, (pg. 605 – 607)
and power problems 2
2 V
E=VIt=I Rt= t
 Explain Kirchoff’s
R  handouts  College Physics 9th
and power
circuit laws and apply 2  explain and Edition (pg. 625 – 629)
them to find 2 V  How To Solve Physics
P=IV =I R= discuss
unknown resistances, R Problems
 worksheets
currents and voltage (pg. 271 – 278)
in simple circuits. - resistance network  group and class
circuits and Kirchoff’s exercises
circuit laws  corrections on
- resistance networks homework and
- Kirchoff’s junction exercises
(current) and loop  assignment test
11.5.3 Wheatstone Bridge (voltage) laws
and Potentiometer - apply Kirchoff’s laws to
• Students can: simple resistance
 Describe the basic network circuits  Standard 12 Physics
Wheatstone bridge (pg. 216 – 220)
circuit and its  Physics Grade 10 – 12
operation principle (pg. 445 – 446)
and application of  Fundamentals of
the circuit in  Wheatstone Bridge Physics Vol.8
determining - Wheatstone bridge (pg. 889 – 890)
unknown resistance circuit
- operation principle of a
Wheatstone bridge
- resistance networks to
 Describe the simple determine ratio of
potentiometer circuit resistances as well as the  Standard 12 Physics
and its operation resistance of unknown (pg. 221 – 224)
principle; apply the resistance
concepts of the
 circuit to determine  Potentiometer  Fundamentals of
unknown e.m.f. - potentiometer circuit Physics Vol.8
 Measure and - operation principle of (pg. 890 – 891)
calculate unknown potentiometer,
resistance and e.m.f. determination of an
unknown e.m.f.
11.5.4 Alternating Current
(AC) Circuits
• Students can:
 Explain the merits of
employing  Topical Revision Notes
alternating current Physics O Level
for electricity supply  The Alternating Current (pg. 116 chpt 22.4 )
to homes and and Voltage
industries. - reasons why electricity is
 State the output supplied to our homes  Physics 8e Cutnell &
voltage and current and industries as AC Johnson
equations from an AC from power stations as (pg. 607 – 609)
generator, and oppose to DC from
explain the batteries
parameters - the output voltage and
(variables) in these current from a generator
functions. vary with time according
to the equations
V =V 0 sin ωt
and
I =I 0 sin ωt
- parameters I and V
from the above
equations
- alternating voltage as a
function of time and
indicating the peak
 Explain the effective voltage and the period.
(root-mean-square) - in one half cycle, an
values of voltage and alternating voltage is
current. positive and is negative
 Apply the generator in the next half
 output voltage and
current equations,  Effective Values of
the root-mean Voltage and Current
square values of - the actual voltage (and
current and voltage current) measurement
to determine or at any time gives
calculate peak and effective value (root-
root-mean-square mean-square value) and
values of voltage and effective voltage
current.
V rms =V eff
∴ V eff =¿

 Apply Ohm’s Law to √ mean of the squares of the

determine peak
- show that
values and current
V0
and voltage drop in V rms =V eff =
resistive AC circuit. √2  Physics 8e Cutnell &
and Johnson
I0 (pg. 719 – 728)
I rms =I eff =
√2  Fundamentals of
Physics 9th Edition
- determine the peak (pg. 835 – 849)
current and potential
drop in resistive AC
circuits.
- calculate V rms , I rms and
power in resistive AC
circuits
- different types of
alternating current
circuits