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Science Curriculum
Science - Physics

Motion and Forces
Constant and Average Speed
The learner will be able to solve problems that involve constant speed and average speed.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grages 9-12, Physics, 1.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 2 pages 43-46, 52 [Textbook].  
  
Newton's First Law
The learner will be able to know that when forces are balanced, no acceleration occurs; thus an object continues to move at a constant speed or stay at rest.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 4 pages 130-131, 133-135, 157 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 17 pages 640 [Textbook].  
  
Newton's Second Law
The learner will be able to know how to apply the law F = ma to solve one-dimensional motion problems that involve constant forces.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 4 pages 136-138, 158-163 [Textbook].  
  
Newton's Third Law
The learner will be able to know when one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object always exerts a force of equal magnitude and in the opposite direction.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 4 pages 138-140, 157 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 6 pages 219-220 [Textbook].  
  
Universal Gravitation
The learner will be able to know the relationship between the universal law of gravitation and the effect of gravity on an object at the surface of Earth.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 4 page 141, Chapter 7 pages 263-264 [Textbook].  
  
Independence of perpendicular forces
The learner will be able to know applying a force to an object perpendicular to the direction of its motion causes the object to change direction but not speed.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.f.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 7 pages 259-260, 262, 264, 266-267,274-275 [Textbook].  
  
Circular motion
The learner will be able to know circular motion requires the application of a constant force directed toward the center of the circle.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.g.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 7 pages 259-260, 262, 264, 266-267,274-275 [Textbook].  
  
Applicability of Newton's Laws
The learner will be able to *know Newton's laws are not exact but provide very good approximations unless an object is moving close to the speed of light or is small enough that quantum effects are important.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.h.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 2 pages 66-67, Chapter 3 pages 110-111 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 5 pages 190-191, Chapter 8 pages 302-303 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 19 pages 714-715 [Textbook].  
  
Projectile motion
The learner will be able to *know how to solve two-dimensional trajectory problems.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.i.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 3 pages 98-104, 106,119-121 [Textbook].  
  
Vector resolution
The learner will be able to *know how to resolve two-dimensional vectors into their components and calculate the magnitude and direction of a vector from its components.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.j.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 3 pages 88-96, 98-104 [Textbook].  
  
Statics
The learner will be able to *know how to solve two-dimensional problems involving balanced forces (statics).
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.k.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 4 pages 126-128, 131-135, 157 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 8 pages 286-288 [Textbook].  
  
Centripetal Acceleration
The learner will be able to *know how to solve problems in circular motion by using the formula for centripetal acceleration in the following form: a = v^2/r.
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.l.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 7 pages 257-261, 274-275 [Textbook].  
  
Forces over a distance
The learner will be able to *know how to solve problems involving the forces between two electric charges at a distance (Coulomb's laws) or the forces between two masses at a distance (universal gravitation).
Strand Scope Source
Newton's Laws Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 1.m.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 7 pages 263-265, Chapter 17 pages 634-636 [Textbook].  
  
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Conservation of Energy and Momentum
Kinetic Energy
The learner will be able to know how to calculate kinetic energy by using the formula E = (1/2)mv^2.
Strand Scope Source
Laws of Conservation of Energy & Mot Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 2a
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 5 pages 172-176, 184-185, 199 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 6 pages 227-229, Chapter 8 page 295 [Textbook].  
  
Change in Potential Energy
The learner will be able to know how to calculate changes in gravitational potential energy near Earth by using the formula (change in potential energy) =mgh (h is the change in the elevation).
Strand Scope Source
Laws of Conservation of Energy & Mot Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 2b
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 5 pages 177-180, 184-185 [Textbook].  
  
Conservation of Energy
The learner will be able to know how to solve problems involving conservation of energy in simple systems, such as falling objects.
Strand Scope Source
Laws of Conservation of Energy & Mot Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 2c
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 5 pages 181-185, 200-203 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 8 pages 295-297 [Textbook].  
  
Calculation of Momentum
The learner will be able to know how to calculate momentum as the product mv.
Strand Scope Source
Laws of Conservation of Energy & Mot Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 2d
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 6 pages 208-209, 211-212, 215-220, 223,225 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 6 pages 228-229 [Textbook].  
  
Momentum and Energy
The learner will be able to know momentum is a separately conserved quantity different from energy.
Strand Scope Source
Laws of Conservation of Energy & Mot Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 2.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 6 pages 215-217, 219-220, 222-223, 227,237 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 6 pages 238-241 [Textbook].  
  
Impulse and Momentum
The learner will be able to know an unbalanced force on an object produces a change in its momentum.
Strand Scope Source
Laws of Conservation of Energy & Mot Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 2.f
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 6 pages 210, 212-214, 219-220 [Textbook].  
  
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
The learner will be able to know how to solve problems involving elastic and inelastic collisions in one dimension by using the principles of conservation of momentum and energy.
Strand Scope Source
Laws of Conservation of Energy & Mot Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 2.g.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 6 pages 222-229, 237 [Textbook].  
  
Conservation of Energy
The learner will be able to *know how to solve problems involving conservation of energy in simple systems with various sources of potential energy, such as capacitors and springs.
Strand Scope Source
Laws of Conservation of Energy & Mot Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 2.h.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 5 pages 178-179, 181-183, 200-205 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 19 pages 708-709, Chapter 20 pages 734-735 [Textbook].  
  
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Heat and Thermodynamics
Heat Flow and Work
The learner will be able to know heat flow and work are two forms of energy transfer between systems.
Strand Scope Source
Energy Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 3.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 5 pages 168-174 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 10 pages 365-368, 383-385, 391 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 11 pages 402-411, 413-415, 47-418, 420 [Textbook].  
  
First Law of Thermodynamics
The learner will be able to know that the work done by a heat engine that is working in a cycle is the difference between the heat flow into the engine at high temperature and the heat flow out at a lower temperature (first law of thermodynamics) and that this is an example of the law of conservation of energy.
Strand Scope Source
Energy Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 3.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 11 pages 409-411, 413-418, 422-423, 434 [Textbook].  
  
Thermal Energy
The learner will be able to know the internal energy of an object includes the energy of random motion of the object's atoms and molecules, often referred to as thermal energy. The greater the temperature of the object, the greater the energy of motion of the atoms and molecules that make up the object.
Strand Scope Source
Energy Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 3.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 10 pages 358-360, 365-367, 376-377 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 11 page 428 [Textbook].  
  
Disorder and uniformity
The learner will be able to know that most processes tend to decrease the order of a system over time and that energy levels are eventually distributed uniformly.
Strand Scope Source
Energy Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 3.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 10 pages 365-367 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 11 pages 425-429, 435 [Textbook].  
  
Entropy
The learner will be able to know that entropy is a quantity that measures the order or disorder of a system and that this quantity is larger for a more disordered system.
Strand Scope Source
Energy Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 3.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 11 pages 425-426, 428-429,435 [Textbook].  
  
Second Law of Thermodynamics
The learner will be able to *know the statement "Entropy tends to increase" is a law of statistical probability that governs all closed systems.
Strand Scope Source
Energy Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 3.f.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 11 pages 420, 425-429, 435 [Textbook].  
  
Engines
The learner will be able to *know how to solve problems involving heat flow, work, and efficiency in a heat engine and know that all real engines lose some heat to their surroundings.
Strand Scope Source
Energy Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 3.g.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 11 pages 413-415, 417-418, 420, 422-423 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 11 pages 434-435 [Textbook].  
  
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Waves and Energy
The learner will be able to know waves carry energy from one place to another.
Strand Scope Source
Waves Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 4a
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 10 page 384, Chapter 11 page 421 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 12 pages 458, 464 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 13 pages 487, 491-492 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 16 pages 614-615, Chapter 17 page 645 [Textbook].  
  
Waves through media
The learner will be able to know how to identify transverse and longitudinal waves in mechanical media, such as springs and ropes, and on the Earth (seismic waves).
Strand Scope Source
Waves Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 4b
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 12 pages 438-439, 453-455, 473 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 13 pages 480-481, 512-514 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 14 page 547 [Textbook].  
  
Wavelength, Frequency, and Wave Speed
The learner will be able to know how to solve problems involving wavelength, frequency, and wave speed.
Strand Scope Source
Waves Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 4c
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 12 pages 455-457 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 13 pages 485-486, 504-505, 511 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 14 page 522 [Textbook].  
  
Sound Wave
The learner will be able to know sound is a longitudinal wave whose speed depends on the properties of the medium in which it propagates.
Strand Scope Source
Waves Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 4d
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 13 pages 480-484, 512-515 [Textbook].  
  
electromagnetic waves
The learner will be able to know radio waves, light, and X-rays are know wavelength bands in the spectrum of electromagnetic waves whose speed in a vacuum is approximately 3 E 8 m /s (186,000 miles / second).
Strand Scope Source
Waves Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics.;
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 2 pages 66-67, Chapter 3 pages 110-111 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 12 page 450, Chapter 14 page 522 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 23 page 848 [Textbook].  
  
Characteristic Properties of Waves
The learner will be able to know how to identify the know properties of waves: inference (beats), diffraction, Doppler effect, and polarization.
Strand Scope Source
Waves Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 4f
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 13 pages 485-486, 502-505, 511 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 14 pages 546-548 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 15 pages 562-566, 568, 580-585, 591 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 16 pages 604-608, 611-612 [Textbook].  
  
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Electric and Magnetic Phenomena
DC Voltage and Current
The learner will be able to know how to predict the voltage or current in simple direct current (DC) electric circuits constructed from batteries, wires, resistors, and capacitors.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 18 pages 676-681, 688-689 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 19 pages 698-704, 708-709,722-725 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 20 pages 730-751, 760-763 [Textbook].  
  
Ohm's Law
The learner will be able to know how to solve problems using Ohm's law.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 19 pages 700-702, 722-725 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 20 pages 730-751, Chapter 25 pages 889-891 [Textbook].  
  
Resistivity
The learner will be able to know any resistive element in a DC circuit dissipates energy, which heats the resistor. Students can calculate the power (rate of energy dissipation) in any resistive circuit element by using the formula Power = IR (potential difference) times I (current) = I ^2 R.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 19 pages 708-709, 711-713 [Textbook].  
  
Transistors
The learner will be able to know the properties of transistors and the role of transistors in electric circuits.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 24 pages 874-880 [Textbook].  
  
Charged Particles and electric fields
The learner will be able to know charged particles are sources of electric fields and are subject to the forces of the electric fields from other charges.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 18, pages 628-630, 634-635, 637, 640 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 18, pages 642-645, 648-649, 658 [Textbook].  
  
Magnetic Fields
The learner will be able to know magnetic materials and electric currents (moving electric charges) are sources of magnetic fields and are subject to forces arising from the magnetic fields of other sources.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.f.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 21, pages 767-771, 773-774, 776-777, 779 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 21 pages 785-789, Chapter 23 pages794-796 [Textbook].  
  
Direction of a Magnetic Field
The learner will be able to know how to determine the direction of a magnetic field produced by a current flowing in a straight wire or in a coil.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.g.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 22 pages 770-771, 786-789 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 23 page 795 [Textbook].  
  
Induction
The learner will be able to know changing magnetic fields produce electric fields, thereby inducing currents in nearby conductors.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.h.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 23 pages 794-798, 801-805, 812, 814-817 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 23 pages 825-827 [Textbook].  
  
Plasmas
The learner will be able to know plasmas, the fourth state of matter, contain ions or free electrons or both and conduct electricity.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.i.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 17 page 651 [Textbook].  
  
Vector Force Fields
The learner will be able to *know electric and magnetic fields contain energy and act as vector force fields.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.j.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 17 pages 637, 643-645, 648-649 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 18 pages 670-671 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 21 pages 679-680, 767-774, 776-777, 785 [Textbook].  
  
Force on a particle in a field
The learner will be able to *know electric and magnetic fields contain particle in an electric field is qE, where E is the electric field at the position of the particle and q is the charge of the particle.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.k.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 17 pages 634-635, 637, 643-645, 658 [Textbook].  
  
Calculation of Electric Field
The learner will be able to *know how to calculate the electric field resulting from a point charge.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.l.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 17 pages 634-635, 637, 643-645, 648, 658 [Textbook].  
  
Static Electric Fields
The learner will be able to *know static electric fields have as their source some arrangement of electric charges.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.m.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 17 pages 637, 643-644, 648-651 [Textbook].  
  
Force on a Moving Particle
The learner will be able to *know the magnitude of the force on a moving particle (with charge q) in a magnetic field is qvB sin(a), where a is the angle between v and B (v and B are the magnitudes of vectors v and B, respectively), and students use the right-hand rule to find the direction of this force.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.n.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 22 pages 773-774, 776-777 [Textbook].  
  
Conservation of potential energy
The learner will be able to *know how to apply the concepts of electrical and know potential energy to solve problems involving conservation of energy.
Strand Scope Source
Electric and Magnetic Phenomena Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Physics, 5.o.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 5 pages 177-179, 181-185 [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 18 pages 666-668, 679-680, 688-689, [Textbook].  
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapter 19 pages 708-709, 711 [Textbook].  
  
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Scientific Method
Investigation and Experimentation
The learner will be able to a) select and use appropriate tools and technology to perform tests, collect data, analyze relationships and display data, b) identify and communicate sources of unavoidable experimental error, c) identify possible reasons for inconsistent results, such as sources of error or uncontrolled conditions. d) formulate explanations using logic and evidence, e) solve scientific problems by using quadratic equations and simple trigonometric, exonential, and logarithmic functions, f) distinguish between hypothesis and theory as scientific terms, g) recognize the usefulness and limitations of models and theories as scientific representations of reality.
Strand Scope Source
Science Master Oroville Union High School District(a)
  Unit Instructional Resources
 
· Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2002, Chapters 1-25 [Textbook].  
  
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