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Physics B — Energy, Thermal Physics, Electromagnetism and Waves (California)
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4 Sections
20 Lessons
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Unit 1: Energy, Work and Power
5
1.1
Pumped Storage: Work, Kinetic and Potential Energy
50 mins
1.2
Ramp Lab: Measuring Energy Transfer and Efficiency
100 mins
1.3
Where Did the Energy Go? Springs, Rubber Bands and Thermal Energy
100 mins
1.4
Power and a Pumped-Storage Day: A Computational Energy Model
100 mins
1.5
Performance Task — Design, Build and Refine an Energy Converter
200 mins
Unit 2: Thermal Energy and the Second Law
5
2.1
Why a Dark Roof Gets Hotter: Temperature, Thermal Energy and Heat
50 mins
2.2
Specific Heat by the Method of Mixtures
100 mins
2.3
Why Heat Flows Downhill: The Second Law and Engine Limits
50 mins
2.4
Particles, Pressure, Heat Pumps and Insulating Materials
100 mins
2.5
Performance Task — Keep It Cold in Fresno
200 mins
Unit 3: Electricity and Magnetism
5
3.1
Santa Ana Sparks: Charge and Coulomb’s Law
100 mins
3.2
Circuit Lab: Ohm’s Law, Series and Parallel with a Multimeter
100 mins
3.3
Do Currents Make Magnetic Fields? Electromagnet Evidence and Argument
100 mins
3.4
Fields, Induction and the Wind Turbines of Altamont
100 mins
3.5
Performance Task — Wind to Wire: Modeling a Transmission Link
150 mins
Unit 4: Waves, Light and Information
5
4.1
Seconds of Warning: Wave Speed and ShakeAlert
50 mins
4.2
Investigation Lab: Standing Waves on a Stretched String
100 mins
4.3
Argument Lab: Is Digital Always Better?
50 mins
4.4
Light as Wave and Particle: Refraction, Photons and the Spectrum
100 mins
4.5
Performance Task — Technical Brief: Waves That Carry Information and Energy
150 mins
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