The Workshop Physics Activity Guide is a set of student workbooks designed to serve as the foundation for a two-semester calculus-based introductory physics course. It consists of four Modules, with a total of 28 units, that interweave text materials with activities that include prediction, qualitative observation, explanation, equation derivation, mathematical modeling, quantitative experiments, and problem solving. The modules help students understand the basis of knowledge in physics as interplay between observations, experiments, definitions, and mathematical theory.
The inquiry-based activities in the modules give students the opportunity to work collaboratively to solve problems, while thinking critically to make predictions and observations. Students use a powerful set of computer tools to record, display, and analyze data, as well as to develop mathematical models of physical phenomena. The design of many of the activities is based on the outcomes of physics education research.
Module 4
Unit 19 Electric Forces and Fields
Unit 20 Electric Flux and Gauss' Law
Unit 21 Electric Potential
Unit 22 Introduction to Electric Circuits
Unit 23 Circuit Analysis
Unit 24 Capacitors and RC Circuits
Unit 25 Electronics
Unit 26 Magnets and Magnetic Fields
Unit 27 Electricity and Magnetism
Table of Contents
Preface
Module 1
Unit 1 Our Place in the Universe
Unit 2 Measurement and Uncertainty
Unit 3 Introduction to One-Dimensional Motion
Unit 4 Motion with Constant Acceleration
Unit 5 Force, Mass, and Motion
Unit 6 Gravity and Projectile Motion
Unit 7 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
Preface
Further Details on Statistics and Uncertainty
Notation and Reference Tables
Module 2
Unit 8 Momentum and Collisions in One Dimension
Unit 9 Momentum and Collisions in Two Dimensions
Unit 10 Work and Energy
Unit 11 Energy Conservation
Unit 12 Rotational Motion
Unit 13 The Vector Nature of Rotational Motion
Unit 14 Simple Harmonic Motion
Unit 15 Oscillations, Determinism, and Chaos
Appendix C Vector Multiplication
Index
Preface
Module 3
Unit 16 Heat and Temperature
Unit 17 Principles of Thermodynamics
Unit 18 Thermodynamic Processes and Heat Engines
Unit 28 Radioactivity and Radon
Index
Preface
Module 4
Unit 19 Electric Forces and Fields 679
Unit 20 Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law 709
Unit 21 Electric Potential 747
Unit 22 Introduction to Electric Circuits 775
Unit 23 Circuit Analysis 811
Unit 24 Capacitors and RC Circuits 847
Unit 25 Electronics 877
Unit 26 Magnets and Magnetic Fields 903
Unit 27 Electricity and Magnetism 939
Index I- 1
