TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Mechanical equivalent of heat. Mechanical energy to heat lab using lead shot. Calculate the raise in temperature given
an input of mechanical energy.
Calculate the specific and latent heat of materials. Calorimeter lab. In constructed response question
determine the energy required to raise a
mass of given material a given
Describe heat transfer and the process of thermal
expansion.
Measure the thermal expansion coefficient of
several long rods.
temperature.
In constructed response determine the
change in length given change in
temperature and material.
Strand 7: Thermodynamics
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Use the ideal gas laws and the kinetic model to
describe the behavior of gasses.
Model solids, liquids and gases with students.
Apply the first law of thermodynamics to pV diagrams. Have students plot isobaric and isothermic
processes on a pV diagram.
Apply the second law of thermodynamics to a heat
Describe the process of a heat engine in terms of a
engine.
pV diagram.
In an essay question describe the
difference between solids, liquids, and
gases.
Given a pV chart, determine which
process is present.
Describe entrophy and the second law in
an essay question.
Strand 8: Electrostatics
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Draw a field and potential for spherical and cylindrical
surfaces.
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Have students create three dimensional models of
electric fields for spherical and cylindrical
surfaces.
Apply Gauss’s law to irregular surfaces. Given several Gaussian fields in electric fields
calculate the charge inside the surface.
Have students create an electric field on a
surface given a charge.
Use a Gaussian surface to calculate the
charge on an unknown object.
Strand 9: Electrical Circuits
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Analysis the current, resistance and voltage drop for Given four equivalent lights create and several Students will completely analysis a
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