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Electric Field Mapping—Inquiry Lab Kit for AP® Physics 2

By: The Flinn Staff

Electric Field Mapping Advanced Inquiry Lab Kit for AP* Physics 2 Kit
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Electric Field Mapping Advanced Inquiry Lab Kit for AP* Physics 2 Kit
ap, ap physics, advanced inquiry

Item #: AP8001

Price: $191.80

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Electric Field Mapping Inquiry Lab Kit for AP® Physics 2 uses high-quality conducting ink pens and greatly enhances understanding of an abstract and difficult concept.

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AP Physics 2, Big Idea 2, Investigation 6

Our present-day understanding of the laws of nature are intertwined with a deep understanding of field theory. All four fundamental forces are exerted “at a distance,” and fields existing in space for each force allow us to explain how these forces interact. A balloon is attracted to a sweater when rubbed by the sweater, but how do we explain and visualize this attraction?

This advanced-inquiry lab begins with an introductory activity that familiarizes students with mapping equipotential lines of a dipole charge setup. Next, guiding questions lead students to map out the field lines themselves and to consider various potential setups that would produce different electric field configurations. This lab uses high-quality conducting ink pens and greatly enhances students’ understanding of an abstract and difficult concept.

Complete for 24 students working in pairs. Multimeters and power supplies are required and available separately.

Specifications

Materials Included in Kit: 
Conductive paper sheet, 8½" x 11", 25
Conductive pen, silver ink, 3
Cork, size #14, 32
Push pins, 32
Push pins, aluminum, ⅝", 32

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Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)†

Science & Engineering Practices

Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Engaging in argument from evidence
Obtaining, evaluation, and communicating information

Disciplinary Core Ideas

MS-PS2.A: Forces and Motion
HS-PS2.A: Forces and Motion

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns
Cause and effect
Systems and system models
Energy and matter

Performance Expectations

MS-PS2-3. Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces
HS-PS2-4. Use mathematical representations of Newton’s Law of Gravitation and Coulomb’s Law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects.