A unified treatment of eletrostatics and circuits

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written by Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood
supported by the National Science Foundation

This 17-page manuscript proposes a unified approach for the teaching of circuits in introductory calculus-based physics. The paper, written by the authors of the Matter & Interactions curriculum materials, unifies both electrostatic and circuit phenomena in terms of the Coulomb interaction. Potential and current are introduced only after students have analyzed the behavior of the whole circuit based on dynamic atomic-level models.

Matter and Interactions is a field-tested curriculum for introductory calculus-based physics. It places strong emphasis on a small number of fundamental principles, engages students in modeling, and integrates the atomic nature of matter throughout the curriculum.

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Curriculum Development = Course Electricity & Magnetism - DC Circuits = Circuit Analysis - General	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Article

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Format:: application/pdf
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 Chabay and Sherwood
ISBN Numbers:: 0-471-66328-X; 0-471-66327-1
NSF Numbers:: 8953367; 9156105; 9554843; 9972420; 0237132; 0320608; 0618504
Keywords:: circuits, electrostatics , microscopic mechanisms, modern physics
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created May 10, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: July 20, 2018 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 31, 2009
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Electricity and Electrical Energy
Unit Title: A Model for Electricity

The introductory calculus-based physics curriculum often treats electrostatic and circuit phenomena as separate and unrelated. The problem is that students have little framework for understanding electric field, and often proceed with little sense of the true mechanism of a circuit. This article proposes a new and unified approach for teaching circuits. Students first analyze the behavior of the whole circuit based on dynamic atomic-level models, THEN explore potential and current.

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=10026">Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. A unified treatment of eletrostatics and circuits. December 31, 2009.</a>

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R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, (2006), WWW Document, (https://matterandinteractions.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/circuit.pdf).

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R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, A unified treatment of eletrostatics and circuits (2006), <https://matterandinteractions.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/circuit.pdf>.

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Chabay, R., & Sherwood, B. (2009, December 31). A unified treatment of eletrostatics and circuits. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://matterandinteractions.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/circuit.pdf

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Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. A unified treatment of eletrostatics and circuits. December 31, 2009. https://matterandinteractions.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/circuit.pdf (accessed 4 December 2024).

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Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. A unified treatment of eletrostatics and circuits. 2006. 31 Dec. 2009. National Science Foundation. 4 Dec. 2024 <https://matterandinteractions.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/circuit.pdf>.

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