Learning Introductory Physics with Activities

Determine the electric force on a charged object due to a collection of point charges.

Determine the electric force on a charged object due to simple continuous charge distributions.

Use forces and Newton’s 2nd Law to describe the motion of charges subject to electric forces.

Distinguish between the electric force and the electric field due to a charge configuration.

Determine the electric field at a given location due to a collection of point charges.

Determine the electric field at a given location due to simple continuous charge distributions.

Apply Gauss’s Law to arbitrary closed surfaces.

Use Gauss’s Law to solve for the electric field in symmetric situations.

Determine the electric potential energy in a system of charged objects.

Distinguish between the electric potential energy stored in a system and the electric potential due to a charge configuration.

Determine the electric potential due to a system of charged objects.

Use an energy approach to analyze electrostatics systems.

Relate electric potential and electric field using both integrals and derivatives, both algebraically and graphically.