Melcs Advanced Physics
Melcs Advanced Physics
Melcs Advanced Physics
Week of the Most Essential Lesson Exemplar/ LR developer Link (if Assessment (provide a link if
Quarter/ Grading Learning Learning resources available online)
Period Competencies available online)
Week 5 Convert
temperatures and
temperature
differences in the
following scales:
Fahrenheit,
Celsius, Kelvin
Week 6-8 Solve problems
involving ideal gas
equations in
contexts such as, but
not limited to, the
design
of metal containers
for compressed gases
Week 1/ Quarter 3 Describe using a
diagram charging by
rubbing and
charging by induction
Explain the role of
electron transfer in
electrostatic charging
by rubbing
Describe experiments
to show electrostatic
charging by induction
Week 2/ Quarter 3 Calculate the electric
field due to a system
of
point charges using
Coulomb’s law and
the
superposition
principle
Calculate electric flux
Use Gauss’s law to
infer electric field due
to
uniformly distributed
charges on long
wires,
spheres, and large
plates
Week 3-4/ Quarter 3 Calculate the
equivalent
capacitance of a
network
of capacitors
connected in
series/parallel
Week 4-5 Solve problems
involving capacitors
and
dielectrics in contexts
such as, but not
limited to,
charged plates,
batteries, and camera
flashlamps.
Week 6-7 Solve problems
involving current,
resistivity,
resistance, and Ohm’s
law in contexts such
as, but
not limited to,
batteries and bulbs,
household
wiring, and selection
of fuses.
Week 8 Draw circuit diagrams
with power sources
(cell or
battery), switches,
lamps, resistors (fixed
and
variable) fuses,
ammeters and
voltmeters
Week 1-2/ Quarter 4 Evaluate the
equivalent resistance,
current, and
voltage in a given
network of resistors
connected
in series and/or
parallel
Week 3 Compare and
contrast alternating
current (AC)
and direct current
(DC)
Characterize the
properties (stored
energy and
time-dependence of
charges, currents,
and
voltages) of an LC
circuit
Week 4 Solve problems
involving reflection,
refraction,
dispersion, and
polarization in
contexts such as,
but not limited to,
(polarizing)
sunglasses,
atmospheric haloes,
and rainbows
Week 5-6 Explain image
formation as an
application of
reflection, refraction,
and paraxial
approximation
Relate properties of
mirrors and lenses
(radii of
curvature, focal
length, index of
refraction [for
lenses]) to image and
object distance and
sizes