Electric Fields Workbook | Physics Lessons, Notes, & Presentations for the Unit

Teaching Electric Fields in Physics? This 82-page editable workbook covers topics on: Static Electricity Review; The Unit of Electric Charge: Coulomb; Electric Force: Coulomb’s Law; Electric Fields (Drawing Electric Field Lines); The Electric Field Between Parallel Plates; Electric Potential Energy in Non-Uniform Fields; Electric Potential Energy in Uniform Fields; Electric Potential Difference (in Uniform Fields); Electric Potential Difference & Point Changes (Non-Uniform Fields); Equipotential Lines; Millikan’s Oil Drop Experiment

This workbook utilizes analogies and connections to gravitational fields to help students understand the content. For example, electric force is compared to gravitational force, electric field strength is compared gravitational field strength, equipotential lines are compared to contour lines, etc.

Lessons contain examples, and practice problems are provided for each lesson which can be used as in-class practice or homework questions. You will save so much time going from note immediately to homework, and your students will be much more organized!

This workbook has been beautifully formatted in Microsoft Word, with all clear, crisp, custom graphics. Complete answer keys are included. Click the preview file to view the answer keys with homework answers redacted.

The sections of the Electric Fields workbook are listed below:

• Static Electricity Review

• The Unit of Electric Charge: Coulomb

• Electric Force: Coulomb’s Law

• Electric Fields

• The Electric Field Between Parallel Plates

• Electric Potential Energy in Non-Uniform Fields

• Electric Potential Energy in Uniform Fields

• Electric Potential Difference (in Uniform Fields)

• Electric Potential Difference & Point Changes (Non-Uniform Fields)

• Equipotential Lines

• Millikan’s Oil Drop Experiment

All Mrs. Brosseau’s Binder Physics workbooks also include:

• an eye-catching title page

• equations

• a vocabulary page for students to update with key terms throughout the unit

• preconception questions that are revisited at the end of the unit

The zipped folder includes:

• The 82-page workbook in PDF format and editable Microsoft Word format.

• Complete hand-written answer keys for the entire workbook, so your students can see appropriate problem solving formatting

• 364-slide PowerPoint (also includes the PowerPoint broken into 12 smaller presentations by lesson, and includes PDF versions)

This resource is part of my Growing Physics Bundle. If you like this style of organized note-taking I have other workbooks for Physics units:

1-Dimensional Kinematics workbook

2-Dimensional Kinematics workbook

Forces & Newton's Laws workbook

Energy workbook

Circular Motion workbook

Gravitational Fields workbook

Momentum & Collisions workbook

Waves & Sound workbook

Optics workbook

Static Electricity workbook

Current Electricity workbook

Electric Fields workbook

Nuclear Energy Unit

How I use the workbooks

I have been using these workbooks with my Physics students for years with great success. Students might be a little intimidated by the thickness of the workbooks at first, but they are VERY grateful when they see that these are mostly fill-in-the-blanks style with room for practice questions. I print them all out at the beginning of the unit and work through them day-by-day on the document camera. I try to get through one lesson per day. However, there are some longer lessons that are better split in two or three. I don’t like to instruct all class: I like to take up choice homework questions, infuse experiments into the day, have students work together and review previous concepts. I don’t grade the workbooks, but I do check them for completion for reporting on learning skills. The practice problems serve as my students’ homework for the section.

Let me address some of your questions…

Am I going to be photocopying every day?

Nope! I print off the ENTIRE workbook and give it to the students at the beginning of the unit. You can choose to bind it, staple it, or just hole-punch it for the students’ binders. I find most students like to keep the pages together. Grab a coffee, put your feet up and enjoy the sweet whirl of the photocopier.

Do you hate trees?

I feel very strongly that Physics – especially the calculations – are best done by hand. By having the workbook printed you are saving your students lots of time and frustration trying to format equations on the computer. When one of your students solves the problem to sustainable energy via nuclear fusion we’ll both agree that this was worth the paper.

We use a different notation! What am I to do?

This workbook is editable in Microsoft Word. Yup. That’s how much I love you! If you or your textbook use a different notation, just edit it using the equation editor. The only things that are not editable are the graphics.

What about our textbooks?

I still use my textbooks for practice problems sometimes. Though there are plenty of practice problems in here, you may want to cycle some textbook problems in too. I like to print off one page at the beginning of the unit that has all the homework problems listed by section. By front-loading all the printing and choosing of the homework problems I save a lot of time throughout the unit.

I don’t teach everything that’s included (or I teach it in a different order), so…?

No problem – either delete those pages from the editable file or select only the pages you want while printing. No topics start mid-way through a page so it’s easy to remove something depending on the level of your students. If you teach it in a different order it’s a quick fix on the Print screen. Just type the page numbers in the order you want them, e.g., 1-10, 15-17, 11-14, 18-82

I need more Physics resources!

You should check out my Physics Growing Bundle. It’s my priority to add to this bundle, and it’s cost and value increases with each new resource I upload.

Are there labs in here?

No, not in the workbooks. When I am done the major units’ workbooks I will be adding Physics labs to the Physics Bundle.

I’m a new Physics teacher, will this help me?

Absolutely, yes! I wish I had this when I started teaching Physics almost 15 years ago! This will save you a ton of time that you can use to grade tests, set-up labs and just keep your head above water.

Is there a PowerPoint presentation for this workbook?

There will be PowerPoint presentations for the entire workbook’s lessons (not the practice problems). While these are being created, the workbook will be listed at a discounted price.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to Ask a Question here on TpT, or email me: mrs.brosseau@gmail.com