Lesson Plan: Absolute Electric Potential Physics • 9th Grade

Students will be able to

• define the absolute electric potential due to the electric field of a point charge, , at a position, , as the work done on a unit positive test charge, , to move the test charge to from an infinite distance from ,
• relate the absolute electric potential, , due to the electric field of a point charge, , at a distance, , from the charge to and , using the equation , where is the coulomb constant,
• recognize that the work done, , on a unit positive test charge, , that moves within the electric field of a point charge, , is given by the equation , where is the separation distance of and ,
• recognize that the work done, , on a positive test charge, , that moves within the electric field of a point charge, , depends only on the change in the separation distance of and , and so it does not depend on the path that takes between an initial and final value of separation distance from .