Lesson Plan: Charge-to-Mass Ratio Physics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to calculate the charge-to-mass ratio of different particles.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- use to find the charge-to-mass ratio of a particle in units of C/kg or units of e/u,
- understand that for charged particles, the charge-to-mass ratio of their antiparticle is that of the particle multiplied by ,
- understand that the charge-to-mass ratio affects the radius of the curvature of the path of a particle in a magnetic field.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the names and charges of all the leptons and antileptons and some common baryons and mesons.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- using to find the charge-to-mass ratio of a particle based on its path through a magnetic field,
- interpreting or drawing paths of particles in magnetic fields,
- identifying unknown particles based on information about their paths in a magnetic field.
