Quarter+3+2014-15

Quarter #3: Electricity and Magnetism 2014-15
[[|ted ed how do batteries work]]

The Electric Boy Make-up Day (Leslie out sick)
 * Fri 3/27**

Lenz Law, Building Speakers
 * Thu 3/26**

// __Make-up:__ Get and complete the generator project // Complete packet using PhET Faraday simulator Discovering how electricity is made in power plants
 * Tue 3/24 - Wed 3/25**

// __Make-up:__ Read 36.7 (p 729) and answer 3 questions (in file) // Wires with current move compasses - can magnets move wires? Build your own electric motor Examples of things in our houses with motors CP Homework: List two things in your house that use electric motors. Explain why you believe each is turning electricity into motion.
 * Mon 3/23**

// __Make-up:__ Read 36.7 (p 729) and answer 3 questions (in file) // Wires with current move compasses - can magnets move wires? Build your own electric motor Examples of things in our houses with motors
 * Fri 3/20**

// __Make-up:__ Read 36.4 (p 724-5) and answer 3 questions (in file) // Review Right-hand rule for electromagnets OAS: Magnetic Express Magnetic fields - using iron dust to picture the fields Electric vs. Magnetic Fields battle royale //__CP Homework__ - Right-hand rule electromagnet question//
 * Thu 3/19**

//Make-up: N/A// Feed My Starving Children field trip Watched Gattaca with Biology students
 * Wed 3/18**

//__Make-up:__ Schedule a time with Leslie to make up the test// Test on Circuits and Magnetism
 * Tue 3/17**

Jeopardy Review of Circuits and Magnetism
 * Mon 3/16**

// __Make-up:__ Read section 36.5 (p 726-7) and answer 3 questions (in file) // Can you turn a magnet off? Yes! If it's an electromagnet. Ferromagnetic - only a few substances react to a magnet Built our own electromagnets More loops or stronger battery = stronger magnet The right-hand rule tells you which end is north
 * Fri 3/13**

//__Make-up:__ Use the internet and/or your brain to answer the following: 1) Define Gauss (a unit of measure), 2) If a subway rail has 650 V and human pee has 10,000 ohms of resistance, what is the current the person peeing on the rail might experience? 3) What kind of eel are eel-skin wallets made out of?// Mythbusters: Peeing on the 3rd rail, Eel-skin wallets //__CP Homework:__ Create 2 higher-order questions on series, parallel, and power in circuits//
 * Thu 3/12**

// __Make-up:__ Read section 36.1 (p 721-2) and answer 3 questions (in file) // Tried magnets with each other: dipoles and forces Compasses detect magnetic forces Current in a wire moves a compass?!? Not all metals attract a magnet!
 * Wed 3/11**

//__Make-up:__ Worksheet CD 34-2 on Power problems (in file)// Circuit Puzzles Power problems practice // __CP homework:__ Create and solve a word problem using P = I x V (due 3/11) //
 * Tue 3/10**

Make-up: Complete Electricity and Practical Math sheet for one appliance Added power to our concept sheet Calculated how much it would cost to run various appliances for a week // __CP homework:__ Complete calculations for one major appliance at home (due 3/10) //
 * Mon 3/9**


 * Fri 3/6** - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Development Day

A visit to Circuitopia Ohm's Law practice sheet // __CP Homework:__ Cafeteria circuit questions (due 3/9) //
 * Thu 3/5**

// __Make-up:__ Complete 3 pages of series and parallel simulator packet (in file) // Review series and parallel Phet circuit simulator to build and test series and parallel circuits // __CP Homework:__ Venn diagram 3 things for series, parallel and what circuits have in common. (due 3/5) //
 * Wed 3/4**

// __Make-up:__ Read 35.3-4 and answer 3 questions (file) // Open and closed for a cooling system How many bulbs can we light at once? Notes on series and parallel
 * Tue 3/3**

// __Make-up:__ Read 35.1-2 and answer 3 questions (in file) // Reviewing Ohm's Law How many ways can we make a light bulb light? Making flashlights Open vs. Closed for a circuit // __CP Homework:__ Explain why a bulb won't light with one wire to either side. (due 3/4) //
 * Mon 3/2**

Make-up: Read 34.5 and answer 3 questions (in file) Testing our bicycle predictions with real circuits Ohm's Law
 * Fri 2/27**

Make-up: Read 34.4 and answer 3 questions (in file) Electrons in a wire demo and misconceptions Defining resistance The bicycle analogy, Making a prediction about circuits // __CP Homework:__ Create 2 higher-order questions about the things on the yellow note sheet (due 2/27) //
 * Thu 2/26**

Make-up: N/A
 * Wed 2/25** - Feed My Starving Children

Make-up work: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths ([] ) Mythbusters
 * Tue 2/24**

Make-up: Do CD 34-1 page 1 (in file) Pumped water analogy // __CP Homework:__ Does voltage cause current or does current cause voltage? Defend your answer. (due 2/24) //
 * Mon 2/23**

Make-up day Mythbusters: Water Stun Gun and Firewalking
 * Fri 2/20**

//__Make-up:__ Schedule a time with Leslie to take the test// Test on Electric Charges and Electric Fields
 * Thu 2/19**

Jeopardy Review for test on electric charges and fields
 * Wed 2/18**

Make-up work: Read section 34.2 and answer 3 questions (in file) Brainstorm what in the room uses electric current Defining terms: Charge, current, voltage Practice calculating current CP Homework: Write and solve your own I = q/t problem
 * Tue 2/17**


 * Mon 2/16** - NO SCHOOL - President's Day

Make-up work: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths ([] ) Mythbusters: Cell phone won't blow up a gas station, breast implants don't explode in air planes CP Homework: Turn in at least 1 page of notes with at least 1 review question of your creation.
 * Fri 2/13**

Make-up work: Complete the PhET Electric Fields project at home or during lab time (need a computer that runs Java) Electric potential vs. Gravitational potential OAS: Arc Attack (Power Junkies #1) Work on the electric fields project
 * Wed 2/11-Thu 2/12**

Make-up work: Voltage = Electric Potential worksheet (in file) Weight and height affect gravity's potential Charge and Voltage affect electric potential Measuring battery voltage: bigger one's have same V? Comparing volts: van de graaff, balloon on hair, and outlet CP Homework: What is one similarity and one difference between electric and gravitational fields (due 2/11)
 * Tue 2/10**

Make-up work: Read section 33.3 and answer questions (in file) Review electric field lines Experiment: Will a cell phone ring when it is covered in foil? Half way covered? A closed conductor shields the inside from outside electric fields Looking at coaxial cables and cars struck by lightning CP Homework: Read article on faraday cages and discuss how an elevator or a microwave oven can act as a faraday cage
 * Mon 2/9**

Make-up work: Read Section 33.2 (p. 666-7) and answer questions (in file) Force fields - they are not just science fiction! Arrows show from - to + and closer together means stronger field Electric Field game and Electric Field Hockey
 * Fri 2/6**

Make-up: N/A
 * Thu 2/5** - Late Start Day

// __Make-up:__ Read section 32.6 and answer 3 questions (in file) // Why does the pith ball go back and forth??? What is an electroscope and how does it work? What is lightning? CP Homework: (due 2/6) Explain why an electroscope acts the same whether it is near something with positive or negative charge. (google "electroscope animation" for help)
 * Wed 2/4**

//__Make-up:__ Do the first page and a half of the lab// Review conductors and insulators, and grounding Follow the electrons lab [[|ted ed on static electricity], but don't like their explanation of insulators]
 * Tue 2/3**

//__Make-up:__ Do the first page of CD32-2// Conductors allow charge to move freely: Movies show people getting electrocuted by being in water = good conductor Review the "smelly boat" analogy of how charges move on a conductor Building film cannister leyden jars Practicing with worksheet 32-2 CP Homework: (due 2/3): do 2nd page (p.146) of CD32-2
 * Mon 2/2**

Make-up work: Question sheet on conservation of charge (in file) and complete the first column OAS - Static Cat T he "smelly boat" analogy of how charges move on a conductor Sample questions practicing conservation of charge
 * Fri 1/30**

Make-up work: Get a copy of the balloon simulator questions (in file) and complete (need a computer that will run java) Places we've seen static charges Conservation of charge: electrons are just transferred Three ways to charge: Friction, contact, and induction Practice with the sweater/balloon simulator and John Travoltage CP Homework: (due 1/30): Create a mnemonic for remembering the 3 types of charging
 * Thu 1/29**

Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths ( [] ) Mythbusters: Lightning Strike Tongue Piercing and Tree Cannon
 * Wed 1/28 - College Visit Field Trip**

Make-up work:Read 32.1 and answer 3 questions on back (in file) Tug of war: electric vs gravitational force White boards: Review what an atom is like and questions about charges Try finding positive and negative charging by comparing things to a balloon rubbed with wool Opposites attract and like charges repel
 * Tue 1/27 **

Make-up work: N/A Get to Know You sheet or tell me a dis/like from Physics Favorites Go over points, expectations What's an atom like - video clip on problems with atom models Summarize what an atom is like
 * Mon 1/26 **