Quarter+3+2015-16

Quarter #3: Electricity and Magnetism
Cosmos: The Electric Boy dialectic journal, Through the Wormhole Make-up work time
 * Thu-Fri 4/7-8**

//Make-up: Get equipment and make a list of observations// Make observations about how iron dust behaves when near a magnet
 * Wed 4/6**

//Make-up: Use the reading packet to complete the question sheet// What are AC & DC in circuits? What are they used for?
 * Tue 4/5**

//Make-up: Articles about speakers in file// Making speakers
 * Mon 4/4**

//__Make-up:__ Describe the myth and the results from here:// //http://mythresults.com/episode29// Mythbusters: Cooling a six pack and ancient battery
 * Fri 4/1**

PhET Generator Project
 * Wed 3/30-Thu 3/31**

TEST #2: Circuits and Magnetism
 * Tue 3/29**

Jeopardy Review: Circuits and Magnetism
 * Mon 3/28**


 * SPRING BREAK!!! Mon 3/21-Fri 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
 * Fri 3/18**

// __Make-up:__ Read 36.4 (p 724-5) and answer 3 questions (in file) // Review Right-hand rule for electromagnets OAS: Magnetic Express Electric vs. Magnetic Fields battle royale
 * Thu 3/17**

// __Make-up:__ U //// se 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
 * Wed 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
 * Tue 3/15**

// __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!
 * Mon 3/14**

// __Make-up:__ Worksheet CD 34-2 on Power problems (in file) // Circuit Puzzles Power problems practice
 * Fri 3/11**

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
 * Thu 3/10**

Make-up: Go to http://mythresults.com/episode6 and summarize the myths and results Lightning Strike Tongue Piercing
 * Wed 3/9**

Circuitopia and Circuit puzzles
 * Tue 3/8**

// __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
 * Mon 3/7**

// __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
 * Fri 3/4**

// __Make-up:__ Read 35.1-2 and answer 3 questions (in file) // How many ways can we make a light bulb light? Making flashlights Open vs. Closed for a circuit
 * Thu 3/3**

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

Mythbusters - no make-up (extra credit)
 * Tue 3/1**

Make-up: Read 34.5 and answer 3 questions (in file) Testing our bicycle predictions with real circuits Ohm's Law
 * Mon 2/29**

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
 * Fri 2/26**


 * Thu 2/25 - Curriculum Groups = NO SCHOOL**

Make-up: Do CD 34-1 page 1 (in file) Pumped water analogy
 * Wed 2/24**

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
 * Tue 2/23**

Mythbusters - Water Stun Gun & Fire walking Test & Project Make-up
 * Mon 2/22**

Test #1 - Charges and Electric Fields
 * Fri 2/19**

Jeopardy
 * Thu 2/18**

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
 * Wed 2/17**

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
 * Fri 2/12 - Tue 2/16**

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
 * Thu 2/11**

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 more / darker means stronger field Electric Field Hockey
 * Wed 2/10**

// __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?
 * Tue 2/9**

// __Make-up:__ Do the first page and a half of the lab - Summarize the 3 myths from //http://mythresults.com/episode2 Review conductors and insulators, and grounding Follow the electrons lab & Mythbusters - Cell phone gas station
 * Fri 2/5 & Mon 2/8**

// __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
 * Thu 2/4**

Make-up day: Simulator and other make-up work
 * Wed 2/3** - Snowstorm

Make-up: N/A Simulator or Mythbusters work
 * Tue 2/2 - Leslie out sick**

Make-up work: Get a copy of the balloon simulator questions (in file) and complete (need a computer that will run java) Three ways to charge: Friction, contact, and induction Practice with the sweater/balloon simulator and John Travoltage
 * Mon 2/1 - Leslie out sick**

Make-up work: Question sheet on conservation of charge (in file) and complete the first column Conservation of charge: electrons are just transferred Three ways to charge: Friction, contact, and induction Sample questions practicing conservation of charge
 * Fri 1/29**

Make-up work:Read 32.2 and answer 3 questions on back (in file) Places we've seen static charges White boards: Review what an atom is like and questions about charges OAS - Static Cat
 * Thu 1/28**

Make-up work:Read 32.1 and answer 3 questions on back (in file) Tug of war: electric vs gravitational force Try finding positive and negative charging by comparing things to a balloon rubbed with wool Opposites attract and like charges repel
 * Wed 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
 * Tue 1/26**