| "Courage faces fears and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is therefore mastered by it." |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | |
| 5/23 | 165 | Generate & Lighten Up | |
| Essential ?s | How can simple machines be used to make work easier? |
| | | What are the key parts of an electrical circuit and what is their function? |
| Objectives | Trace energy transformations. | |
| | Develop a model for electricity. | |
| | When studying science content, ask questions suggested by current social issues, | |
| | scientific literature, and observations of phenomena; build hypotheses |
| | that might answer some of these questions; design possible investigations; |
| | and describe results that might emerge from such investigations (C.12.1). |
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| Bell Work | Review the electrical terms on your electricity study guide. |
| | | Tell your partner what you know about different types of light bulbs. |
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| Instruction | http://home.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb1.htm | http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydropower-plant1.htm |
| | http://home.howstuffworks.com/fluorescent-lamp2.htm | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_power_plant |
| | http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power3.htm | http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/top-10-amazing.html |
| | http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/ | http://www.explainthatstuff.com/powerplants.html |
| | http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html#table | http://www.catf.us/projects/power_sector/power_plant_emissions/pollution_locator/ |
| Activities | | SMART - Anagram - Electrical Terms | PhET - Generator |
| | NOVA - Car of the Future | Hero's Engine |
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| Assignment | Complete your act. 1 ROTA and/or study your electricity notes. |
| | Use study methods that will enable you to know all the electrical terms on the | |
| | study guide. | |
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| "The safest road to Hell is the gradual one -- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, | | |
| without milestones, without signposts." C. S. Lewis | | |
| 5/24 | 166 | Lighten Up | |
| Essential ?s | How can simple machines be used to make work easier? |
| | | What are the key parts of an electrical circuit and what is their function? |
| Objectives | Define and describe current, resistance, and voltage in your own words. |
| | Define couloumb, ampere, and volt. | |
| | Compare series and parallel circuits. | |
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| Bell Work | Look at the posters around the classroom that describe different sources of |
| | | energy. Decide with your partner you would choose if you could and |
| | | discuss the reasons for your choice. | |
| Instruction | http://scienceofeverydaylife.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/videos.cfm |
| | PhET - Generator & Circuit Construction - DC & AC/DC | |
| | Hero's Engine & Penguin Race | |
| | http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=622 | |
| | http://www.stmary.ws/highschool/physics/home/notes/electricity/circuits/default.htm | |
| Activities | 2 | |
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| Assignment | Answer the act. 2 What Do You Think question on pg. 450. |
| | Answer act. 2 questions 2ab,3a,4a,5a, 6a, pgs. 451 & 452. | |
| | Start Physics to Go #1 pg. 454. | |
| | | Study electrical terms, energy transformations, the advantages and disadvantages | |
| | | of incandescent and fluorescent bulbs, and parallel and series circuits. |
| | | Complete steps one and two and start step three on the electrical system |
| | | of your building. | |
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| "It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them." Mark Twain |
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| 5/25 | 167 | Ohm's Law | |
| Essential ?s | How can simple machines be used to make work easier? |
| | | What are the key parts of an electrical circuit and what is their function? |
| Objectives | Calculate the resistance of an unknown resistor given the potential drop and the current. |
| | Properly use a voltmeter and ammeter in a series circuit. |
| | State the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance. |
| | During investigations, choose the best data-collection procedures and materials | |
| | available, use them competently, and calculate the degree of precision |
| | of the resulting data (C.12.4). | |
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| Bell Work | Share your answer to the What Do You Think question from pg. 455 |
| | | with someone other than your partner. | |
| | | Log onto a computer for your group of four. | |
| Instruction | http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2317 | |
| | PhET - Circuit Construction (AC/DC) | |
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| Activities | 3 | |
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| Assignment | Read pgs. 458-460 to learn about Ohm's Law. | |
| | Start on Physics to Go 1-6 pgs. 461-462. | |
| | Leaders for act. 1 and 2, hand in your leader checklists. |
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| "The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; | | |
| that's the essence of inhumanity." George Bernard Shaw | | |
| 5/26 | 168 | Load Limit and Pay Up | |
| Essential ?s | What are the key parts of an electrical circuit and what is their function? |
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| Objectives | Analyze household electric bills, relating energy consumed, billing rate, and cost. |
| | Compare the costs of operating a variety of electrical appliances in terms of power |
| | ratings, amount of time each appliance is used, and billing rate. |
| | Define watt, insulator and conductor. | |
| | Calculate electrical power. | |
| | Differentiate between a fuse and circuit breaker. | |
| | Understand the need for circuit breakers and fuses in a home. |
| Bell Work | Partner on the left, tell your partner which of the following stays the same in a |
| | | series circuit: voltage or current. | |
| | | Partner on the right, tell your partner which of the following stays the same in a |
| Instruction | parallel circuit: voltage or current. | |
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| Activities | 7 | |
| | HOBO Lab | |
| | Student Self Assessment of Achievement of Habits of Mind |
| Assignment | Select three or more appliances from pages 496 and 497 that you will use in your |
| | handicap accessible building and calculate the approximate cost for the |
| | amount of energy that each appliance will use per month in kilowatt hours. |
| | | Also calculate the approximate cost for the electrical energy use per month |
| | for lighting your building. | |
| | Answer the What Do You Think question on pg. 498 and ask if you can bring an |
| | electric bill from home. | |
| | Complete all fourth quarter assignments, extra credit, and redos by Friday. | |
| "Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- | |
| the apathy of human beings." Helen Keller | | |
| 5/27 | 169 | Pay Up & Heating Systems | |
| Essential ?s | What are the key parts of an electrical circuit and what is their function? |
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| Objectives | Analyze household electric bills, relating energy consumed, billing rate, and cost. |
| | Compare the costs of operating a variety of electrical appliances in terms of power |
| | ratings, amount of time each appliance is used, and billing rate. |
| | Define watt, insulator and conductor. | |
| | Calculate electrical power. | |
| | Differentiate between a fuse and circuit breaker. | |
| | Understand the need for circuit breakers and fuses in a home. |
| Bell Work | Finalize your calculations with your partner for the handicap accessible building |
| | | for the cost of the energy used by your three appliances and lighting your |
| | | building per month. | |
| Instruction | http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html | http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydropower-plant1.htm |
| | http://www.make-my-own-house.com/diagram-electrical-wiring.html | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_power_plant |
| | http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power3.htm | http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/top-10-amazing.html |
| | http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/ | http://www.explainthatstuff.com/powerplants.html |
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| Activities | Hand in your activity 5 Physics to Go #s 3-7 and 9 with the known and needed |
| | information recorded, the equations you used, your calculations, and your |
| | answers with the correct label and correct number of significant figures. |
| Assignment | Complete electrical system by Friday including the following: |
| | 1. Drawings and description of how electrical energy gets from a power plant |
| | to your building including the following terms: | |
| | turbine, energy source, generator, electrical lines, meter, circuit box, |
| | circuit breakers, outlets, lights, and light switches. |
| | 2. 3 or more outlets for your appliances, 3 automatic and 3 manual switches, |
| | and 3 or more lights. | |
| | | 3. Description of the type of lights chosen and two or more reasons |
| | | why those were chosen. | |
| | | 4. Calculations for the electrical energy and the cost of lighting your building. |
| | | 5. Three or more appliances and the calculations for the energy use and |
| | | energy cost for each per month. | |
| | | Decide on a date for the electricity test and the electrical circuit. |
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| "Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- | | |
| the apathy of human beings." Helen Keller | | |
| 5/27 | 169 | Pay Up & Heating Systems | |
| Essential ?s | What are the key parts of an electrical circuit and what is their function? |
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| Objectives | Analyze household electric bills, relating energy consumed, billing rate, and cost. |
| | Compare the costs of operating a variety of electrical appliances in terms of power |
| | ratings, amount of time each appliance is used, and billing rate. |
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| Bell Work | Finalize your calculations with your partner for the handicap accessible building |
| | | for the cost of the energy used by your three appliances and lighting your |
| | | building per month. | |
| Instruction | http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html | http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydropower-plant1.htm |
| | http://www.make-my-own-house.com/diagram-electrical-wiring.html | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_power_plant |
| | http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power3.htm | http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/top-10-amazing.html |
| | http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/ | http://www.explainthatstuff.com/powerplants.html |
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| Activities | Hand in your activity 5 Physics to Go #s 3-7 and 9 with the known and needed |
| | information recorded, the equations you used, your calculations, and your |
| | answers with the correct label and correct number of significant figures. |
| Assignment | Complete electrical system by Friday including the following: |
| | 1. Drawings and description of how electrical energy gets from a power plant |
| | to your building including the following terms: | |
| | turbine, energy source, generator, electrical lines, meter, circuit box, |
| | circuit breakers, outlets, lights, and light switches. |
| | 2. 3 or more outlets for your appliances, 3 automatic and 3 manual switches, |
| | and 3 or more lights. | |
| | 3. Description of the type of lights chosen and two or more reasons |
| | | why those were chosen. | |
| | | 4. Calculations for the electrical energy and the cost of lighting your building. |
| | | 5. Three or more appliances and the calculations for the energy use and |
| | | energy cost for each per month. | |
| | | Decide on a date for the electricity test and the electrical circuit. |
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| "Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge." Alfred North Whitehead |
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| 2-Jun | 170 | Simple Machines, Electricity and Thermal Energy Test |
| Essential ?s | What are the key parts of an electrical circuit and what is their function? |
| | | How can I heat a building effectively? | |
| Objectives | Design, build, evaluate, and revise models and explanations related to physical | |
| | science that are also in agreement with Scripture (G.12.2). |
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| Bell Work | Ask any final questions that you have on the electricity study guide. |
| | | Every other person should have a test divider. | |
| | | Get your #2 pencil, calculator and hand written notes ready for taking the test. |
| Instruction | Complete electrical and heating systems for your building by exam day including: |
| | 1. Drawings and description of how electrical energy gets from a power plant |
| | to your building including the following terms: | |
| | turbine, energy source, generator, electrical lines, meter, circuit box, |
| | circuit breakers, outlets, lights, and light switches. |
| Activities | 2. 3 or more outlets for your appliances, 3 automatic and 3 manual switches, |
| | and 3 or more lights. | |
| | 3. Description of the type of lights chosen and two or more reasons |
| Assignment | why those were chosen. | |
| | 4. Calculations for the electrical energy and the cost of lighting your building. |
| | 5. Three or more appliances and the calculations for the energy use and |
| | energy cost for each per month. | |