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Friday, April 28, 2017

Will That Work?

Learning Target: 
  • I can define and measure current and voltage.
HOWLs Target:
  • I treat all property with care.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY (2min)
    • Which waterfall would you stand under? Why?
  • measuring electricity
    • voltage
    • current
  • insulators vs conductors
Homework:
  • none

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Circuits

Learning Target: 
  • I can define and measure current and voltage.
HOWLs Target:
  • I treat all property with care.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: BATTERIES (2min)
    • What do batteries have (+) and (-) sides?
  • circuits
    • build a circuit with a switch
    • change number of:
  • measuring a circuit
    • voltage
    • current
  • mulitmeters
  • series vs. parallel
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Flowing

Learning Target: 
  • I can define current and build a circuit.
HOWLs Target:
  • I treat all property with care.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: ________ and ________ (2min)
    • What do the (+) and (-) symbols represent and why do only the (-) ones move?
  • charge!!!!
  • Light a bulb
    • diagram
    • build
  • circuit
  • current vs. static
    • voltage
  • lightning reading
    • skim
    • notes
      • attach to existing notes
      • new set of notes with previous terms highlighted
Homework:
  • none

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Charge and Discharge

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe attractive forces and repulsive forces.
HOWLs Target:
  • I take initiative for my learning by getting started without reminders.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: ZEOUCH (2min)
    • Describe what happened in John Travoltage.
  • John Travoltage
    • Static charge
    • Static discharge
    • Balloons and Static Electricity
      • list of observations
      • charge
        • positive charge
        • negative charge
      • worksheet
    • lightning reading
      • skim
      • notes
        • attach to existing notes
        • new set of notes with previous terms highlighted
Homework:
  • none

Monday, April 24, 2017

Yum vs Yuck

Learning Target: 
  • I can define attractive forces and repulsive forces.
HOWLs Target:
  • I am prepared for learning by being focused on class.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: Up and At om (2min)
    • Tell me what you know about atoms.
      • Where can you find them?
      • How big are they?
      • What are they made of?
      • What do they do?
      • etc.
  • positive and negative and tape
    • 2 pieces of tape rubbed the same way
      • what happens?
    • 2 pieces of tape stacked the top one rubbed
      • what happens?
  • John Travoltage
Homework:
  • none

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Fun and Games

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe energy transfers through a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate to make the world a better place.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE DAY BEFORE FRIDAY (2min)
    • What energy transfers can you find in the photograph?
    • Nigel Henderson
    • Photograph of children playing on Chisenhale Road, London [c.1949–c.1956]
  • completing the test
  • completing the energy project
  • Turn it all in
Homework:
  • do something nice for someone

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Wrap It Up

Learning Target: 
  • I can state what Baker Company does
  • I can ask 2 questions of an engineer or microbiologist
HOWLs Target:
  • I ask questions to dig deeper and deeper
Agenda
  • Warm-up: ENGINEERS and MICROBIOLOGIST (2min)
    • What do engineers do?
    • What does a microbiologist do?
    • Draw a picture of each.
  • Engineering day introduction
    • Baker Company
      • introductory video
        • investor looking for a local company good for community
        • scientist looking for a product to use in a lab
        • person looking for a job
      • Google Classroom
      • Website
    • questions for an engineer or microbiologist (2 total)
  • completing the test
  • completing the energy project
  • Turn it all in
Homework:
  • none

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Ready?

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe transfers of energy through a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I demonstrate positive and kind behavior by not distracting others while they are working
Agenda
  • Warm-up: TYPES (2min)
    • Give an example of something with both kinetic energy and potential energy. Explain using the specific types of kinetic and potential energies.
  • Energy test.
  • completing the energy project
Homework:
  • Energy transformation project, Wednesday 4/12

Monday, April 10, 2017

Getting Ready

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe transfers of energy through a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to understand what I need to study.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: WITHOUT LOOKING (2min)
    • Without looking, write the law of conservation of energy and a definition for energy.
    • check your answer when done
  • kahoot
  • examples
    • think of an example with 2-3 energy transfers
    • write the example without the energy transfers listed
      • for example: a roller coaster going around a loop
Homework:
  • Energy transformation and conservation of energy test,  Tuesday 4/11

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Work Day #3

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe transfers of energy through a system
HOWLs Target:
  • keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE LAST CLASS OF WEEK (2min)
    • How does energy change when riding a bike down a hill? Describe the energy transformations including "lost" energy.
    • Eric Barone during a run as he breaks the bicycle world speed record on snow, on March 18, 2017, in Vars, France. #
    • Richard Bord / Getty
  • Rube Goldberg machines
  • Project
    • Develop a plan for a Rube Goldberg machine
      • must have 6 energy transfers
      • must have 4 different types of energy
      • must have 1 form of "lost" energy
      • must have descriptions of the transfers and energies that demonstrate general understanding of the types of energy
      • must have a description of how the machine demonstrates the law of conservation of energy
      • instead of Goldberg machine, use another system such as nuclear power plant, or pencil sharpener
Homework:
  • Energy transformation and conservation of energy test, moved to Tuesday 4/11

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Work Day #2

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe transfers of energy through a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: TRANSFERS #3 (2min)
    • How does energy change when boiling water causes a teakettle to whistle? Describe the energy transformations.
  • Rube Goldberg machines
  • Project
    • Develop a plan for a Rube Goldberg machine
      • must have 6 energy transfers
      • must have 4 different types of energy
      • must have 1 form of "lost" energy
      • must have descriptions of the transfers and energies that demonstrate general understanding of the types of energy
      • must have a description of how the machine demonstrates the law of conservation of energy
      • instead of Goldberg machine, use another system such as nuclear power plant, or pencil sharpener
Homework:
  • Energy transformation and conservation of energy test, moved to Tuesday 4/11

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Cha Cha Cha Changes

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe transfers of energy through a system
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to improve my writing
Agenda
  • Warm-up: TRANSFERS #2 (2min)
    • How does energy change when blowing up a balloon and letting it go? Identify the types of energy and where they occur in order of when they happen.
  • Rube Goldberg machines
  • Project
    • Develop a plan for a Rube Goldberg machine
      • must have 6 energy transfers
      • must have 4 different types of energy
      • must have 1 form of "lost" energy
      • must have descriptions of the transfers and energies that demonstrate general understanding of the types of energy
      • must have a description of how the machine demonstrates the law of conservation of energy
      • instead of Goldberg machine, use another system such as nuclear power plant, or pencil sharpener
Homework:
  • Energy transformation and conservation of energy test, Thursday 3/6 or Friday 3/7 depending on when you have science

Monday, April 3, 2017

PE to KE to PE to KE to KE

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify transfers of energy
HOWLs Target:
  • I take initiative by figuring out what I want to work on and getting started.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: TRANSFERS (2min)
    • How does energy change through a battery powered flashlight (see board for diagram)? Identify the types of energy and where they occur in order of when they happen.
  • Rube Goldberg machines
  • Project
    • Develop a plan for a Rube Goldberg machine
      • must have 6 energy transfers
      • must have 4 different types of energy
      • must have 1 form of "lost" energy
      • must have descriptions of the transfers and energies that demonstrate general understanding of the types of energy
      • must have a description of how the machine demonstrates the law of conservation of energy
      • instead of Goldberg machine, use another system such as nuclear power plant, or pencil sharpener
Homework:
  • none