PTT:
1) Let's check in with the reflection questions. Were there any you had trouble with?
2) In that same document, complete the following task: Write a paragraph IN YOUR OWN WORDS to explain what static electricity is and how it works. Use the following terms: static electricity, positive, negative, charge, charging, discharge, friction, induction, conduction, electrons, attract, repel, law of conservation of charge
Task 1:
1) Complete the "Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires" probe. This is the pre-assessment for the current electricity section of the unit. You WILL get a dispositions grade for the effort you put into the probe.
----Take a piece of paper from the back of your notebook, and complete the following probe on the paper. Be sure to answer with complete sentences
2) When you are done the probe, watch this video. Keep this guiding question in mind as you watch:
Question: The video mentions static electricity briefly, but what is the other kind of electricity it mentions?
Task 2:
1) Turn to p. 80 and record the date
2) Record the title on this page: Current Electricity and Circuit Symbols
3) Record the goal Goal Question: How can I diagram a simple circuit using circuit symbols?
4) Record the two definitions below on the top of the page: Current electricity is electrical energy caused by the flow of electrons/electric charges, which can be used to produce light, heat, sound, and chemical changes. Circuit: a path through which electrical current flows, allowing us to convert electrical energy into heat, sound, light, and chemical change; includes a battery, wire, and some sort of device
Task 3:
1) Label the bottom half of the page: Circuit Symbols
2) Use the image to copy down the circuit symbols:
In your notes, draw and label the symbol that represents each of the following; battery, bulb, motor, closed switch, open switch, connecting wires, buzzer. NOTE: use the cell form for the battery symbol.
Task 4:
1) Title p. 81: Diagramming Circuits
2) Try out this online activity that takes you through 6 lessons of Electricity and Circuits. Be sure you take the time to read and re-read each section as you go.
3) After you complete the 6 tasks, be sure to take the quiz. Then complete the bonus "building circuits" activity.
4) While you complete the activity, record a definition for "series circuit" and "parallel circuit."
5) Draw and label an example of a closed (working) series circuit. Color each of the components a different color. Then draw the circuit using the circuit symbols you recorded on the top half of the page.
6) Draw an example of a closed (working) parallel circuit. Color each of the components a different color. Then draw the circuit using the circuit symbols you recorded on the top half of the page.
Homework:
1) Draw images that represents static electricity on the unit cover page. See example below for ideas of what I mean. We will create a cover page for electricity like this, as well as one for light.
2) Study for the static electricity quiz (day 3 of this week)
Week 20, Day 2
PTT:
NOTE 1: We call objects that allow heat to pass through "conductors" and objects that resist the flow of heat "insulators"
1) Look back at p. 72: are both heat and electricity forms of energy? - so would conductors and insulators play a role in electricity too?
2) Title p. 82: "Lab: Testing for Insulators and Conductors"
3) Record the date: W20, D2 4) Record the goal: I can identify insulators and conductors AND build a simple circuit.
NOTE: you may want to use your camera today to get images of your conductivity testers for your lab report
Task 1:
1) Set up your lab page as follows Problem Question: What materials are best for use as conductors or insulators? Hypothesis:
Materials: 3 wires with alligator clips, bulb, battery, various materials for testing Procedure: 1) Build a conductivity tester - draw diagram here: 2) Use different materials to see if the bulb will light up Observations:
Materials
Observations (no light, dim light, bright light)
Insulator or Conductor?
2) Record the following definitions. Highlight the terms after writing the definition. Conductors: allow heat and electricity to easily move because their atoms will easily give up electrons; ex: metals, electrolytes Insulators: keep heat and electricity from moving easily, i.e. they RESIST the flow of electricity; ex: plastic, rubber, styrofoam
Task 2: Complete lab
1) Get into groups - these are projected on the SMART board
2) Design a conductivity tester using 3 wires with alligator clips, a battery, and a light bulb so that you can insert various objects to see if the electrical current will pass through them or not - diagram this next to your procedure
3) Show Ms. Davis your design to get it okay'd before building it
4) Build conductivity tester
5) Test various objects to see whether they allow electrical current to pass through (conductors) or don't (insulators)
6) Fill in the observation chart as you complete the lab NOTE: there will be a lab report due Monday!
Task 3:
1) Think about the following questions: Q: What do we call this set-up (our conductivity tester)? If we build something that electricity flows through, what is the name of that? Q: Why do you think we have to attach one wire to the positive end of the battery and another to the negative end of the battery? Q: Which way does the electric current flow? Why?
2) Record the date, and title page 83, "Making Circuits with Insulators and Conductors" 3) Divide the page in half - label one half "Insulators" and one half "Conductors"
4) Under "Insulators," draw 1 diagram of an open (non-working) circuit (label accordingly)
5) Label the parts of the circuit in the diagram: wire, battery, light bulb, insulator, conductor, etc.
6) Use color to enhance your drawings
7) Do the same for a closed (working) circuit under "Conductors."
8) Make bulleted phrases below the diagrams to compare/contrast insulators and conductors.
Closure/Homework:
1) Start working on the "Lab Report: Insulators vs. Conductors" (due Monday)
2) Study for tomorrow's quiz
Week 20, Day 3
PTT:
1) Draw images that represents static electricity on the unit cover page. See example below for ideas of what I mean. We will create a cover page for electricity like this, as well as one for light.
2) Open your notebook and review the information about static electricity. Look at your reflection questions from online too.
Task 1:
Complete the quiz. You will have 30 minutes.
Task 2:
1) Go to your google drive science folder
2) Open the document "LAB: Insulators and Conductors"
3) Begin typing in your problem question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, etc.
4) Review the lab report writing rubric
5) Answer the application questions at the end of your conclusion:
a) List 5 materials that would make good insulators. List 5 materials that would make good conductors.
b) If a copper wire in a working electrical circuit is replaced with a piece of rubber tubing, will there be a current in the circuit? Explain.
c) An extension cord carries electrical charges from an electrical outlet to an appliance. Why don't you get a shock from touching the extension cord? Explain.
Closure/Homework:
1) Lab report due Monday
2) Science notebooks to be turned in and graded on Monday
Week 20, Day 4
PTT:
1) Turn to the unit cover page
2) Using 2 different colored pens/markers/pencils, make a list of conductors and a list of insulators - sketch a simple picture of each conductor and insulator to enhance explanation
3) Draw an image that represents how circuits are used to convert electrical energy into heat/sound/light energy and chemical change - use color to enhance understanding
Task 1:
1) Turn to p. 84 in your science notebook.
2) Record the data AND title the page: How to Draw Circuits
3) Record the Essential Question: How do I draw a circuit, and how does electricity flow through the circuit?
4) As a class, draw three circuits together, labeling each part, and using arrows to show how electrical current flows through the circuit.
Task 2:
1) Record the date AND title p. 85: Circuit Drawing Practice
2) Divide the page into 6 boxes.
Draw each of the circuits below using the correct symbols:
3) In BOX 1, draw a circuit diagram of this circuit using the correct symbols:
4) In BOX 2, draw a SERIES circuit with 2 bulbs, a battery, and a closed switch.
3) In BOX 3, draw a TWO path PARALLEL circuit with 2 bulbs, a battery, and an open switch.
4) In BOX 4, draw a TWO path PARALLEL circuit with 2 bulbs, a battery, and two switches where we can control the lights separately.
5) In BOX 5, draw a TWO path PARALLEL circuit with a bulb, a motor, a battery, and two switches where we can control the bulb and motor separately.
6) In BOX 6, draw a THREE path PARALLEL circuit with a two bulbs, a battery, a buzzer, a switch to control everything, and a switch to turn off the buzzer.
Task 3: 1) Complete the following online activity to get more practice with building circuits: online activity
2) Take a screenshot of the different circuits you build and insert them into a Google doc in your science folder. Title this: Building Circuits.
Closure:
Answer the goal question on a post-it you stick to p. 84
Week 20, Day 1
Table of Contents
1) Let's check in with the reflection questions. Were there any you had trouble with?
2) In that same document, complete the following task: Write a paragraph IN YOUR OWN WORDS to explain what static electricity is and how it works. Use the following terms: static electricity, positive, negative, charge, charging, discharge, friction, induction, conduction, electrons, attract, repel, law of conservation of charge
Task 1:
1) Complete the "Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires" probe. This is the pre-assessment for the current electricity section of the unit. You WILL get a dispositions grade for the effort you put into the probe.
----Take a piece of paper from the back of your notebook, and complete the following probe on the paper. Be sure to answer with complete sentences
2) When you are done the probe, watch this video. Keep this guiding question in mind as you watch:
Question: The video mentions static electricity briefly, but what is the other kind of electricity it mentions?
Task 2:
1) Turn to p. 80 and record the date
2) Record the title on this page: Current Electricity and Circuit Symbols
3) Record the goal
Goal Question: How can I diagram a simple circuit using circuit symbols?
4) Record the two definitions below on the top of the page:
Current electricity is electrical energy caused by the flow of electrons/electric charges, which can be used to produce light, heat, sound, and chemical changes.
Circuit: a path through which electrical current flows, allowing us to convert electrical energy into heat, sound, light, and chemical change; includes a battery, wire, and some sort of device
Task 3:
1) Label the bottom half of the page: Circuit Symbols
2) Use the image to copy down the circuit symbols:
In your notes, draw and label the symbol that represents each of the following; battery, bulb, motor, closed switch, open switch, connecting wires, buzzer. NOTE: use the cell form for the battery symbol.
Task 4:
1) Title p. 81: Diagramming Circuits
2) Try out this online activity that takes you through 6 lessons of Electricity and Circuits. Be sure you take the time to read and re-read each section as you go.
3) After you complete the 6 tasks, be sure to take the quiz. Then complete the bonus "building circuits" activity.
4) While you complete the activity, record a definition for "series circuit" and "parallel circuit."
5) Draw and label an example of a closed (working) series circuit. Color each of the components a different color. Then draw the circuit using the circuit symbols you recorded on the top half of the page.
6) Draw an example of a closed (working) parallel circuit. Color each of the components a different color. Then draw the circuit using the circuit symbols you recorded on the top half of the page.
Your p. 81 should look something like this:
Task 5/Closure:
Try another online activity where you have to identify and build circuits.
Homework:
1) Draw images that represents static electricity on the unit cover page. See example below for ideas of what I mean. We will create a cover page for electricity like this, as well as one for light.
2) Study for the static electricity quiz (day 3 of this week)
Week 20, Day 2
PTT:
NOTE 1: We call objects that allow heat to pass through "conductors" and objects that resist the flow of heat "insulators"
1) Look back at p. 72: are both heat and electricity forms of energy? - so would conductors and insulators play a role in electricity too?
2) Title p. 82: "Lab: Testing for Insulators and Conductors"
3) Record the date: W20, D2
4) Record the goal: I can identify insulators and conductors AND build a simple circuit.
NOTE: you may want to use your camera today to get images of your conductivity testers for your lab report
Task 1:
1) Set up your lab page as follows
Problem Question: What materials are best for use as conductors or insulators?
Hypothesis:
Materials: 3 wires with alligator clips, bulb, battery, various materials for testing
Procedure:
1) Build a conductivity tester - draw diagram here:
2) Use different materials to see if the bulb will light up
Observations:
Conductors: allow heat and electricity to easily move because their atoms will easily give up electrons; ex: metals, electrolytes
Insulators: keep heat and electricity from moving easily, i.e. they RESIST the flow of electricity; ex: plastic, rubber, styrofoam
Task 2: Complete lab
1) Get into groups - these are projected on the SMART board
2) Design a conductivity tester using 3 wires with alligator clips, a battery, and a light bulb so that you can insert various objects to see if the electrical current will pass through them or not - diagram this next to your procedure
3) Show Ms. Davis your design to get it okay'd before building it
4) Build conductivity tester
5) Test various objects to see whether they allow electrical current to pass through (conductors) or don't (insulators)
6) Fill in the observation chart as you complete the lab
NOTE: there will be a lab report due Monday!
Task 3:
1) Think about the following questions:
Q: What do we call this set-up (our conductivity tester)? If we build something that electricity flows through, what is the name of that?
Q: Why do you think we have to attach one wire to the positive end of the battery and another to the negative end of the battery?
Q: Which way does the electric current flow? Why?
2) Record the date, and title page 83, "Making Circuits with Insulators and Conductors"
3) Divide the page in half - label one half "Insulators" and one half "Conductors"
4) Under "Insulators," draw 1 diagram of an open (non-working) circuit (label accordingly)
5) Label the parts of the circuit in the diagram: wire, battery, light bulb, insulator, conductor, etc.
6) Use color to enhance your drawings
7) Do the same for a closed (working) circuit under "Conductors."
8) Make bulleted phrases below the diagrams to compare/contrast insulators and conductors.
Closure/Homework:
1) Start working on the "Lab Report: Insulators vs. Conductors" (due Monday)
2) Study for tomorrow's quiz
Week 20, Day 3
PTT:
1) Draw images that represents static electricity on the unit cover page. See example below for ideas of what I mean. We will create a cover page for electricity like this, as well as one for light.
2) Open your notebook and review the information about static electricity. Look at your reflection questions from online too.
Task 1:
Complete the quiz. You will have 30 minutes.
Task 2:
1) Go to your google drive science folder
2) Open the document "LAB: Insulators and Conductors"
3) Begin typing in your problem question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, etc.
4) Review the lab report writing rubric
5) Answer the application questions at the end of your conclusion:
a) List 5 materials that would make good insulators. List 5 materials that would make good conductors.
b) If a copper wire in a working electrical circuit is replaced with a piece of rubber tubing, will there be a current in the circuit? Explain.
c) An extension cord carries electrical charges from an electrical outlet to an appliance. Why don't you get a shock from touching the extension cord? Explain.
Closure/Homework:
1) Lab report due Monday
2) Science notebooks to be turned in and graded on Monday
Week 20, Day 4
PTT:
1) Turn to the unit cover page
2) Using 2 different colored pens/markers/pencils, make a list of conductors and a list of insulators - sketch a simple picture of each conductor and insulator to enhance explanation
3) Draw an image that represents how circuits are used to convert electrical energy into heat/sound/light energy and chemical change - use color to enhance understanding
Task 1:
1) Turn to p. 84 in your science notebook.
2) Record the data AND title the page: How to Draw Circuits
3) Record the Essential Question: How do I draw a circuit, and how does electricity flow through the circuit?
4) As a class, draw three circuits together, labeling each part, and using arrows to show how electrical current flows through the circuit.
Task 2:
1) Record the date AND title p. 85: Circuit Drawing Practice
2) Divide the page into 6 boxes.
Draw each of the circuits below using the correct symbols:
3) In BOX 1, draw a circuit diagram of this circuit using the correct symbols:
4) In BOX 2, draw a SERIES circuit with 2 bulbs, a battery, and a closed switch.
3) In BOX 3, draw a TWO path PARALLEL circuit with 2 bulbs, a battery, and an open switch.
4) In BOX 4, draw a TWO path PARALLEL circuit with 2 bulbs, a battery, and two switches where we can control the lights separately.
5) In BOX 5, draw a TWO path PARALLEL circuit with a bulb, a motor, a battery, and two switches where we can control the bulb and motor separately.
6) In BOX 6, draw a THREE path PARALLEL circuit with a two bulbs, a battery, a buzzer, a switch to control everything, and a switch to turn off the buzzer.
Task 3:
1) Complete the following online activity to get more practice with building circuits: online activity
2) Take a screenshot of the different circuits you build and insert them into a Google doc in your science folder. Title this: Building Circuits.
Closure:
Answer the goal question on a post-it you stick to p. 84
Homework:
Lab reports due Monday