For homework Friday: Finish the entire packet of TOPS electricity, pages 1-20, except page 19 (Two-way Switches) is optional. Also finish writing up The Story So Far.
Read chapter 7, section 2- pay attention to the "What You'll Learn" and the vocabulary on page 202, and write out the definitions.
And that's all!
[If you have missed any past homework -videos, reading, sims- please catch up now.] There will be a test a week from Monday on the TOPS curriculum, so make sure you understand the vocabulary and the concepts. Here are some more videos to help you study.
...and have a happy winter holiday too, but first a little bit of catching up & wrapping up...
Here's a question you may have pondered, What is it about electricity that makes the bulb light up?
Think about that and maybe come up with a hypothesis or two, as you complete and correctly fill out all the lab pages up through 13, which we were trying to do in class. Answer all questions and follow instructions carefully- reading instructions is not like reading a story, you have to read and re-read and check whether what you thought you understood was what was meant, and whether you have everything precisely right. Have your moms check your work against the answers, and make sure your maps are carefully done, so that a classmate could copy your designs. Work until you are confident that you have mastered the material so far, and could even teach it to a friend. Summarize each lesson you do with explanations and illustrations in The Story So Far...Electricity!
If you have obstacles, figure it out or ask for help!
Do not wait till next Sunday night to complete the homework, and do not come to class with excuses.
And then watch the rest of the Story of EleCtricity starting around the 22 minute mark...till the end.
An extra credit fun project is to make anything electrical or mechanical during your break. Here is one idea:
post a picture if you can.
[please no fires!]
Monday, February 10, 2014
My Favorite Scientist (tied with George Washington Carver and a few others) :
And continue watching The Story of Electricity, part II, first 24 minutes, telling the story of the telegraph across the Atlantic:
Lastly, work on your electricity labs up till and including page 13. Be sure to:
-fill in the pages NEATLY
-re-read the pages to make sure you have correctly followed instructions,
-...and thoroughly answered the questions.
-Continue with "The Story So Far" - each page gets a box with illustrations and explanations, in fact, a SUMMARY of what you explored on that page. You should have 13 boxes now. This will eventually be turned in and graded. lost the sheet? The Story So Far...updated version
***pay attention to SERIES and PARALLEL - review pages 4 & 5
Homework : Pages 8 and 9, Build a Circuit, and Electric Bypass. As you finish each page, read the teacher's page for extra understanding and to check your answers. Summarize your findings from each page on "The Story So Far..." - just add to it as you go. You can save this file to your own computer and type on it directly, if you wish.
If you haven't yet completed the Open book test on energy, do so by Monday--you may look up answers online or even ask a friend/parent/sibling and what I'm hoping for is a reasonable answer which tells me what you know about energy and the transfer of energy. Thanks for your diligence and enjoy the rain!
Check back to see if I have found any cool science videos!..I did!
Yikes! homework blog not finished yet... and now it is.
But to get started, go over your worksheets to fill in parts missed and to "clean up' parts messy. If you get stuck on what a question means, look to the teacher's page (on the back of the page following the page you are on) or ask your mom/dad for help. I would like you to work up to page 7, although no harm in going on! There will be extra pages for those advanced students who get ahead, and it's fun, anyway.
Also, here is a worksheet to keep track of what you are discovering... The Story So Far...
Also, finish up with the video, The story of chemistry, from the 30 minute mark (the electric fish) to the end. In your lab books, start a page with notes from this video series, to include the scientists whose work is discussed. For instance, from the first half of the video, your notes would have included Ben Franklin, and his experiments/ideas/contributions to our understanding of electricity. (The last few minutes of the program are kinda gruesome, you may skip if you wish, the last 5 minutes. Who cares about Frankenstein anyway. Also, a few anatomical pictures; I encourage you to avert your eyes.)
