Electricity Stations

Mon. Apr. 24 and Tues. Apr. 25

Today we recorded the results from the battery test. You can access the document here if you want to see the results. Don't worry if you did not get good data the first time. Let me know and you are welcome to try again!

Today we started working through a lab with four stations to build some real circuits and learn how to use the digital multimeters. There are two documents here (Electricity Stations) and here (Circuit Calculations). The stations are:

1.  Measuring Voltage
2.  Measuring Current
3.  Using electrical switches
4.  Circuit Calculations

We did not get a chance to finish all of the stations today, so we will return to them next time!

Electric Circuits

Mon. Apr. 17 and Tues. Apr. 18
Today we discussed some basic terminology for electric circuits. Students used these guided notes, but the full set is here. There are lots of places where you can read about basic electricity concepts:

Physics Classroom

Bill Nye video

Leonics

The important concepts to know are: current, voltage, resistance  and how a simple circuit works in terms of energy.

Electric Potential Energy and Voltage

Thur. Apr. 13 and Fri. Apr. 14
As we continue to explore static electricity it is important to understand where energy comes from in this realm. Just like a mass gains gravitational potential energy when raised up a height near the earth, a proton can gain electric potential energy when moved near another group of positive or negative charges. In class we read about this process and answered some questions. Two documents are available here and on the Documents tab.

EPE Reading
EPE and Voltage questions

Welcome Back!

Mon. Apr. 10 and Tues. Apr. 11

Welcome to Trimester 3! It is so nice to be back at school and see all of you.

Today we completed a short survey asking about some of the work you did while I was gone, and also reviewed some basic principles from electrostatics. The sheet is on the Documents tab.

Stay tuned for more work with electricity before getting to turbines.

Hovering Helicopter

It defies physics!

Wednesday Plans

Wed. March 8....SECTIONS A and D

Please open the following document for the instructions for today:

LINK

Be sure to read and follow all the instructions!

Static Electricity!

Mon. March 6 and Tues. March 7

ZAP!
It's time to learn about static electricity! Today in class we went through this slide deck with this set of guided notes.



After discussing the basics of electrons, protons, and charge students worked on this set of problems: Electrostatics Basics.