Friday, May 23, 2014

Cosmos HW - Electromagnetism

Discover the seed that sparked the technological revolution of the past 150 years.
You can either

  1. Watch Cosmos: The Electric Boy (~45 min)

    or
  2. Read Chapters 36 & 37




Thursday, May 22, 2014

HW Thursday, 5-22

E period

  • 34-1 ohm's law worksheet
  • 34-2 Power worksheet
B period
You should have finished by the end of class.  If you didn't, finish designing your appliance package
  • Spreadsheet
    • Shared with me (jjasinski@medway.k12.ma.us)
    • Wind Turbine Limits: 2400W of power, and 3000 Wh of energy per month
    • use formulas to calculate energy use, current, and resistance for each device.
    • Determine the total current needed
  • Schematic Diagram of Circuit
    • not a lifelike picture of the house or devices
    • Use schematic symbols and simplified, boxy wiring (like the worksheets) 
    • Show example calculations: Equation, Sub, Solve for one device (energy, current, and resistance)

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

HW: Concept Development Worksheets

A period

  • 34-1 Worksheet
B period
  • 35-1 Series & Parallel Circuits (if you didn't already finish in class)
  • Analyze circuits worksheet
    • front side has a summary of how to tackle each type of circuit
    • back side has 3 circuits to analyze
E period
  • none, see you tomorrow

Monday, May 19, 2014

Monday, May 12, 2014

HW Concept Mapping Electricity

A & B periods
  1. List important concepts/terms/vocab/etc for chapters 32, 33, 34
  2. Make connections and relationships (short phrases) between items on this list
    1. voltage causes current
    2. charge measured in coulombs, etc
  3. Create a concept map using these relationships