Electricity
The following Essential Course Components will be collected and a mark will be assigned:
- Lab: Law of Electric Charges
- Lab: Characteristics of Series and Parallel Circuits - Online Lab
- Unit Test: Characteristics of Electricity
Announcements
Review with Jeopardy
Electricity Unit Test- Review Practice Test with Answers, Efficiency Problems with answers, Calculating Cost with answers review
Energy Assignment Computer Lab- Wednesday Dec 16
Static Electricity Quiz - Friday November 27
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Class Notes
Nov 19- Introduction to Law of Electrostatics. Static Electricity- Bill Nye Video
Electric Vocabulary Video
Nov 19- Charging by Friction- Electrostatic Series, Charging by Contact Simulation and Charging by Induction Video Simulation Conductors and Insulators Handout Video
Nov 20- Static Electricity Lab
Nov 23- Static Electricity Lab and Van de Graf Generators Works.
Nov 24- Static Electricity Applications Thunder and Lightning- Note. Lightning questions pg 290 #1-6.
Is it safe to be in a car during lightning? Video Static Electricity Textbook Review pg 294 #1-15. The most lightning struck place on earth. Click here
Nov 25- Introduction to current Electricity with Bill Nye Video Circuits ppt and Electricity Symbols Symbols Note and textbook work.
Nov 26- Static electricity Quiz. Circuit symbol review Series vs Parallel Note and drawings
Dec 27- Circuit Drawings. Voltage and Current. Review of Current electricity. How do batteries work?
Dec 30 Review parts of the circuit, voltage and current. Introduction to Resistance (Ohm's Law)
Dec 30- Computer Lab- Creating Circuits assignment
Dec 1- Ohm's Law Note- Questions- Answers Extra Questions and more questions
Dec 2- Energy problems and Circuit symbol problems.
Dec 3- Resistance Factors Review Power and cost
Dec 4-Energy Efficiency
Dec 7- Computer Lab
Dec 8- Computer Lab
Dec 9- Review.- Extra Electricity Test for practice
Dec 10- Review
Dec 11- Electricity Test
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Helpful Links Below
Try these online quizzes below to help you study
**Matching Quiz
**Ohm's Law Quiz
**Chapter Quiz
HELPFUL LINKS TO HELP YOU EXPLORE ELECTRICITY
Review Booklet on Electricity
Review Multiple choice on Electricity
Circuit Analysis - goes over calculations
Series Circuit
Parallel Circuit
BLACKOUT ON AUGUST 14, 2003 at 4:11pm -CBC NEWS ARTICLES- Explore all the articles from the CBC
Mini Quiz- Check your understanding on Causes of Static Electricity
Quiz Exploring the Nature of Static Electricity
Quiz 2 Static Electricity
Quiz Label the Van de Graaff
Quiz Match the terms you have learned
Chapter Quiz- Chapter 10
Learn more about Induction:Balloon on the Wall
Learn more about lightning from National Geographic click below
What is an Electric Fish
Helpful Study Links
Balloons and static electricity
Helpful Study Links
Balloons and static electricity
Great power point on the Electricity Unit
Can you explain this using what you already know about static electricity. Cabbage Seeds
Static Electricity Bill Nye- Van de graaff generator
Conductors and Insulators
How do batteries work
Youtube Study Links
Can you explain this using what you already know about static electricity. Cabbage Seeds
Static Electricity Bill Nye- Van de graaff generator
Practice Making Circuits
Guide to RECYCLING your Batteries