Ms Jilesen

Class Notes

Oct. 16 -  Building a Model for Electric Charge note and What is Static Electricity handouts
Oct. 17- 3.1 - Investigating Electric Charges. Report and Questions.  This activity will be handed in.
Oct. 18- Read Ch #3.2 and complete Electricity and Matter handout.
Oct. 19- Assignment on Static Electricity.  Static Electricity Assignment. Due Monday October 22
Oct. 22- Assignment on Static Electricity. Due Monday October 22
Oct. 23- Conductors and Insulators note.  Video on Conductors and Insulators.  Computer activity on identify the conductor or insulator
Oct. 24- Static electricity crossword and matching activity.  Lightning Safety and Video
Oct. 25- Lightning Safety Video continued.  Pop Can Static Electricity Activity
Oct. 26 - Introduction to current electricity. What is Current Electricity note.  Rd. Ch 3.4 and complete the following handout.
Oct 29- Complete Ch 3.4 handout. Comparing Electricity to Water Flow handout. Parts of an Electric Circuit note. 
Oct 30- Bill Nye- Current electricity  Electricity Symbols handout.
Oct 31- Circuits. Activity 3.5 - Building simple circuits will be collected tomorrow
Nov 1- Who killed the electric car video with handout
Nov 2- Read Ch #3.6  Complete handout.  Series and Parallel Circuits notes and drawings..
Nov 5- Read Ch #3.8 - Measuring Voltage Drop and Current.  Complete Handout and Circuit Diagrams.
Nov 6- Lab on building series and parallel circuits.
Nov 7- Take your student to work day.
Nov 8- Computer Electricity - How it works.  Assignment due.  Read the folder and hand in the assignment . 
Nov 9- PD Day make sure you review your current electricity

 

Study Links- Below are helpful study tools.

The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits
How a lightbulb works
Interactive Circuit website

Where does Energy come from?

How Shocking website

Balloons and Static Electricity

John Travoltage

Charged Rod and a Pith Ball Demonstration

Static Electricity Terms that you should know
Static Electricity from S-Cool.  Great Animations and explanations of Static Laws and Pith balls.
Static Electricity Starts a Fire  
Conductors and Insulators video (youtube link)    
Charging and discharging video (youtube link) 
Charging by Induction (youtube link)
Ever wonder what it would be like to be hit by lightning while in a car?  Watch this a find out. (from 'Top Gear')
Conductors or Insulators   
Schematic Circuit Symbols Quiz    This one has diagrams.
Parts of a Circuit that you need to know     
Series and Parallel Circuits Video - From HowStuff Works
Current Electricity (youtube video)
Potential Difference (youtube video)
Resistance (youtube video)
What is a Circuit?  A great review of Series and Parallel Circuits
Electricity Vocabulary   
Electric Charge Hangman    
Electricity Quiz    
The Ohm Zone    and   Ohm Zone Worksheet   and Equivalent Resistance
Comparing a DC Circuit to the Flow of Water.
Ohm's Law - Worksheet - Solutions
Electrictiy Terms Review    
40 Terms to review on Static and Current Electricity
How do we produce Electricity - This is your assignment for the unit