• ELECTRIC CIRCUITS

    Now it's time for those electrons to start moving. In this unit we will learn the requirements to establish electric current and how circuits obey Ohm's Law.
     
     
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    Unit Outline

    Day 1 - 10/8
    Review Unit 3 Quest
    PhET Demo:  DC Circuits
    Notes, Slides 1-6:  Requirements for a Circuits
    Notes, Slides 7-10:      I, V, R, circuit symbols
    PhET Simulation – DC Circuits Activity (Lab - Ohm's Law using PhET)

    Day 2 - 10/10
    PhET Simulation     – DC Circuits Activity (Lab - Ohm's Law using PhET)
    Notes, Slide 11    : Ohm’s Law Equation
    Notes, Slides 12-14: Practice problems
    PhET Demo:     Ohm’s Law

    Day 3 - 10/11
    IPOD # 14     – Ohm’s Law
    Notes, Slides 15-16:     Resistor Color Code
    Lab – Unknown Resistor
    Introduce CORE Assessment

    Day 4 - 10/14
    PhET Demo:     Battery-Resistor Circuit
    Demo:      Genecon & bulb
    Notes, Slides 17-21    : Definitions/Formulas for Power & Energy, cost for electric bill
    Worksheet: Power – Practice sheet 1 & 2 combined (for website: Power & Energy Practice)

    Day 5 - 10/15   
    IPOD # 15 – Power & Energy
    Lab     – Series Circuits
    Notes, Slide 22:  Series Circuits
    Notes, Slides 23:  Practice problem on the board together for notes      

    Day 6 - 10/16
    Notes, Slides 24-26:      Practice problem on the board together for notes
    Finish Series Circuit lab Questions
    Worksheet    : Series – practice sheet 1, with power (for website: Series Circuit 1)
    CORE Assessment - Start to look up appliances that couldn’t be measured (i.e. stove, microwave, washer, dryer, etc) to calculate power, approximate run times. 

    Day 7 - 10/17
    IPOD # 16 – Series circuit & power
    Lab – Parallel Circuits
    Notes, Slide 27:      Notes on Parallel Circuits
    Notes, Slides 28-31:  Practice problem on the board together for notes
    Worksheet    : Parallel – Practice Sheet 1, with power (for website: Parallel Circuits 1)

    Day 8 - 10/18
    IPOD # 17     – Parallel circuit & power
    Lab – Building Combination Circuits
    Practice:     Used PhET circuit they built to describe steps that I wrote on the board. (To show that calculations match measurements!)
    Notes, Slide 32:     Combination circuit math
    Notes, Slides 33-35:  Examples

    Day 9 - 10/21
    IPOD # 18     – Power

    Review CORE instructions to get prepared for tomorrow!
    Worksheet: PC Current Electricity – worksheet packet (page 20 #s 1-3) (for website: Current Electricity Packet)

    Worksheet:  Review Sheet
    Worksheet: Unit 4 Study Guide for Picture Web

    Day 10 - 10/22
    CORE Assessment
    HW:  Finish picture web, study for Unit 4 Test

    Day 11 - 10/23
    IPOD # 19 – Series/parallel comparison  
    Unit 4 Test
    Continue work on Core Assessment
    HW:  Core due tomorrow!

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