McLaughlin, Kimberly
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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.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
Day 3 - 10/11
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
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 notesDay 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: ExamplesDay 9 - 10/21
IPOD # 18 – PowerReview 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 WebDay 10 - 10/22
CORE Assessment
HW: Finish picture web, study for Unit 4 TestDay 11 - 10/23
IPOD # 19 – Series/parallel comparison
Unit 4 Test
Continue work on Core Assessment
HW: Core due tomorrow!