Day Concept Learning & Activity
Evidence
1 Open and Closed Circuits (Chap. 1, pgs. 3-6, 9)
Experiment 1/Lesson 1 WS
Need: Battery
2 Potential and Kinetic Energy (Chap. 1, pgs. 6-12)
Experiment 2/Lesson 2 WS
Need: Batteries & tape
3 Batteries in Parallel (Chap. 1, pgs. 10-13)
Experiment 3/Lesson 3 WS
Need: Batteries, tape & paper clips
4 Switches (Chap. 1, pgs. 7-15)
Experiment 4/Lesson 4 WS
5 Conservation of Energy (Chap. 2, pgs. 16-25)
Experiment 5/Lesson 5 WS
5-Day Checkpoint Test:10 Questions (# 1-10)
6 Resistors (Chap. 3, pgs. 26-30)
Experiment 6/Lesson 6 WS
7 Conductor vs. Insulator (Chap. 3, pgs. 31-36)
Experiment 7/Lesson 7 WS
Need: 6 materials to test
8 Series vs. Parallel (Chap. 1 pgs. 10-12; Chap. 2, pgs. 18-21)
Experiment 8/Lesson 8 WS
9 Transistor AM Radio (Capacitors Ch. 4; Transistors Ch. 5; Oscillators & Electronic Sound Ch. 6; EM & Radio Ch. 8)
Project #527, Page 16
Find a Radio signal
10 Solar Music (Integrated Circuits Ch 7; Sun Power Ch. 13)
Project #557, Page 28
Clap your hands to resume
10 10-Day Checkpoint Test: 10 Questions (# 11-20)
Career Planning - select and research two related careers using www.mynextmove.org
Career Research and Planning WS
Physicist, Electrical Engineers, Computer Engineer, Electrician, Electronics Engineering Technician
START HERE with these two videos:
Basic Soldering Technique - youtube.com - Brief introduction to component soldering with an English accent.
Skillbuilder: Learn to Solder - youtube.com - Introduction with a focus on soldering wires together.
How To Solder: A Beginner’s Guide - makerspaces.com
Mastering the Art of Soldering: User Guide for the Plusivo Soldering Kit - EN r03.pdf - Extensive guide and soldering using Plusivo products. Spanish
Pace Basic Soldering Series - youtube.com - detailed tutorials.
Basic Soldering Lesson 1 - "Solder & Flux" - Solder, flux, the 2-second rule,
Basic Soldering Lesson 6 - "Component Soldering" - Soldering basic components on a single-sided Printed Circuit Board (PCB).
Basic Soldering Lesson 7 - "Integrated Circuits: The DIP-Type Package" - Soldering integrated circuits on a double-sided PCB.
Basic Soldering Lesson 8 - "Integrated Circuits" - Soldering TO-5 type
Basic Soldering Lesson 9 - "Integrated Circuits: The Flatpack & Other Planar-mounted Components" - Soldering Surface Mounted Devices (SMDs) with the reflow technique.
How To Do SMD Soldering Using a Soldering Iron - build-electr
Lead-free Hand-soldering – Ending the Nightmares - kester.com - Tips and tricks for hand soldering using lead-free solder.
Snap Circuits Kit SC-750R Project Guides and Student Guides Folder - PDFs renamed for student use.
Elenco SP-1A/AK-100 Learn to Solder Kit - pololu.com - Beginning soldering kit with lots of opportunity for practice.
Elenco SP-3B Solder Practice Kit - elenco.com
4-Digit Digital Clock Kits with PCB from 4-Digit Digital Clock Kits with PCB - Amazon
Tools: small diagonal pliers, solder sucker, solder wick, tweezers, pick, solder stand, helping hands