Weeks of 1/5 -1/27
Monday 1/5: New Seats, Cell Phones in Pouches Discuss Semester Exam & Semester Grades, Discuss New Semester ("Start Over" & re-dedicate yourself to WebAssign and your WebAssign Journal), Go through ClassLink & Stat with Second Semester Link, Hand Out Unit J: Capacitance Packet & Materials, Discuss the term capacitance and what a capacitor is, Re-derive the potential difference between the parallel plates of a capacitor in terms of the electric field and the distance between the plates, Discuss capacitors in series and in parallel, Intro the Genecon Generator Lab, Look through the contents of the Circuit Box Kits for the second semester, Start Lab
HW: 4 WebAssigns for this unit (J1-J4)
Tuesday 1/6 (1/2 period): Discuss Circuits with light bulbs in series and in parallel, Finish lab, turn in Genecon Generator Lab
HW: WebAsign J1 (Due on Friday)
Wednesday 1/7: Complete several Unit J objectives, Discuss energy stored in a capacitor, write down 3 versions of the energy store in your calculator, Discuss and derive the equation for energy density for a capacitor, Discuss problem-solving for capacitors in series and parallel, Go to Lab and place 3 capacitors in series and parallel and measure the total capacitance
HW: WebAssign J1 & J2
Thursday 1/8 (1/2 period): Go back to lab and complete series/parallel activity, The discuss digital multimeters, Use the conductive paper kits to meaure the voltage at several points for a set of parallel plates
HW: WebAssign J1 & J2
Friday 1/9: Complete pages in notes packet for capacitors, introduce concept of a dielectric material, Demo: capacitance for a set of plates with and without a dielectric, practice combination capacitor problem, go back to the lab, introduce next activity with corkboard conductive paper kits, do ranking tasks and then the lab
HW: WebAssign J2 & J3
Monday 1/12 (1/2 period): Partner Quiz with a combination circuit (finding the capacitance, charge, voltage, & energy for several capacitors), Go over large circuit from page 9 in the notes packet
HW: WebAssign J3
Tuesday 1/13: Discuss the last objectives in packet (12 & 13), Derive equations for the capacitance of a spherical and a cylindrical capacitor (using Gauss's Law, integrate to find the potential difference between plates, and then determine the equation for capacitance, Ranking Task/Lab for 3 capacitors in series with different areas of plates and then with different distance between plates, Finish the rankting task lab and well as conductive paper lab, time for WebAssign J3
HW: Complete WebAssign J3 (Due on Wednesday 1/14)
Wednesday 1/14 (1/2 period): Discuss end of the unit, Take quiz on combination capacitance circuit
HW: Continue looking at combination circuits, Start J4 WebAssign
Thursday 1/15: Review Quiz on Combination Circuits, Discuss Partially Filled Capacitors, Do Ranking Task Packet, Discuss set of slides with circuit with charged capacitor increasing distance (connected vs. disconnected to power supply),
HW: Continue looking at combination circuits, Start J4 WebAssign
Friday 1/16 (1/2 period): Review for Unit J Capacitance test, Try a few AP level MCQ (in class only)
HW: J4 WebAssign & Study for test!
**Note: WebAssign J4: MCQ Review is now due on Wednesday 1/21!!
**Note: Test on Unit J will take place on Wednesday 1/21!!
Monday 1/19: MLK Jr. Day: No Classes!
Tuesday 1/20: Institute Day: No Classes!
Wednesday 1/21: Test on Unit J: Capacitance
Thursday 1/22 (1/2 period): Review of Unit J Test/Do Corrections!