Please make sure you are in 3rd grade section of IXL. Clicking on the title of the IXL should take you to the assignment, but you will still have to log in using your username and password.
PLEASE ONLY DO THE IXL THAT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO YOU.
I check the dates when an IXL was done. If you did it much earlier than when it was assigned by me, please redo it. ANYTHING DONE BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR ME SO IT MAY LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE DONE THE WORK, BUT IT SHOWS UP AS ZERO FOR ME. Redoing it will also help you practice your skills more.
NOTE:
Grade for any weekly IXL assignment completed WITHIN one week AFTER the due date will be updated after 20% deductions. When completed after the due date, PLEASE EMAIL ME. I will not update any IXL grade after this one week grace period.
I would highly encourage the students to start working on their homework early so that if they do have questions, they have time to ask me.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026
Y.6
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The homework is due on the date mentioned above by 5pm. Grades are entered on 10 point system. So if a student scored 90, it will be entered as 9/10 in quickschools. Grading is done based on 10-point system. If you get 100% score in IXL, Quick school will show it as 10/10. If you get 76%, it is 7.6 in Quickschools. I would highly recommend starting early. This is in case you get stuck, you can ask me in class. I encourage you to ask me in class if you have any problems or difficulties in the IXL assigned.
Please keep in mind that we may do some IXL as classwork at school. If the student is not able to finish then it becomes HW which is due the next morning.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2026
Static Electricity
Review will be done in class. Study guide will be sent home. Please see the information below.
QUIZZES ARE UNANNOUNCED
U2 L3 FORCES THAT ACT FROM A DISTANCE
We follow HMH INTO SCIENCE curriculum. This is further supported by Daily Review in class as well as IXL.
We are Unit 2, Lesson 3, “Forces That Act from a Distance” with focus on STATIC ELECTRICTY.
Static electricity is like a tiny electrical charge that builds up on an object when you rub it against something else, making it stick to other things, like when you rub a balloon on your hair and it sticks to the wall - it's basically a "charged-up" feeling that can even give you a small shock!.
Some main points about static electricity:
Rubbing creates static:
When you rub two things together, like a balloon on your head, tiny particles called electrons move from one object to the other, causing a charge imbalance.
Opposite charges attract:
The balloon becomes negatively charged, while your hair becomes positively charged, so they stick together because opposites attract. Static electricity charges work similarly to magnetic poles. Positive charges repel other positive charges. Negative charges repel other negative charges. However, positive and negative charges are attracted to each other.
Static doesn't move:
"Static" means it stays in one place, unlike the electricity that flows through wires to power your toys.
Fun static electricity experiments:
§ Balloon hair trick: Rub a balloon on your hair and watch your hair stand on end.
§ Paper dance: Rub a plastic comb through your hair and hold it close to small pieces of paper - they'll jump up and stick to the comb.
§ Salt and pepper split: Rub a spoon on a piece of cloth and hold it over a mixture of salt and pepper - the pepper will stick more to the spoon because it's lighter.
Does it have any real uses?
Static electricity has several uses, also called applications, in the real world. One main use is in printers and photocopiers where static electric charges attract the ink, or toner, to the paper. Other uses include paint sprayers, air filters, and dust removal.
It can damage electronics
Static electricity can also cause damage. Some electronic chips, like the kind that are in computers, are very sensitive to static electricity. There are special bags to store electrical components in so they don't get destroyed by static electricity. Also, people that work with these kinds of electronics wear special straps that keep them "grounded" so they won't build up a static charge and ruin the electronic components.