Week 9 9/30--10/04

Monday

Warm Up: Metric Monday 123km= __________cm

Daily Objective: I can create and evaluate various electrical diagrams to determine the flow of electricity.

Instruction & Activities:

• Electricity Diagrams

Due Dates:

Notebooks Due 10/03

AR Due Friday

Tuesday

Warm Up: What is the difference between an insulator and a conductor?

Daily Objective: I can identify what materials act as an insulator and conductors in an electrical circuit

Instruction & Activities:

• Insulators and Conductors Notes

Due Dates:

Notebooks Due 10/03

AR Due Friday

Wednesday

No School

Thursday

Warm Up: Name a conductor.

Daily Objective: I can identify what materials act as an insulator and conductors in an electrical circuit.

Instruction & Activities:

• Insulator and Conductor Activities

Due Dates:

Notebooks Due Today

AR Due Friday

Friday

Warm Up: What materials are usually best for blocking electricity?

Daily Objective: I can evaluate the components of electricity and how it is measured.

Instruction & Activities:

• Bill Nye Electricity and a worksheet
• Electricity worksheets

Due Dates:

Notebooks Due 10/16

AR Due Today

Week 8 09/23--09/27

Monday

Warm Up: Metric Monday Handout

Daily Objective: I can identify what electricity is and evaluate how electricity moves through a circuit.

Instruction & Activities:

• Finish Electricity Notes

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 10/02
• AR Due Friday

Tuesday

Warm Up: What are the particles found in the nucleus of an atom? What are their charges?

Daily Objective: I can create and evaluate various electrical diagrams to determine the flow of electricity.

Instruction & Activities:

• Electricity Diagrams

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 10/02
• AR Due Friday

Wednesday

Warm Up: What is the cause of potential difference?

Daily Objective: I can create and evaluate various electrical diagrams to determine the flow of electricity.

Instruction & Activities:

• Electricity Diagrams

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 10/02
• AR Due Friday

Thursday

Warm Up: What is a conductor?

Daily Objective: I can identify what materials act as an insulator and conductors in an electrical circuit.

Instruction & Activities:

• Insulators and Conductors Notes

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 10/02
• AR Due Friday

Friday

Warm Up: What is an insulator?

Daily Objective: I can identify what materials act as an insulator and conductors in an electrical circuit.

Instruction & Activities:

Insulator and Conductor Activities

What materials are usually best for blocking electricity?

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 10/02
• AR Due Today

Week 7 9/16--9/20

Monday

Warm up: Metric Monday Handout

• Review sheet

Homework:

• Notebooks Due 09/18
• AR Due Friday

Tuesday

Warm up: Most batteries convert ________ energy to ________ energy.

Instructional Activity:

• Energy Test
• Vocab

Wednesday

Homework:

• Notebooks Due Today
• AR Due Friday

Thursday

Homework:

• Notebooks Due 10/02
• AR Due Friday

Friday

Homework:

• Notebooks Due 10/02
• AR Due Friday

Week 6 9/9--9/13

Monday

Warm Up: Metric Monday Handout

Daily Objective: I can determine the energy conversions of various objects or actions.

Instruction & Activities:

· Finish energy conversion sort

· Energy Conversion worksheet

Due Dates: Notebooks Due 09/18--AR Due Friday

Tuesday

Warm Up: What is the energy conversion of a fan that runs on batteries?

Daily Objective: I can create a booklet that expresses my understanding of energy conversions.

Instruction & Activities:

· Review Energy Conversion wksht

· Energy Conversion Booklet

Due Dates: Notebooks Due 09/18--AR Due Friday--Booklet due Monday

Wednesday

Warm Up: What is the energy conversion of refrigerator?

Daily Objective: I can identify the types of sources that energy can be collected from.

Instruction & Activities:

· Energy Source Notes

Due Dates: Notebooks Due 09/18--AR Due Friday--Booklet due Monday

Thursday

Warm Up: Energy harnessed from wind is renewable or nonrenewable?

Daily Objective: I can I can identify the types of sources that energy can be collected from.

Instruction & Activities:

· Finish Energy Source Notes

· Renewable vs Non-renewable energy wksht

Due Dates: Notebooks Due 09/18--AR Due Friday--Booklet due Monday

Friday

Warm Up: What does it mean to conserve energy

Daily Objective: I can evaluate the sources of energy and the responsibility on us to conserve energy

Instruction & Activities:

· Different Sources of Energy, Using Energy Responsibly, Educational Video

· Energy conservation wksht

Due Dates: Notebooks Due 09/18--AR Due Friday--Booklet due Monday

Week 5 09/03-09/06

Monday

· No School

Notebooks Due 09/04

Tuesday

Warm Up Describe Mechanical energy

Daily Objective: I can construct a device that will use either gravitational or elastic potential energy that will kick a ball into a cup

Instruction & Activities:

· Kicking Machine challenge

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 09/04
• AR Due Friday

Wednesday

Warm Up What is the law of conservation of energy?

Daily Objective: I can identify patterns of energy conversions in various actions or objects

Instruction & Activities:

· Energy Conversions activity

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 09/04
• AR Due Friday

Thursday

Warm Up What is the energy conversion of a flashlight?

Daily Objective: I can categorize energy examples into the different kinds of energy and then evaluate characteristics of each

Instruction & Activities:

· Energy Conversion Stations

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 09/18
• AR Due Friday

Friday

Warm Up What is the energy of a battery?

Daily Objective: I can construct a device that will use either gravitational or elastic potential energy that will kick a ball into a cup

Instruction & Activities:

· Finish energy conversion stations

· Energy Conversion Booklet

Due Dates:

• Notebooks Due 09/18
• AR Due Today