Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Review what electricity is and how we can control the flow of electricity using circuits.  Define and Understand Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Power.  Explain why we use Electrical Energy so much in our modern world.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a generator - what does it look like and how does it work?

  • Review/ Recap What is Electricity?

  • Review/ Recap What is a Circuit?

  • Review/ Recap Ohm's Law and Power

  • Ways to Generate Electricity  //  Links to Videos  //  Handout

• Homework:

  • Finish Ways to Generate Electricity handout (see classroom) (due next class)

Thursday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Understand the different ways that we generate electricity on a large scale and the pros and cons of each method.  Identify and analyze the ways in which we generate, store, and use electricity.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a power plant - what different parts does a power plant have?  How do they work?

  • Check Ways to Generate Electricity Handout  //  Finish Notes on What is Electricity

    • Discuss Ways to use electricity (Actuators)

  • The Power Grid (Electricity Generation and distribution on a large scale)

    • Energy Sources and Electricity Generation Worksheet  //  Electricity in the United States (EIA)

    • Video - How does the Power Grid Work?  //  Video (how electricity generation really works)

    • Electricity Usage Article  //  Video (duck curve)

    • Electricity Storage  //  Video (pumped hydroelectric storage)

• Homework:

  • Finish Energy Sources and Electricity Generation Worksheet (if not completed during class)

Friday (B)   - 70 minutes

• Objective:  Analyze and explain Current and Voltage curves for different loads/ actuators.  Be able to use a multimeter to measure current and voltage in a circuit.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Free Draw Friday!! 

  • Check "Energy Sources and Electricity Generation Worksheet"

  • Kid Wind Competition Application and Information

  • How to use a multimeter to measure current and voltage

  • I V Curves and data collection for different types of loads/ actuators

• Homework:

  • TBA

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Analyze and explain Current and Voltage curves for different loads/ actuators.  Understand how LEDs work and be able to design functional circuits for LEDs.  Be able to use a multimeter to measure current and voltage in a circuit.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a circuit diagram for a circuit that has 2 parallel pathways powered by a 6 Volt battery.  One pathway should have an LED and a resistor in series and the other should have a motor and a lightbulb in series.

  • Continue Notes on IV Curves for different loads/ actuators

  • How do Diodes Work? Steve Mould Video

    • Voltage and Current Curve for LEDs - Article 1    //   Article 2 (with more info than you could ever want/ need on LEDs)

  • Join Tinkercad (see classroom)

  • Articles on Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, and Diodes

• Homework:

  • TBA

Thursday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Design, build, and test an optimized circuit for lighting LEDs

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a circuit diagram for a circuit powered by a 9 volt battery that powers 2 blue LEDs, 3 red LEDs, and as many resistors as you see fit.

  • Introduction to Breadboards

    • PLTW Notes - Intro to Breadboarding

  • LED Circuit Design Challenge  ---   Project Sheet  

    • Voltage and Current Curve for LEDs - Article 1    //   Article 2 (with more info than you could ever want/ need on LEDs)

  • Tinkercad Link for Virtual Circuit Building

• Homework:

  • Finish LED Circuit design challenge

Monday - MLK Day - No School

Tuesday - Teacher Professional Development - No School for Students

Thursday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: 

  •                                                                                                     SNOW DAY NO SCHOOL

• Homework:

  • TBA

Friday (B)  - 70 minutes

• Objective:  

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: 

  •                                                                                                     SNOW DAY NO SCHOOL

• Homework:

  • TBA

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Explore, Measure, and Understand Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Power in series circuits and parallel circuits.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a circuit that will light up 12 white LEDs with at 5 volt source.  Label your resistor values. (Example Image)

  • Join Tinkercad (see classroom)(3B)

    • Introduction to Breadboards  //  PLTW Notes - Intro to Breadboarding

  • Finish and turn in LED Circuit Design Challenge 

• Homework:

  • Quiz on Energy Types and Electricity Generation next class

  • Finish LED Circuit Design Challenge  (if not finished during class)

Thursday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Explore, Measure, and Understand Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Power in series circuits and parallel circuits.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: None - Smith Gone

  • Finish and turn in LED Circuit Design Challenge 

  • In Class - Building and Measuring of Series and Parallel Circuits

    • Series and Parallel Circuit Exploration

    • Apply Ohm's Law and Derive Kirchhoff's circuit laws  //  PLTW Notes - Ohm's Law, Series, and Parallel Circuits

  • Circuit Practice Problems - Page 1 - Page 2 

  • Series Circuit More Practice  //  Parallel Circuit More Practice  //  More Circuit Readings and Study Material

• Homework:

  • Finish Series and Parallel Circuit Exploration (if not finished in class)

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Be able to make calculations for series and parallel circuits.  Understand what voltage dividers are and how they work.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a circuit that has a 9 volt source, and 2 pathways - 1 with 40 mA flowing down it and another with 20 mA flowing down it.   Label what the resistance of each pathway must be.

  • Review/ Check Series and Parallel Circuit Exploration 

    • Apply Ohm's Law and Derive Kirchhoff's circuit laws  //  PLTW Notes - Ohm's Law, Series, and Parallel Circuits

  • Circuit Practice Problems - Page 1 - Page 2 

  • Series Circuit More Practice  //  Parallel Circuit More Practice  //  More Circuit Readings and Study Material

• Homework:

  • Finish Circuit Practice Problems (if not done during class)

  • Quiz on Circuits this Friday

Thursday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Understand what voltage dividers are and how they work. Understand what transistors are and how they work.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a circuit that turns a light on when it's dark out and off when it's light out.

  • Check circuit practice problems

  • Build/ Analyze Light/ Dark Circuit  //  Transistors Video - Veritasium

  • Series Circuit More Practice  //  Parallel Circuit More Practice  //  More Circuit Readings and Study Material

• Homework:

  • Quiz on Circuits next class!

Friday (B)  - 70 minutes

• Objective:  Assess your understanding of complex circuits and circuit calculations.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Study/ prep for quiz! ~5 min

  • Quiz on Circuits

  • Finish building light/ dark circuit

• Homework:

  • TBA

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Practice building and wiring circuits using breadboards.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Using one-way valves, draw a system that can make current that if flowing back and forth only flow in one direction.

  • Discuss/ Analyze AC to DC converter circuit (full bridge rectifier)  //  Capacitor Simulation

  • Breadboarding Challenge!!!

  • Other Fun Projects  //  Piezoelectric Generator  //  Electronic Piano  //  Flashing LED Circuit - Example 1  //  Example 2

• Homework:

  • TBA

Thursday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Brainstorm different design ideas that use sensors and actuators (lights, motors, speakers, etc) to create an interactive display.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch out an idea for an interactive display that involves sensors, lights, motors, speakers, etc.

  • Hand back and go over circuit quizzes (Retakes next Monday during lunch/ after school)

  • Notes on Sensors and Actuators

  • Intro to Arduino

• Homework:

  • 3 Brainstormed ideas for a project - due by next class

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Review your team's design ideas and come up with one final idea to pursue for the quarter project.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Refine/ add to your 3 design drawings that you did for homework.

  • Check Brainstormed Ideas for circuit design project

  • Develop final design idea to use

  • Present design idea to the class

• Homework:

  • Finish final design idea drawing - including where sensors/ actuators go, how many of everything you need, and what the structural parts of your design with be made of.

Thursday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Understand how to use arduino to sense inputs and command outputs according to the logic you program.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw out a flowchart for how your design will take inputs and command outputs (or you can write out pseudocode).

  • Intro to coding with arduino

  • Ultimate Arduino Guide

  • Arduino Language Reference - use this if you are unsure what a command means in arduino

    • Setup  //  Loop  //  Variables (int)  //  pinMode  //  if    else  statements  //  digitalRead  //  digitalWrite  //  delay

• Homework:

  • TBA

Friday (B)  - 70 minutes

• Objective:  Combine your understanding of everything we've learned this quarter to design and wire an interactive display.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: No daily drawing today - work on projects!

  • Work on Quarter Projects

• Homework:

  • TBA

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Combine your understanding of everything we've learned this quarter to design and wire an interactive display.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: No daily drawing today - work on projects!

  • Project Work Time

• Homework:

  • TBA

Thursday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Combine your understanding of everything we've learned this quarter to design and wire an interactive display.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: No daily drawing today - work on projects!

  • Project Work Time

• Homework:

  • TBA

Friday - Start of Mardi Gras Break!

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Combine your understanding of everything we've learned this quarter to design and wire an interactive display.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: No daily drawing today - work on projects!

  • Project Work Time

• Homework:

  • TBA

Wednesday - ACT Testing Day - No School for 8th, 9th, 12th

Thursday (B) - START OF EXAM WEEK

• Objective:  Combine your understanding of everything we've learned this quarter to design and wire an interactive display.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: No daily drawing today - work on projects!

  • Project Work Time

• Homework:

  • TBA

Tuesday (B) - EXAM DAY

• Objective:  Present and communicate your work to demonstrate your understanding of electricity and coding.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch out your final project as it appears on your desk.  How does it compare to your initial design idea?

  • Present final quarter projects to the class

  • Complete group feedback form

• Homework:

  • TBA

Wednesday - Records Day - No School for Students - End of Q3