This week, we will finish our Electricity/Energy unit and introduce our semester project.
Monday - Simple Machines - students will learn about mechanical advantage and the role of simple machines in our lives. They will be tasked with finding examples of each of the simple machines in their lives and will be assigned the project of building a Rube-Goldberg device. We will then calculate the amount of energy used in climbing stairs then compare that energy to the amount of energy we consume in a candy bar, slice of pizza, and peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The class will complete a worksheet covering mechanical advantage.
Tuesday - Students will provide examples of lever balancing by using meter sticks balanced on a fulcrum, balancing different masses on each side, and calculating the mechanical advantage of each. We will then go through a short set of notes covering the different types of simple machines. The class will also be introduced to the Rube Goldberg Machine Project which is due on May 15th.
Wednesday - Review for test. Study guide will be distributed and the remediation worksheet will be distributed. Key to study guide page 1 and page 2.
Thursday - Electricity, work, energy, and simple machine test.
Friday - Today, we spent the day determining how the length of the wings of a paper helicopter influenced the time it took for that helicopter to fall a set distance. The instructions to the lab can be found here.
Monday - Simple Machines - students will learn about mechanical advantage and the role of simple machines in our lives. They will be tasked with finding examples of each of the simple machines in their lives and will be assigned the project of building a Rube-Goldberg device. We will then calculate the amount of energy used in climbing stairs then compare that energy to the amount of energy we consume in a candy bar, slice of pizza, and peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The class will complete a worksheet covering mechanical advantage.
Tuesday - Students will provide examples of lever balancing by using meter sticks balanced on a fulcrum, balancing different masses on each side, and calculating the mechanical advantage of each. We will then go through a short set of notes covering the different types of simple machines. The class will also be introduced to the Rube Goldberg Machine Project which is due on May 15th.
Wednesday - Review for test. Study guide will be distributed and the remediation worksheet will be distributed. Key to study guide page 1 and page 2.
Thursday - Electricity, work, energy, and simple machine test.
Friday - Today, we spent the day determining how the length of the wings of a paper helicopter influenced the time it took for that helicopter to fall a set distance. The instructions to the lab can be found here.
