Tuesday, October 21, 2014

C2 - Energy Videos - HW

Video A. - makemegenius "Energy"

1. Energy is the ability to do ____.
2. What are three sources of energy?
3. Energy cannot be _______ or _________, it can only be stored or transferred.  Put this statement in your own words.
4. Compare/Contrast Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy
5. Make your own example of PE transforming into KE; draw a picture.



Video B. - The Story of Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy
1. What are two different ways that we can increase Kinetic Energy?
2. How is it that even air has energy?
3. What are two ways to increase Potential Energy?
4. "That Potential Energy will be transformed into Kinetic Energy.  What is happening in the video during this statement?

VIdeo C. - P.E. and K.E. Found in the movie, "Hoodwinked"
Watch this video and use the information to assist you with your KE/PE Illustration Project!


Video D. - Brainpop "Fossil Fuels" video and quiz


Video E. -

Non-Renewable Energy Resources

1. Fossil fuels are ___________ energy resources.
2. What does "nonrenewable" mean?
3. Compare/Contrast fossil fuels and nuclear energy.

Video F. - 

Renewable Energy Resources: Part 1

1. Why are renewable energy resources being developed?
2. What are 2 advantages of using wind energy?
3. What is a disadvantage of wind energy?
4. What are two other renewable energy resources?  What makes them "renewable"?
5. Use the following vocabulary in a short paragraph: electricity, turbine, generator, kinetic energy, thermal energy, steam


Thursday, October 16, 2014

601 - Computer Lab: Introduction to Energy

Have fun exploring the Energy Essentials!

1. http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/energy/what-is-energy/

 Play the , "What is Energy?" game.  
Match all the types of energy correctly, then answer the following questions in your Science Notebooks.
A. Why do we need energy?
B. What are the different forms of energy? 
C. Pick three forms of energy; where do you see evidence of each form of energy as you complete this assignment?
D. Put the following information into your own words: You can change energy from one type to another.
E. Complete the Quiz; how many did you get right?


Play the, "How do we make Electricity?" game.
1. What does a generator consist of?
2. What happens when the magnet spins inside the coil of wires?
3. List three ways that a power plant turns a turbine, which spins the generator, that produces electricity.
4. Take the quiz.  How did you do?  What was your score?

3. Watch the BrainPOP video, "Energy Sources", take the Quiz, then write the answers in your Science Notebooks.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

HW Assignments

1. HW – www.brainpop.com
“scientific method”
Username: ps220
Password: brainpop
Review quiz 

2. Q/A from Science Videos

3. Science Journal: Write down three examples of science in your everyday life.

4. p. 14 Mini-LAB
Perform the investigation, soda vs. diet soda, at home.  Include the following information in your scientific report, to be completed in your Science Notebooks: Problem, Hypothesis, Materials, Observations, Inferences, Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, and Constants.  

C1S1
1.  Read pp. 6-7, 11
2.  Reading Check Q/A
3. Fig. 7 Blue Q/A
4. Self Check Q/A #1,3-5
5. Vocabulary
C1S2
1.  Read pp. 12-18
2.  p. 16 BQ
3.  p. 17 RC
4.  p. 20 SC #1,2
5.  Vocabulary
6.  HW – p. 14 Mini-LAB, Science Article, Ch. 1 Test (Friday)
7.   C1S3:   vocabulary, blue questions, reading check, self check Q/A #1,2,6
8.  C1S4:   vocabulary, blue questions, reading check, self check Q/A #1 
9.  HW – Ch. 1 Review
     p. 35 Visualizing Main Ideas

     pp. 36-37 Ch. 1 Review #1-3,5,6,9-11,13-18, 281, 23, 25, 28