Lesson 1 - Monday, Nov 18
Today in science: After getting introduced to some new resources put into the Google Science Classroom, students were given an introductory orientation to an online circuit simulator. After learning how to create circuits with this simulator, students had a bit of time to play with it and get used to how the simulator works.
E period students had the final 5-10 minutes of the lesson to begin working on a handout designed to help students learn about the relationship between current, brightness, and the number of light bulbs present in a simple (1 loop) circuit.
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
Lesson 2 - Tuesday, Nov 19
Today in science: D & E period students had the first half of this lesson to complete a handout designed to help students learn about the relationship between current, brightness, and the number of light bulbs present in a simple (1 loop) circuit. At the conclusion of this activity, we confirmed our results with the online circuit simulator and then did three important things:
1. We tried using our ‘cars-and-bridges’ model to explain the patterns we identified.
2. We tried using our ‘water-and-dams’ model to explain the patterns we identified.
3. We assessed whether our 2-bulb series circuit is a good choice for the design of the light bulb circuit in the side-by-side Music Rooms.
Homework: Students were asked to complete the matching activity called “Circuit diagrams 1” given to them in class. Students should do this activity on a new (single) page in their science notebooks and they can use their online science textbook for help (if needed). The correct book to use is Exploring Science 7, pp. 149-59. This activity is due for D period students on Wednesday and E period students on Thursday.
Lesson 3 - Wed, Nov 20 (D) & Thu, Nov 21 (E)
Today in science: D period students… E period students…
Homework: There is no science homework tonight.
Lesson 4 - Friday, Nov 22
Today in science: D period students… E period students…
Homework: There is no science homework this weekend.
Announcements...
The DRIVING QUESTION of our current unit is: What is the best design for a light bulb circuit to be used in the two, shared-wall music lesson rooms?
D period homework collection days: Wednesday & Friday. E period homework collection days: Tuesday & Thursday.
Including this week, there are 7 weeks of school before the end of the Fall Semester.