Alternative Energy Sources!

Hey hey kiddos! So far in our Physics Unit we have been looking at different forms of energy. Today we will be focusing on how much electrical energy we use and how we mainly get it from fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. If we continue using our fossil fuels this much, we risk running out! We have to learn how to get electrical energy from different sources!

Each student will be working on a different form of alternative energy. Choose a form of alternative energy, read through the article to get your notes, and then watch the video that shows this form of energy. You will then be working on your advertisement that is due Tuesday!

Every student will be using this chart to answer part C of your notes!

• Solar Energy

Solar Energy Article
Solar Energy Video
Solar Energy Map

• Wind Energy

Wind Energy Article
Wind Energy Video
Wind Energy Map

• Hydroelectric Energy

Hydroelectric Article
Hydroelectric Video
Hydroelectric Map

• Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Article
Geothermal Video
Geothermal Map

• Biofuels Energy

Biofuels Article
Biofuels Video
Biofuels Map

• Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Energy Article
Nuclear Energy Video

Intro to Physics Unit 3 :)

Hey hey kiddos! Congratulations on finishing your Unit 2 Test! Hopefully you studied your little booty off and just got yourself a big ol A PLUS :)

Look at the image below to see what we will be starting in Unit 3 on Monday!

Next, click on the link below to tell me how your Unit 2 Test went, what you are most excited for in Unit 3, and how you feel like science class has been going for you this year! Feel free to be honest! No one except for Mrs. Kiser will see your answers :)

How You Doin? Gimme Some Feedback Please :)

Once finished, bring your iPad back to the cart and plug it in please. Have a great weekend!

Review Stations!

Conductors and Insulators Level 2 Station

Check over your answers to your foldable in your notebook. Use your foldable to sort the items into conductors or insulators!

Now use the magnet to see if conductors or insulators have the physical property of magnetism!

Conductors and Insulators Level 3 Station

Use the link below to sort the objects into conductors or insulators. Sorry it doesn't work on the iPads, but you are more than welcome to quiz yourself at home :)

Conductors and Insulators Game

Next, read about how there are also conductors and insulators of electricity! Is there a pattern between what can conduct and insulate heat and what can conduct and insulate electricity? This is totally Level 4'in it! :)

Conductors and Insulators of Electricity!

Solubility, Mixtures, and Solutions!

Hey hey kiddos!

Today we will be learning about even more ways to describe matter, which makes up anything and everything in our world!  
               

The goal of today's class is seeing how we can describe matter using our newest physical property= SOLUBILITY!
                              

But first, we need to look at the different types of combinations of matter that we can create when we combine objects or substances! Use the slides below to fill in your notes for today's lesson!
Mixtures and Solutions Notes Slides
                     

Watch the video below to learn more about mixtures and solutions!
 Mixtures and Solutions

Click on the link below to fill in your answers on the Solubility Activity once Mrs. Kiser has done the Mini Solubility Lab with you! If you finish before Mrs. Kiser starts the Solubility Activity, you get to start your homework early! :)

Will it Dissolve? Solubility Activity

Conductors, Insulators, and Magnetism!

Hey hey kiddos!

Today we will be learning all about Magnetism, Conductors of Heat, and Insulators of Heat!                                                                                                                                            

1) To start off, open up your Science Notebook to your Physical Properties Chart on Page 7. We will first look at what magnetism is!

Click on the Magnetism Activity Answers Link below and use the materials at your table to complete this activity!

Magnetism Activity Answers!

2) Open up your Science Notebook and fill in the Table of Contents like I have below.

3) Next, go to the back corner of the room and grab 1 piece of colored or white paper and a pair of scissors. 

4) You will be making a foldable in your Science Notebook for Conductors and Insulators. 

-Fold your piece of paper in half hamburger style. 

-Cut down the middle of the front half of the paper. See the images below. 

-On 1 side write "Conductors" and on the other write "Insulators"

-Using the marker, on the inside of your foldable, draw a line down the middle and a line across the top of the inside. 

Open the Science Saurus Book to Page 292. Read page 292-293 about how heat moves and about conductors and insulators of heat energy. Use these pages to write down the definitions of both, some examples, and colored pictures for conductors and insulators. When you are finished, glue or tape the back side of your foldable onto Page 8 of your notebook.

Here is a video to watch Conductors and Insulators and how they work!
Conductors and Insulators Video
Conductors and Insulators Lesson