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Games
Nobel Prize Games
Edheads
Hobby Shop
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Potential and Kinetic Energy

Watch the Potential and Kinetic Energy Song! You may not go to any other YouTube videos.

Visit the Energy Skate Park.

Click "Run Now."
Follow the directions on your handout.

F=ma Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmYBF_Sd8I

2D virtual world

http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home

Sweet Ride!

Vote for the best design! One vote per student.

Physics Math Help

Need help calculating averages?

A site to help you with most math questions.

What is physics?

Speed

1.. Car Speed Game. Answer the questions on your exit ticket.

• What does the graph look like when the car goes faster?
• What does it look like when the car slows down?

2. Choose one of the following, and write your answers on your exit ticket:

• Practice calculating speed through a slide show and quiz.
• Practice calculating speed through an online quiz.

How are reference points helpful in this video?

Practice Balancing Equations

Practice balancing equations. http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/balanceeq/balanceq.html
lhttp://education.jlab.org/elementbalancing/
http://www.mpcfaculty.net/mark_bishop/balancing_equations_tutorial.htm
http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer/
http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer2/default.htm
http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer3/default.htm






Good site for practice and you can check your answers!
Slide show that takes you through the balancing process step by step/

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Brain Teasers can you solve these puzzles
GamesNobel Prize Games
Edheads
Hobby Shop
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Properties of Matter

Practice Identifying Physical and Chemical Changes and Properties
Physical or Chemical
Physical and Chemical Change Quiz
Study Guide
Density Interactive Game

States of Matter

Find out how to make Oobleck!

By popular demand - The States of Matter Song

Mass, Weight, and Volume

MASS, WEIGHT AND VOLUME QUIZ ON Wednesday 8/18/2010!

Study guide
Practice using and reading a triple beam balance.

Alternative Energy

Alternative Energy Resources

Solar:
Alternative Energy Primer
Kid Cyber Solar
Energy Experience
Energy Quest

Biomass:
Biomass Energy
Energy Experience
Energy Quest
Science Online
Biomass

Geothermal:
Alternatice Energy Primer
Geothermal
Kids' Energy
Geotherm Alternative Energy

Wind:
Alternative Energy Primer
Kid Cyber Wind
Energy Quest

HydroPower:
Hydropower
Energy Experience
Energy Quest
Think Quest
Hydro

Ocean Energy:
Hydropower
Energy Quest
Tidal Power
Science Online

Fossil Fuels:
Fossil Fuel

Electric Cars:
Electric Car

Nuclear:
Nuclear

Magnetism

Discovery Education interactive generator - fill out the worksheet as you complete this activity.

You've built the real thing in the lab - now get a little more practice building electromagnets

Learn more about electromagnets here

How do we use electromagnets everyday?

Learn about Magnalev Trains

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Optical Illusions
Check out some optical illusions
more optical illusions here
even more

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Games
Nobel Prize Games
Edheads
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Blobs Electicity Game
Puzzles

Mixing Color

Mix light and paint
more mixing

Mighty, Mighty Waves!

1. Draw and label the parts of a wave on your computer lab packet.

2. Open the "Waves on a String" PhET simulation. Click Run Now.

3. Spend 5 minutes experimenting with the different features of "Waves on a String."

4. Now that you've gotten familiar with everything, turn your paper over and choose either Amplitude -OR- Frequency as your independent variable.

5. Write your focus question:

• How does the amplitude affect the ____________________. (you choose what you investigate).
• How dies the wavelength affect the ____________________. (you choose what you investigate).

6. Record your independent variable (you've already done this) and dependent variable.

7. Make your prediction

• If the amplitude increases, then the _____________ will ________________.
• If the wavelength increase, then the _____________ will ________________.

8. Make sure you've set all the tools according to the independt variable you choose (tool settings are on the back of the first page). Now experiment with your independent variable and record observations.

9. Now you're ready to start collecting data!

(a.) Set your first independent variable (the amplitude or the frequency) - write it down in your data table

(b.) Now run your simulation three times and measure and record the WAVELENGTH in your data table each time.

(c.) Change either the amplitude or the frequency and run the simulation three more times recording your wavelength data as you go along.

(d.)Continue changing your independent variable and recording the wavelengths until your data table is complete.

10. Using the data you collected, make a LINE graph.

11. Turn in your packet.

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You may begin this section only if you have turned in your computer lab packet. You can do these activities in any order you choose.

Make some waves in this interactive

Other wave interactives

Wave animations

Watch a video about ocean waves (headphones required)

Learn about earthquakes and waves

Lots of science interactives

Computer Lab 1/22/10

1. Write a short constructed response in Microsoft Word. You must choose one of the two SCR writing prompts below.

A. Explain how blankets work. In your short constructed response you must include:

• A topic sentence.
• Explain how blankets work using your science vocabulary words (See word bank to the left).
• What type(s) of thermal energy do blankets use?
• Which blanket would keep you warmer? - Explain why using your science vocab words (see word bank to the left).
• Make sure your name is on your paper.
• Print out a copy and give it to Ms. O'Connor

B. Explain how the kinetic theory is related to thermal energy. In your short constructed response you must include:

• A topic sentence.
• Explain how molecules' movement changes as temperature changes.
• What is the connection between convection and the kinetic theory? (See word bank to the left)
• Give an example of how an object changes as heat is applied to it.
• Make sure your name is on your paper.
• Print out a copy and give it to Ms. O'Connor

2. Play Who Wants To Be A Energy Millionaire?

3. Play an Energy Review Game (you may choose any of the games on this site).

4. Do the Energy interactive activity.

- or -

Watch this video on radiation.

5. Chose one of the following activities:

• Nobel Prize Games
• Edheads
• Hobby Shop

Study Guide for Quiz

Study guide is here. Remember to study!