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Alternative Energy

Rubric for the Alternative Energy Project

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 QuestHydro

Ocean Energy:
Hydropower
Energy Quest
Tidal Power
Science Online

Electric Cars:
Electric Car
Green Cars
Green Ride
How do electric cars work?

Nuclear:Nuclear
Kids Korner
Nuclear Energy

Green Roofs:
green roofs
green roof overview
Why are green roofs good?

Electricity!

Build circuits online with PhET!
How does a battery work?

Static Electricity
John Travoltage
Static Electricity and balloons

Squishy Circuits - explore more things to do with squishy circuits!

No Missing Work Reward

Nobel Prize Games
PhET

Mighty, Mighty Waves!

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. Follow the directions to complete the data table and use the data you collect to answer the questions at the end of the 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

Energy Transfer

Conduction, Convection, Radiation

Forms of Potential and Kinetic Energy

Pendulum Resources

PhET Pendulum Simulation

Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy

PhET Energy Skate Park - pay attention to the PE and KE because you will write a short constructed response about it.

PE and KE song

Group Work Assessment

You will need your GoogleDoc log in information to complete the group work assessment.

Block 1
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6

Block 3
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Team 7

Block 4
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6

Block 5
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Team 7

Building Balloon Cars!

Research
Design
Build
Test
Improve
Race









Building Balloon Car Ideas
Zoom
Plastic Water Bottle Car
Questacon
Step-by-step directions
Directions from NASA
Make a Car
Tips for a fast car


Videos
Class balloon car release
Science Olympics
Figure Eight (a slow start, but worth watching)



Pictures of Balloon Cars
Student Cars
Class Cars (click on HTML to see picture and description)

Potential and Kinetic Energy

Learn our new science song about Potential and Kinetic Energy

Watch the Spring and Mass PhET simulation.

See the reaction to Potential Energy being converted to Kinetic Energy.

And... by popular demand, the F=ma song

Matter Song

Matter Song

Short Story Assignment

Do your prewriting here

Physical and Chemical Changes

Physical and Chemical Reading
More Physical and Chemical Readings

Use the readings above to complete the tracker in GoogleDocs.

If you have finished your GoogleDocs tracker, then you make take the online quiz.

Venn Diagrams

Create two Venn Diagrams - WATCH THE DEMO so you know how to do the activity online.
1. Molecules v. Elements
2. Molecules v. Compounds

Use your book and Dr. Birdley resources to help guide your thinking. The following links may also help you.

Resources
What are elements, compounds, and molecules?
Interactive (cool - but takes a minute to load)
Compounds
Refresher on atoms

Google Docs

GoogleDocs

Creating a Class Periodic Table

Interactive Periodic Table
Periodic Table
Web Elements
Chemicool Periodic Table

When you finish, see Ms. O'Connor for extra credit opportunities!

ONLY if you finish, then you can play this game or Proton Don.

Finishing work

Learn about ATOMS!
Build an atom.
Nobel Prize games.

Walking on the Moon

Video of astronauts walking on the moon (You may NOT watch other YouTube videos)

Mass and Weight video

What would you weigh on another planetary body?

Triple Beam Balance

How to use a triple beam balance
Practice using a triple beam balance online