HP Cycle 36

🟢 6: T* 4/20, 🔵 8: W 4/21 written model of matter

After making observations in the Electroscope Lab last class, you will try to construct a model of electrostatics to describe the operation. In your written model, you should describe what you know using the words on the Electrostatics Vocabulary List (bold, highlight, or underline these words as you use them in your document). Start this document in Google Classroom by writing about the terms with which you are already familiar. We'll be learning about other terms in the next couple of lessons. Your written model should start with "All matter is made of..." and then go from there.

Today, you'll construct and refine your written models for how an electroscope works. Then, you will try to explain the different methods of charging objects by refining and expanding on the information from the videos previously posted. Include these general explanations in your written model.

Please read the resource provided below and try to finalize your written model of matter (The Physics Classroom - Electrostatics - review lessons 1 & 2). Remember that this is supposed to be a general statement about how charges interact in matter, not a specific explanation of how the electroscope works, so talk in general terms. Please make sure to bold, highlight, or underline the vocabulary words from the list. As you are writing, please keep all aspects of academic integrity in mind. Please make sure to have included some information about what you've learned from the posted resource.

Resource: The Physics Classroom - Electrostatics - review lessons 1 & 2

Homework: Refine and edit your written model of matter to be handed in ✏️ Google Classroom and 📝TurnItIn.com by Thursday at 10pm. You will need to join our class on 📝TurnItIn.com - see join codes in Google Classroom.

🟩 6: W 4/21, 🟦 8: Th 4/22 ↩️ Pivot electrostatic repulsion

Today, we'll do a lab in ↩️ Pivot Interactives called "Exploring Electrostatic Repulsion." In this activity, we'll qualitatively explore what happens when two balloons with like charges repel. Think about what the charge diagrams would look like for the balloons as it relates to the electroscope lab.

Homework: ↩️ Pivot Interactives "Exploring Electrostatic Repulsion" due on Sunday at 10pm.

💚 6: F 4/23, 💙 8: F 4/23 ↩️ Pivot electric force vs. distance

Today, we'll do a lab in ↩️ Pivot Interactives called "Forces and Electric Charge I: Force vs Distance (Scaffolded) ." In this activity, we'll try to quantify the relationship between the electrostatic force and the distance between two charged objects. This lab will focus on our new concept of electrostatic force, but will utilize lab skills that we've used in previous labs such as how to linearize graphs to find mathematical relationships as well as how to use slopes and intercepts to quantify the relationship.

This lab is not due till Wednesday, April 28th at 10pm, but there will be another related Pivot lab due on the same day - a lab where we will explore the relationship between electrostatic force and charge. For these two labs, you will fill out another Collaborative Team Member Rubric in ✏️ Google Classroom, so think about how you might improve on your last self-assessment.

Homework: QUIZ Tuesday, April 27th on the electroscope lab and charging.