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Mouse Trap Car Challenge
 
must go at least 20ft for A+
 
Video must
1) Design.  (what helped reduce friction?)
   A) What did you build the chassis out of and why?
   B) Wheel design:  Why did you use what you used
   C)  Axles :  How did your axle design reduce friction?
   D). Power:  What thought did you put in to figure out how to get the power from the mouse trap to the wheels?
 
2) What problems did you encounter and how did you fix them
3)  Show your car working
4)  What advice would you give to the next builder

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Due uploaded to Classroom Web Thur by 9:30 p.m.
 
Part 1 (Heart Motor)
1) Explain How to Build it
* What is important to know (tricks, strategies)
2) Why does it turn?
* Explain Electro Magnetic & Magnet (how do they work together to create movement?)
* What does the Negative (-) & Positive (+) charges have to do with it?
* Some sort of demo to show Positive and Negative charges
3) Lets see it work
* Problems / Solutions
* Advice for the next builder
Part 2 ( Basic Motor)
1) Explain How to Build it
* What is important to know (tricks, strategies)
2) Why does it turn?
* Explain Electro Magnetic & Magnet (how do they work together to create movement?)
* What does the Negative (-) & Positive (+) charges have to do with it?
* Some sort of demo to show Positive and Negative charges
3) Lets see it work
* Problems / Solutions
* Advice for the next builder
Part 3 (Heart Motor). Vs ( Basic Motor)
1) Why do you think one works better than the other?
* Explain why one is faster
* Explain which one is more consistent (works every time)
UPLOAD YOUR VIDEO ( NAME IT YOU AND YOUR PARTNERS NAMES)

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 Build your own basic motor

           Video #1 Basics 


Directions: 

1) build a basic motor from the video or go on YouTube and find your own.  (show Mr. Tolliver)
 
2) Build a second design of motor.   (Show Mr. Tolliver)
 
3) Finial Test of Electricity
    Make a video Explaining
          a) How to build a motor step by step.
          b) Explain how or why the motor works
          c) teach someone else how to build a motor (no one in STEM)
                  (need to show them working on it and being successful)
4) Upload your video to Google Classroom
     
     

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  Electro Magnet

                       Does an Electric field make a magnetic field?

                     4:00 (video)   

                          Test : 1) Does the battery or wire affect the compass?

                                    2)  Put it in a circuit. Attach wire and battery    (If it gets too hot detach)

                                         Is the compass affected by any of the objects? (Wire , Battery)

                                    3)  What if you break the circuit? Compass affected?


     EQ:  How does the number of winds of wire on a bolt make a difference in the strength of an electromagnet?

                                 Test: Supplies 1.5 volt battery, bell wire, Bolt, paper clips

            Video (4:40)

Game:  How many paper clips can you string together in the air using different amounts of winds?



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 How does Magnetism work?

  1. Watch video
  2.  Video  on the explanation of how magnetism works?

During the video have wire, magnets, compass to have hands on experience

1) watch video

  1. Draw the magnetic fieild
  2. Using the compass (video 3:00) 

1) Find the north & south sides of the bar magnet (Draw it)

2) Find the north & south sides of a circle magnet (draw it)

3) (explain how you figured it out)

C) Take the bar magnet next to circle magnet is it attracted or pushed away?

1) Using the idea of Protons (+) and Electrons (-)  that you have learned before:

Explain (draw). why one way it attracts and the other it pushes away.

 

D) Take bar magnet.:  attach a paper clip.  Now attach as many paper clips in a chain.
  1. How many can you attach?
  2. Now try it with the round magnets. 
  3. Now put round and bar together and see how many you can attach.
  4. What is going on between the paper clips and magnets? (explain Draw)
  5.  Are the paper clips magnets? 
  6.  What is going on that makes the paper clips stick to each other





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 How does electricity work?

           Make a one-pager that explains how electricity works using the video or website

           The video is at the bottom of website



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static Electricity    Science Girl video

QCER Question:  How is the can or paper being moved?

Station A) Paper spinning on a pin.   Youtube video

  1. B) Pushing around a can  youtube video

Project:

Explain the following questions through videos you record. ( test within the class)

You must use at least 2 videos to help explain answers to questions

  1. Explain where static electricity comes from
  2. Is there a way to determine if something is negatively or positively charged
  3. Explain the similarities and differences of lightning and static electricity 
  4. Is there any real-world uses for Static Electricity?
  5. What does this make you wonder about
  6. What was the coolest thing you learned about Static Electricity?
  7. Overall: How well it is put together.  Extras, Music, Clean

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 Lightning   Show video Lightning strikes

          Where does lightning come from?   

                    Youtube #1 Basics of lightning 

      1A) constant lightning from Texas

                                  #2 quick version 

                                  #3 What if you get hit by lightning?

QCER  Question:  Why does lightning occur?

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changing a screen.