DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan

Teacher: Angela Johnson

Week of: November 28th-December 2nd

Subject: Science

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Day/Date / Big Idea/
Goals / Lesson Activities /
Bell Work Exit Ticket / Standards
Monday / Focus: Electric Charge and Static Electricity / Chapter 14, Section 1 notes
Brain pop video
Stations: Balloon Activity
Vocabulary: law of electric charges, electric force, electric field, electrical conductor, electrical insulator, static electricity, electric discharge / Define static electricity. (electric charge at rest, generally produced by friction or induction) / Define electric discharge. (the release of electricity stored in a source) / 0607.2, 0607.3, 0607.5, 0607.12.3
Tuesday / Focus: Electric Charge and Static Electricity / Chapter 14, Section 1 notes (continued)
Stations: Balloon Activity
Vocabulary: law of electric charges, electric force, electric field, electrical conductor, electrical insulator, static electricity, electric discharge / Give two examples of static electricity. (static cling in clothes, charged balloon) / Give two examples of electric discharge. (lightning, when walking on carpet and touch something) / 0607.2, 0607.3, 0607.5, 0607.12.3
Wednesday / Focus: Electric Current and Electrical Energy / Chapter 14, Section 2 notes
Vocabulary: electric current, voltage, resistance, cell, thermocouple, photocell
Stations: Role play the differences in AC and DC current on page 425 / What are the three methods of charging? (friction, conduction, induction) / What does the law of electric charges say about two objects that are positively charged? (will repel one another) / 0607.3, 0607.2, 0607.5, 0607.t/e.1, 0607.t/e.2, 0607.t/e.4
Thursday / Focus: Electric Current and Electrical Energy / Chapter 14, Section 2 notes (continued)
Vocabulary: electric current, voltage, resistance, cell, thermocouple, photocell
Stations: Students will draw a picture of a car battery and based on what they see, describe how they think a battery generates electrical energy. / The opposition to the flow of charge is______? (resistance) / The rate at which charges pass a point is an _____? (electric current) / 0607.3, 0607.2, 0607.5, 0607.t/e.1, 0607.t/e.2, 0607.t/e.4
Friday / Focus: Electrical Calculations / Chapter 14, Section 3 notes
Vocabulary: electric power
Stations: Connection Activity Math #1 and #2 / Which of the following is Ohm’s law? A. E=P X T
B. I=V X R
C. P=V X I
D. V= I X R
(D) / What is Electric Power? (the rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy) / 0607.2, 0607.3, 0607.5, 0607.t/e.1, 0607.12.1