HARNESSING HUMAN ENERGY 6 th Grade Launcher Unit

HARNESSING HUMAN ENERGY 6 th Grade Launcher Unit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • In Class today… • Introduction Video to Amplify VIDEO • Explore the site • Quizzlet • Create a Quizzlet unit for you definitions on your i. Pad • Vocab Words: SYSTEM ENERGY

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy-What is Energy? • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Ch 1. 1 Welcome to the Energy Research Lab HOMEWORK: • Answer the Reflection on Energy questions (2) • Add Vocabulary to Quizzlet: System and Energy

SEPTEMBER 26 AND 27, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy- What is Energy? • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Ch 1. 2 Investigating Energy Claims HOMEWORK: • Decide whether the 3 objects have energy and site your reasons why/why not. • Add Vocabulary to Quizzlet: Claim and Evidence and Reasoning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy– What is Energy? • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Ch 1. 3 Identifying Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy HOMEWORK: • Answer the Reflection on Energy and how it relates to the Chapter 1 Question (2) • Add Vocabulary to Quizzlet: Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy- What is Energy? • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Ch 1. 4 “Energy Inventions” HOMEWORK: • Add Vocabulary to Quizzlet: Model and Scientific Argument

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy-The Rescue Team’s Energy Needs • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Chapter 2 Question: How can the rescue workers get energy to the batteries in their eqpuiment during rescue missions? • Ch 2. 1 Investigating claims about how objects get energy HOMEWORK: • Use the SIM to build 2 different systems that can launch a ball • Add Vocabulary to Quizzlet: Generator

OCTOBER 5, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy-The Rescue Team’s Energy Needs • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Chapter 2 Question: How can the rescue workers get energy to the batteries in their eqpuiment during rescue missions? • Ch 2. 2 Evaluating Energy Sources HOMEWORK: • Create the energy transfer for the specific scenario asked in the lesson • Add Vocabulary to Quizzlet: Convert

OCTOBER 6, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy- The Rescue Team’s Energy Needs • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Chapter 2 Question: How can the rescue workers get energy to the batteries in their eqpuiment during rescue missions? • Ch 2. 3 Writing Scientific Explanations HOMEWORK: • Add Vocabulary to Quizzlet: Transfer

OCTOBER 7, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy- Designing an Energy Solution • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Chapter 2 Question: How can the rescue workers get energy to the batteries in their eqpuiment during rescue missions? • Chapter 3 Question: What is the best way for the rescue workers to capture energy from their bodies’ motion during rescue missions? • Ch 3. 1 Reading about Energy Systems HOMEWORK: • Practice Vocabulary terms on Quizzlet

OCTOBER 10, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy- Designing an Energy Solution • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Chapter 2 Question: How can the rescue workers get energy to the batteries in their eqpuiment during rescue missions? • Chapter 3 Question: What is the best way for the rescue workers to capture energy from their bodies’ motion during rescue missions? • Ch 3. 2 Designing and Explaining Energy Systems HOMEWORK: Write an explanation about their group’s energy system and then use the SIM to design one possible energy system for a new scenario

OCTOBER 11, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy- Designing an Energy Solution • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Chapter 2 Question: How can the rescue workers get energy to the batteries in their eqpuiment during rescue missions? • Chapter 3 Question: What is the best way for the rescue workers to capture energy from their bodies’ motion during rescue missions? • Ch 3. 3 Evaluating and Energy System HOMEWORK: Write an argument about whether they think the Ed-you-Swivel is a good solution for the school principal to consider.

OCTOBER 12, 2016 • Harnessing Human Energy-Designing an Energy Solution • Unit Question: How is it possible to charge electrical devices when the power is out? ? • Chapter 1 Question: What is energy and why does it matter to the rescue team? • Chapter 2 Question: How can the rescue workers get energy to the batteries in their eqpuiment during rescue missions? • Chapter 3 Question: What is the best way for the rescue workers to capture energy from their bodies’ motion during rescue missions? • Ch 3. 4 End-of-Unit Assessment HOMEWORK: NONE