Things so far are going according to plan. We continued to circuit diagram, though we did mess up a couple of times on the measurements. I continued it at home. Apart from that, there is nothing much to report.
Tomorrow I will finish illustrating the poster and writing the essay (requirement #4). If I don't finish it then it'll be holiday work.
Hopefully I can get some work done during the holidays, so this unit can be done in around 8 or 9 weeks.
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Monday 16 December 2013
Plan for Week 6
This week I am hoping to get the circuits project done, so that we would be free of it during the winter break.
At Home: Finish the circuit diagram on the poster from the outline. Print off any quotes we will need to explain what we have on the poster.
At Home: Finish illustrating the poster.
Day 1
In Class: Draw the circuit diagram on the poster from the outline.At Home: Finish the circuit diagram on the poster from the outline. Print off any quotes we will need to explain what we have on the poster.
Day 2
In Class: Illustrating the poster to make it look attractive. Use the quotes printed in Day 1: At Home.At Home: Finish illustrating the poster.
Day 3
(I won't be in class today, so class and home would be combined.)
Spend time watching videos, and do the quiz if possible. I'm hoping to finish watching all the videos posted.Week 5: Day 3
Today in class we brought the poster and started working on it. We named our project "Watts En Haut." "Watts" is for obvious reasons, and "En Haut" because we're doing the upper floor of my house, and "En Haut" is "upstairs" in French.
We decided on the poster layout: requirement number one, the circuit diagram, will be at the top while requirement number two, the floor plan, will be at the bottom. The drawing for the top part of the poster will be on the right, and the quotes/explanation will be on the left. The drawing for the bottom part of the poster will be on the left, and the quotes/explanation will be on the right. We measured it and drew the lines, and I drew a little cartoon light bulb next to the title, thinking that it will attract some viewers if there is a comic relief there. We started transferring the draft of the floor plan to our poster.
However, when we met up on Saturday to do the work, we discovered that the scale is tricky and we need to measure the dimensions. We went around the house measuring with a coil of wire that's a meter long. It is queer to measure the house out like this. Thankfully, we got the floor plan for the upper floor measured correctly and transferred down on the poster in a few hours time. We spent the rest of our time making note of all the electric appliances, but we could not discover how many watts each appliance has.
Again, we're taking things slow, but we expect a good grade on this.
We decided on the poster layout: requirement number one, the circuit diagram, will be at the top while requirement number two, the floor plan, will be at the bottom. The drawing for the top part of the poster will be on the right, and the quotes/explanation will be on the left. The drawing for the bottom part of the poster will be on the left, and the quotes/explanation will be on the right. We measured it and drew the lines, and I drew a little cartoon light bulb next to the title, thinking that it will attract some viewers if there is a comic relief there. We started transferring the draft of the floor plan to our poster.
However, when we met up on Saturday to do the work, we discovered that the scale is tricky and we need to measure the dimensions. We went around the house measuring with a coil of wire that's a meter long. It is queer to measure the house out like this. Thankfully, we got the floor plan for the upper floor measured correctly and transferred down on the poster in a few hours time. We spent the rest of our time making note of all the electric appliances, but we could not discover how many watts each appliance has.
Again, we're taking things slow, but we expect a good grade on this.
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Week 5: Day 2
Today, with the rough draft of the floor plan completed, I started on the circuit diagram. I did not draw most of the circuit diagram myself; I just gave the floor plan and directed the drawing. It is a little different on how it really is, but that is fine.
It is difficult to pull off the drawing neatly and accurately with so many appliances to put in at each different rooms, but that is okay since it's just a rough draft.
At home I continued the draft and finished it.
Tomorrow I will buy the poster and copy this rough draft and the rough draft of the floor plan I did in the previous lesson down. It will be neater, and the circuit diagram will be color coded for each room, instead of having to draw walls. I will also watch videos and finish any leftover work.
It is difficult to pull off the drawing neatly and accurately with so many appliances to put in at each different rooms, but that is okay since it's just a rough draft.
At home I continued the draft and finished it.
Tomorrow I will buy the poster and copy this rough draft and the rough draft of the floor plan I did in the previous lesson down. It will be neater, and the circuit diagram will be color coded for each room, instead of having to draw walls. I will also watch videos and finish any leftover work.
Monday 9 December 2013
Week 5: Day 1
Today in class we worked on the floor plan. I took a picture of the diagram on the board so that we can reference it later if we want to.
I continued the rough outline I did last class on the schematic drawing of floor plan, or requirement number two. I also cleared up the differences between number one and number two, as well as planned our poster layout. Two sheets- one showing the circuit diagram with proper labels (Note to self: color code each room and draw anything that is not a light bulb with a resistor symbol with a label of what appliance it is. If it's a light bulb, draw a light bulb.), and another showing the floor plan (Note to self: Label the appliances in the floor plan and include how many wattage each has)- will be side by side on the poster below the title. On the bottom of the poster will be number four, which we haven't started working on yet. Quotes will be put around empty spaces at the poster.
Due to the poor marks I got on the Sound Waves and Beats lab report, and the new tips, I looked over that in class as well in case there was any questions I needed to ask. I did not make any revisions yet.
At home, I continued the rough outline, or requirement number two. Once we get everything done on this rough outline, we'll create a neater one. I also did this blog post.
I continued the rough outline I did last class on the schematic drawing of floor plan, or requirement number two. I also cleared up the differences between number one and number two, as well as planned our poster layout. Two sheets- one showing the circuit diagram with proper labels (Note to self: color code each room and draw anything that is not a light bulb with a resistor symbol with a label of what appliance it is. If it's a light bulb, draw a light bulb.), and another showing the floor plan (Note to self: Label the appliances in the floor plan and include how many wattage each has)- will be side by side on the poster below the title. On the bottom of the poster will be number four, which we haven't started working on yet. Quotes will be put around empty spaces at the poster.
Due to the poor marks I got on the Sound Waves and Beats lab report, and the new tips, I looked over that in class as well in case there was any questions I needed to ask. I did not make any revisions yet.
At home, I continued the rough outline, or requirement number two. Once we get everything done on this rough outline, we'll create a neater one. I also did this blog post.
Sunday 8 December 2013
Plan for Week 5
This week I feel we should spend most of it on the circuit project. I know it is a little extensive to spend the whole week, but I feel we should get it done before Christmas break, and I could ask questions about things I don't know.
Day 1
In Class:
Work on floor plan started last class.
At Home:
Continue floor plan.
Do blog post.
Day 2
In Class:
Start requirement #2:
Accurate circuit diagram with proper labels. The design should be WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE, not necessarily what it actually is. So if you think there are outlets missing from certain rooms or that there should be more switches or that the switches should be in different places, etc. then go ahead and design it that way.
Accurate circuit diagram with proper labels. The design should be WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE, not necessarily what it actually is. So if you think there are outlets missing from certain rooms or that there should be more switches or that the switches should be in different places, etc. then go ahead and design it that way.
Continue requirement #2
Do blog post.
Day 3
In Class: Watch videos that may help (Can ask questions in class if anything is difficult to understand)
At Home:
Continue any work left unfinished during Day 1 and Day 2.
Do blog post.
Weekend
Meet up and take a quick look around the house, and finish the project if possible. Requirement #4 may have to be done next week.
Do lesson plan for next week.
Week 4: Day 3
This Friday I started the project. I'm working with Viktoria, Moh, and Junhee.
We all will be doing our individual journals for number 3 on this blog.
At home I decided to go over the videos and lab reports (one last time) so I can get ready for the quiz.
Design and describe/explain a circuit diagram to show how you would wire all of the lights and appliances (outlets) on one floor of your house. This should include an investigation of how much power (wattage) each light and appliance uses to determine the total electrical load required.We decided to use my house for the diagram, and we hope to meet up on a weekend to plan it out.
Today we started working on the drawing plans of the house. We did the upper floors, accounting for anything that may use electricity. It took up most of the class. Viktoria and I planned most of it, dividing the workload between number one and two between each other and with Junhee. Moh will be helping, but most of his work will be for number 4.Requirements1. Accurate circuit diagram with proper labels. The design should be WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE, not necessarily what it actually is. So if you think there are outlets missing from certain rooms or that there should be more switches or that the switches should be in different places, etc. then go ahead and design it that way.2. Schematic drawing of floor plan showing the wiring, switches, appliances and lighting with appropriate labels (including power loads required for each appliance/light)3. A regularly updated project/unit journal4. A written description of your design including an explanation of the science, which influenced your work and a description of the electric power (wattage) required to run all of the lights and appliances in your diagram.
We all will be doing our individual journals for number 3 on this blog.
At home I decided to go over the videos and lab reports (one last time) so I can get ready for the quiz.
Saturday 7 December 2013
Week 4: Day 2
Today I continued yesterday's line of work. I didn't get as much done as I hoped, since I wanted to start the project today. However, Google Docs seems to be having a problem and won't let me edit it, saying that something went wrong and I should reload it all the time.
However, I did get Lab #2 done- finally getting all three labs done. At home, I watched the videos again, as I forgot some parts I needed to add to the procedure.
There is nothing much to report. On Friday I will be starting the circuit project.
However, I did get Lab #2 done- finally getting all three labs done. At home, I watched the videos again, as I forgot some parts I needed to add to the procedure.
There is nothing much to report. On Friday I will be starting the circuit project.
Week 4: Day 1
The investigation: Who said Pickle? is not quite ready yet. However, that is fine since we decided to finish everything else before starting magnetism.
We already finished Lab #1 last week, and last class I was able to go through Lab #3. Lab #3 seemed okay, but I added some things to the materials this class. Instead of using PhET simulation and computer, I added the number of wires and everything used, since I was told to treat this as a real experiment and not a simulation.
Lab #2 needed a bit more refining. My partners had already did some things concerning the overall design of the experiment, but I need to add the procedure and get screenshots. I started this today.
At home, I watched some more videos. I'm also planning to start the project on circuits soon.
We already finished Lab #1 last week, and last class I was able to go through Lab #3. Lab #3 seemed okay, but I added some things to the materials this class. Instead of using PhET simulation and computer, I added the number of wires and everything used, since I was told to treat this as a real experiment and not a simulation.
Lab #2 needed a bit more refining. My partners had already did some things concerning the overall design of the experiment, but I need to add the procedure and get screenshots. I started this today.
At home, I watched some more videos. I'm also planning to start the project on circuits soon.
Monday 2 December 2013
Week 3: Day 3
Today is hopefully the last day of working on these three lab reports.
As I said in my last post for Day 2, today I wrote the conclusion for Electric Current Flow In Circuits Lab Report. Then I revised my other two lab reports. Both of the labs were pretty hard to design as well, but did not need as much guidance as the first lab report, which I redid three times.
There was nothing really new learnt today; I just went over the things I already knew and did extra research to verify it.
There's nothing much to report, but by next week Tuesday I will be starting on Investigation 1: Who said Pickle?
Edit: All posts for this week were to be posted on Sunday, but the internet connection was down.
As I said in my last post for Day 2, today I wrote the conclusion for Electric Current Flow In Circuits Lab Report. Then I revised my other two lab reports. Both of the labs were pretty hard to design as well, but did not need as much guidance as the first lab report, which I redid three times.
There was nothing really new learnt today; I just went over the things I already knew and did extra research to verify it.
There's nothing much to report, but by next week Tuesday I will be starting on Investigation 1: Who said Pickle?
Edit: All posts for this week were to be posted on Sunday, but the internet connection was down.
Week 3: Day 2
Today I continued working on the re-do of my lab report. Since the last two attempts were a failure, I did this one slowly to make sure everything was in order.
With my group members, I typed up the procedure and used screenshots. Then I edited it again and again. The process was painstakingly slow, but it is necessary to be meticulous so we don't have to do it again.
In addition, designing our experiment was hard even with help. While we know the information, it is hard to put it all in words in a lab report. However, in the end, we did get the procedure done, and it seemed understandable. What we started learning last class and completely understood this class was the way the electric current flows in different types of circuits. Here is the summary:
With my group members, I typed up the procedure and used screenshots. Then I edited it again and again. The process was painstakingly slow, but it is necessary to be meticulous so we don't have to do it again.
In addition, designing our experiment was hard even with help. While we know the information, it is hard to put it all in words in a lab report. However, in the end, we did get the procedure done, and it seemed understandable. What we started learning last class and completely understood this class was the way the electric current flows in different types of circuits. Here is the summary:
At home I did extra research just to make sure that the lab report made sense- and it did. I did every part of the report, but I still need to go over the conclusion, which I will do next class.In this series circuit, the electric current runs the same amount throughout the circuit. There are three lightbulbs 0.9 amps. It is divided by three, so there are 0.3 amps running throughout the circuit.In this particular parallel circuit with three bulbs, when the electric current flows through the first bulb, the current decreases by 0.9 amps. After the current flows through the second bulb, it decreases by 0.9 amps.
Week 3: Day 1
Today class time was- to put simply- a waste.
While I was putting the finishing touches on my "Circuit Flow of Electricity" Lab Report and re-watching the video to make sure it was all correct, I realized that the lab question is wrong in the first place.
The question was: How does a circuit's current and voltage relate to one another?
However, it turned out that we needed to talk about either series or parallel circuits, or both. We just talked about the simple circuit in it. I thought that we could design the experiment the way we thought was fitting, but we forgot to include the circuit type. In my first draft of the report- the original question- included the circuit type, but however that particular lab was too hard to design and was scratched.
Also, for the materials it turns out that we needed to treat this as a real lab experiment, not a simulation. Therefore we needed to list the number of bulbs and other materials we use IN the simulation, not the simulation itself.
However, I believe this new question would work out well. While trying to understand the current, voltage, and resistance, I played around with the simulation until I got all the data.
While I was putting the finishing touches on my "Circuit Flow of Electricity" Lab Report and re-watching the video to make sure it was all correct, I realized that the lab question is wrong in the first place.
The question was: How does a circuit's current and voltage relate to one another?
However, it turned out that we needed to talk about either series or parallel circuits, or both. We just talked about the simple circuit in it. I thought that we could design the experiment the way we thought was fitting, but we forgot to include the circuit type. In my first draft of the report- the original question- included the circuit type, but however that particular lab was too hard to design and was scratched.
Also, for the materials it turns out that we needed to treat this as a real lab experiment, not a simulation. Therefore we needed to list the number of bulbs and other materials we use IN the simulation, not the simulation itself.
However, I believe this new question would work out well. While trying to understand the current, voltage, and resistance, I played around with the simulation until I got all the data.
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