CAPT: Topics to review

Some of you are asking for study guides to help prepare you for the upcoming CAPT test (on Tues, 3/11 and Wed, 3/12). CAPT will focus mainly on what we have been learning this year, in addition to the Biology that you studied last year. Many of you are also receiving additional reinforcement in the CAPT Sci lab with Mrs. Travers. Here are some documents that you may find helpful!

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Friday, February 28 A

Period 2 Class:
-watch electricity videos
-van degraaff generator demo (with Mr. Duyck)
HW:
-take online electricity vocab quiz by Mon, 3/3. Secret word is electricity http://www.quia.com/quiz/4686845.html
Quiz on electricity is next week (Tues or Wed…tba); look over the study guide you were given (see below)

Period 3/4 Class and LAB:
-Use Phet Sims to build circuits and study static electricity; hand in when completed. Link to the sims website is here: https://blog.mrsnork.com/2014/02/25/phet-sims-website/
HW:
-same as per 2

Period 6 Class:
-warm-up: mini PPT “quiz” with vocab terms
-Ohm’s law problems
HW:
-same as per 2

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Thursday, February 27 D

Period 4 Class:
-review Ohm’s Law w/s
-PPT “quiz” on electricity vocab
-building an electromagnet (mini lab)
HW:
-take online electricity vocab quiz by Mon, 3/3. Secret word is electricity http://www.quia.com/quiz/4686845.html
read electricity and magnetism packets by next Mon
-Electricity WQ due at end of class on Fri, 2/28

Period 6 Class:
-(some students missing for scheduling)
-watch Mythbusters electrical safety in a thunderstorm and Bill Nye Electricity
HW:
-same as Per 4 above (except WQ is already turned in)…don’t forget the online vocab quiz!

Period 7/8 Class and LAB:
-Use Phet Sims to build circuits and study static electricity; hand in when completed
HW:
-same as Per 4, but WQ has already been turned in…don’t forget the online vocab quiz!

Wednesday, February 26 C

Period 2 Class:
-review Ohm’s law and do w/s (will be posted soon)
-mini PPT “quiz” on vocab terms
HW:
-readings (electricity and magnetism) due Fri
-Study electricity study guide (see below) for test next week (Wed, 3/5)

Period 6/7 Class and LAB:
-watch short video on electromagnets from discoveryeducation.com
-mini lab on making an electromagnet
-use pHet sims for electricity WQ (John Travoltage, Balloons an Static, DC Circuit Building; links here: https://blog.mrsnork.com/2014/02/25/phet-sims-website/
HW:
-same as per 2; also hand in electromagnet labs and WQ

Period 8 Class:
-watch short video on electromagnets from discoveryeducation.com
-mini lab on making an electromagnet
-van de graaff generator demo
HW:
-same as Per 2, but also hand in electromagnet lab

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Tuesday, February 25 B

Period 1/2 Class and LAB:
-Electricity PPT
-finish Electricity WQ http://mrsrobbinsclassroompage.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/1/13213621/electricity_web_ques_web.pdf and use pHet Sims (posted earlier)
HW:
-read Electricity and Magnetism packets for Fri, 2/28
-take online electricity vocab quiz by Mon, 3/3. The secret word is electricity. http://www.quia.com/quiz/4686845.html

Period 4 Class:
-Review Ohm’s law and work on problems
-go to Mr. Duyck’s class for demo w Van de graaff generator
HW:
-same as Per 2, but also complete WQ (started yesterday) by Fri, 2/28

Period 8 Class:
-warm up- mini PPT “quiz” on electricity (not really a quiz, just a vocab review)
-Ohm’s law probs
-watch Bill Nye’s Electricity video
HW:
-same as Per 2

Download (PPT, 611KB)