Circuit Videos for HW

You should have already watched the two videos covering the PLTW Powerpoint:

• Video - Voltage, Current, & Resistance
• Video - Series & Parallel Circuits

Now we need to flex some Ohm's Law muscle and complete Activity 1.2.3 Circuit Simulation

You're homework tonight is to watch these two videos from Khan Academy:

• Video - Resistors in Series
• Video - Resistors in Parallel

Then you can move on to Activity 1.2.4 Circuit Calculations

Updated Grades & Essential Qs for +5%

Grades Updated

I just finished grading the tests and posted the grades online.  This test updated all four standards in lesson 1.1:

• 1.1A Simple Machine attributes
• 1.1B Problem Solving Communication
• 1.1C Mechanical Advantage and Efficiency
• 1.1D Gears, Pulley Drives, & Sprockets

Essential Qs +5%

In order to make it possible to receive 100% in each standard individually, you will be asked to answer 3-5 essential questions.  Each Essential Question test is on Its Learning.  You have the potential to earn anywhere from 0-5% above and beyond whatever grade you currently have in that standard.  For example,

• Sally earned a 95 on the standard, and +4 on the essential questions, so she gets a 99
• Jimmy earned a 75 on the standard, but received +5 on the essential questions, so he gets an 80

To keep track of these, I have created separate extra credit assignments for each standard.  That allows me to report the grade you received on the original quiz, and add the essential questions score separately.  I ask that everyone complete these tests on Its Learning.  They can only improve your grade, and it is important to take a step back from all the calculation to put these concepts in context and remind ourselves why we are studying them.

Progress Reports....Tuesday!

1/8 of the year has been completed!
That's right, it is progress report time.  I'm working fervidly to finish grading the test we just took.  As soon as that is completed, I will blog again so you can get a more accurate feel for your grade in the course.

Have a great weekend!

Powerful Statement

Medway High School Faculty & Staff: Powerful statement: Very impressed with this video - each time I watch parts of it, I become more taken with her amazing poise:

Professional Interview

Who to Interview?

Post your interviewee to the Interview Discussion Forum along with their contact information, degree (if you know it), job title, and company.  Enough to give us a sense of who this person is and what they do in case we'd like to make some contacts down the road.  If you are interviewing a family member and would rather refrain from posting contact info, feel free to leave that out.  

If you are still looking for an architect, quality control engineer, mechanical engineer working with CAT, or environmental engineer, let me know.  You don't leave a huge engineering school without a few engineering friends.

Try to contact them soon, so they have enough time to respond, and you have enough time to write your reflection.