Electricity is a form of energy. Both protons and electrons have a basic property called a charge. A force of attraction exists between oppositely charged particles. A force of repulsion exists between particles of the same charge. The attraction and repulsion of charged particles occurs because charged particles have electric fields around them.
You are to prepare a power point presentation of at least
3-5 slides and an oral report. You will need to include the following
questions:
(1).
What is electricity?
(2).
How is electricity created?
(3).
Who discovered electricity?
1.
One person is
to gather the information. http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/Tips/select.html
2. One person is to correlate
the data.
3.
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/Tips/identify.html
4.
One
person is to present an oral report on the information.
5.
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/Tips/.html
You will use the Internet links to gather
information necessary for the task.
These websites will help you in your quest to answer the questions from the task section.
1.
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/Tips/sci.html
3.
http://www.explporer.scrtec.org/explorer/explorer-db/html
4.
http://www.sciencegems.com/physical.html
5.
http://www.thegateway.org/p/web-cgi/fastweb
6.
http://www.schoolsnet.com/cgi-bin/netcgi/schoolsnet/lessons
Your work will be
evaluated as group work and individual work. The group work will be evaluated
according to the information you provide on your power point presentation. Your
oral report will be your individual evaluation.
|
Type of Report |
GRADE A |
GRADE B |
GRADE C |
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|
Presentation (65%) Group |
All three
questions answered correctly |
Two questions answered
correctly |
One question answered
correctly |
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Oral (35%) Individual |
Presentation contains three answers in a logical
sequence |
Presentation contains
two answers in a logical sequence |
Presentation contains
one answer in a logical sequence |
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You have learned that electricity is a form of energy, which consist of protons and electrons. The attraction and repulsion of charge particles occur because charge particles have electric fields around them.
Standards
The following standards in Middle School Science will be met by completing this assignment:
. S4 Scientific
connections and applications
. S5 a,c,d,e,Scientific thinking
. S6b Records
and stores data using a variety of formats
. S7 a,b,d, Scientific
communication
.S8b Demonstrates
scientific competence by completing field work
If you have any questions
about this WebQuest or you would like to submit your comments, please send them
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