pollution Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Water pollution is the addition of harmful substances to water. Some of these substances are found at home. What household chemicals might be harmful if not disposed of properly? Clorox‚ batteries‚ and cleaning supplies 2. What are some other causes of water pollution? Oil spills and gases in the water Gizmo Warm-up The Water Pollution Gizmo™ will teach you about some of the main kinds of water pollution
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using the Gizmo.) 1. At what time of day is sunlight strongest – in the early morning (when the Sun has just risen) or at noon (when the Sun reaches its highest point)? At noon when the Sun reaches its highest point. 2. At what time of year does the noon Sun rise highest in the sky? During the summer time. 3. Based on your answers‚ why is it warmer in summer than in winter? It is warmer in the summer then in the winter because the Earth’s tilt is faced towards the Sun. Gizmo Warm-up The
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Student Exploration: Dehydration Synthesis Vocabulary: carbohydrate‚ chemical formula‚ dehydration synthesis‚ disaccharide‚ glucose‚ hydrolysis‚ monosaccharide‚ polysaccharide‚ valence Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. If you exercise on a hot day‚ you need to worry about dehydration. In this context‚ what do you think dehydration means? When you are exercising in the heat you will sweat a lot. The sweat is water leaving your body trying to cool you down
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called uniform circular motion. A. The Gizmotm shows both a top view and a side view of a puck constrained by a string‚ traveling a circular path on an air table. Be sure the Gizmo has these settings: radius 8 m‚ mass 5 kg‚ and velocity 8 m/s. Then click Play and observe the motion of the puck. 1. The puck in the Gizmo is traveling at a constant speed‚ but it is NOT traveling at a constant velocity. Explain why. _______________________________________________________________
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Student Exploration: Fan Cart Physics Vocabulary: acceleration‚ force‚ friction‚ mass‚ newton‚ Newton’s first law‚ Newton’s second law‚ Newton’s third law‚ velocity Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Imagine a horse pulling a cart. What would happen to the speed of the cart if several bags of cement were added to the cart? The speed of the cart would decrease. 2. Suppose several more horses were hitched up to the same cart. How would this affect the speed
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MARY GRACE IMPERIO‚ MARK LOPEZ‚ LAWRENCE ZYRICK POTESTAD‚ MARY GRACE SALVATUS‚ MATTHEW SHIMIZU‚ MARIAN SEPTEMBER 30‚ 2013 CASE: XYZ PRODUCTS COMPANY XYZ Products Company is a supplier of gizmos for a large computer manufacturer located a few miles away. The company produces three different models of gizmos in production runs ranging‚ from 100 to 300 units. Operation Number and Name Operation Times (minutes) Setup Times (minutes) - Milling for Z 20 60 1 Lathe 50 30 2 Mod
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Name: Andrea Silva Date: May 16th‚ 2014 Student Exploration: Homeostasis Vocabulary: dehydration‚ heat stroke‚ homeostasis‚ hypothermia‚ thermoregulation Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Homeostasis is the ability to maintain a stable environment inside the body. For example‚ your body does things to maintain constant blood sugar levels and body temperature. 1. What are some things you do to stay cool on a hot day? Some things I do to stay
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Name: Lauren Strickland Date: 3/12/14 Student Exploration: Building Pangaea Vocabulary: continental drift‚ fossil‚ glacier‚ ice age‚ landmass‚ Pangaea‚ supercontinent Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Antarctica is a frozen land‚ so cold and icy that no trees can grow there. Yet scientists have discovered fossils (remains preserved in rock) of ancient trees in Antarctica. What do you think this means? That Antarctica was once a part of the
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a. 3 b. 9 c. 6 d. 12 2. Two spaceships are approaching the planet Gizmo from exactly opposite directions. Spaceship Alpha receives a message from spaceship Beta giving its speed of approach and indicating that it is 1/10th of a light-year distant from Gizmo. Alpha replies that it is only half as far from Gizmo but is approaching the planet at half of Beta’s speed. Which spaceship will reach Gizmo first? a. Alpha. b. Beta. c. Both spaceships will arrive at the same
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Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. All animals need oxygen. We get oxygen from the air we breathe. How do fish get theirs? _______________________from there gills__________________________________________________ 2. Where does the “fizz” in soda come from? _______co2_______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Gizmo Warm-up The Pond Ecosystem Gizmo™ lets you study ponds as an ecologist would. Each
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