"No wires world"

Melissa Gutierrez
Ms.Reid
3/9/15

“No Wires World” Blog Post 

You live in a world where electricity doesn’t need to flow through wires to light things up or make things work.  Write a paragraph explaining what you would name this world, EXPLAIN one cool thing you could do with electricity without wires, and EXPLAIN one crazy or horrible thing that could happen with electricity floating everywhere.

I would name this world "Wires-Gone" because it is in a world where it is over , the crazy bunch of tangles going on everywhere, finally the world is at peace. Everything would change, most things would fail in such problems where you would have to charge things like a phone , laptop etc. A cool thing would have to be  guess when there are storms and cars get all crazy they hit the post and they're cooked! literally!! we do not need that to happen... a fail in it would be how nothing would be powered as good i guess it would all be dead. 

Circuit Diagram

Melissa Gutierrez
Ms.Reid
03/05
Symbols are used in the diagram to help us understand what is which. The object needs its own emblem to represent it. This is important in the world of physics because the object is used to image the object in a formal matter. Using symbols makes it much easier because we know which symbol is used for  a certain object and we memorize that. Its a mental picture/reminder. Lastly, symbols make it a little hard to understand objects because of the mental picture. It is hard to remember.

EC: honestly words are kind of a necessity to remember but its hard!

Pretzel Circuit

Melissa Gutierrez
Ms.Reid
3/2

In todays class, we took notes and discussed the pretzels being Volts. I was a light bulb and the "electrons" picked up two Volts from the battery, and dropped one off to me , and Jackson (the other light bulb)
This represented a Series Circuit, in which the voltage splits but the current, stays the same, flowing.
Also, Ms.Reid cut the current in half in which specific electrons gave off volts to me, then to the other lightbulb. But the voltage stayed the same.

Electricity so far

Melissa Gutierrez
Ms.Reid
2/24/15

Electricity is the flow of electric charge, that is used to power and create light/objects.
So far Ive learned that Electricity can also be very dangerous. Today in class we saw how if you over power electricity eventually a fire or dangerous problem can happen.
Electricity is important because without electricity we'd be cavemen.
Im still confused about understanding about volts/watts in electricity and circuits.
Im getting better at understanding the flow of energy and what it do/ how it is created.
I have a question about how electricity is stored in a laptop? is it powered through a charger? or like mobile phones ? because i know calculators are solar power, what about laptops/carried devices?
a bit random but..

Electricity Vocabulary

Melissa Gutierrez
Ms.Reid 
2/11/15 

Electricity is a form of energy that results from charged particles like the protons and electrons. Static electricity can be repelled when the conductor is used as in insulator.  

Van De Graff Blog Post

Melissa Gutierrez
Ms.Reid
Period 2
2/5/14

Today in class, we discussed the way static energy works. Also, today we played with the Generator. The Generator sent  some electrons, leaving the roller with a negative charge and creating the spark. This allowed us to see sparks hit the generator and the smaller sphere. 
try to use a coke can? haha not sure 

Insulators & Conductors

Melissa Gutierrez
Ms.Reid
Period 2
2/4/15

Today, I came across metal, as an conductor. I came across now many Door Knobs today, and i know that is an insulator because it has a high resistance  of charge. I came across a Insulator today, also by touching a wood pencil, my wood bed frame, and of course air. These don't let electrons enter in them and thats usually as it feels like.