Sunday, April 16, 2023

Eureka Physics April 20th Last One


Physics


Light and Sound

Know/Understand:
Watch this video about electromagnetic waves.

Watch this video about sound and light waves.
There will be a kahoot with questions from both videos. (if we have time after presentations)

Study/learn: 
1. Do an experiment that deals with electromagnetic waves, or light, or sound.
2. Make a video about your experiment, or be prepared to share your experiment in class.
3. Explain what you are doing in your experiment. (there is some other great information in the physics book about light and sound starting on page 162 that could help you understand what is happening.)

Become/Serve: Find a scripture or quote that has to do with light or sound.  Bring it to share with us. 

 




Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Eureka - Personal Finance April 20

In our final class of the semester, I want to hear from all of you.

You are going to present on a topic that you learned this year in the Personal Finance class.

You can do a 5-minute solo presentation, or do a 10-minute presentation with a partner.

Here’s the deal, though - you can’t just stand up and talk about a topic. You need to do something creative - a skit, a video (that you make - not one you show from YouTube), a demonstration, you can bake something, write and sing a song, etc. Be creative!

I’m not assigning topics - you can choose anything you want. Even if you choose the same topic as someone else, what you got from it will be different from others.

Here’s a reminder of some of the things we talked about:

  • Scriptures about money
  • The history of money and taxes
  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad
    • The rich don’t work for money - the poor and the middle-class work for money. The rich have money work for them.
    • Financial literacy - If you want to be rich, you need to be financially literate
      • Accounting - balance sheet, income statement, cash-flow
    • Assets and liabilities 
  • Habits of the wealthy 
  • Cashflow the Game
    • Buying assets, doodads, getting out of the rat race, cashflow statements
  • The Richest Man in Babylon
    • A part of all I earn is mine to keep
    • 7 cures for a lean purse
  • The Money Game
    • Paychecks, Income, expenses, taxes, savings, credit cards, debt, life events, keeping track of money, reconciling budget, assets and liabilities, the different between earned and passive income, and of course, PiddlyJunk 
I want you to text me (801-360-3285) and let me know your name (I don’t have you saved in my phone), your topic, and if someone else will be presenting with you.

We will vote on the best presentations and the winners will get VanBucks.

After the presentations I will wrap things up.

I look forward to seeing you in class!

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Eureka Masters

 


Read or listen to this book!

At the end of the book, there are some family discussion questions for each chapter.

Choose a chapter and answer all the questions from that chapter and come prepared to share your answers. If you don't have a physical copy of the book, text me and I'll take a picture of your chapter questions and send it to you.  Tasha 801-901-3610

Sign up here for your chapter.

Physics April 6


Physics


Electricity

and

Magnetism

&

Electromagnetism


Know/Understand:

Watch this video about Electricity and Magnetism 

Watch the first part of this video about Electromagnetism.  Watch the part about radio waves, microwaves, and infrared waves.  The rest is for our last class!

I will do a kahoot with questions from these videos.


Study/Learn:

1. Do an experiment that has to do with electricity and magnetism or electromagnetism.

2. Make a video of your experiment, come prepared to explain your experiment, or explain it as you go while making your video.  Or come prepared to show us your experiment in class.

3. Because this is spring break, your experiment is the only homework.  Do it with siblings, friends, parents, or cousins!


Become/Serve: Write down a favorite quote from conference and do something to make it look pretty.











Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Eureka Personal Finance April 6

For this week's class we are going to continue playing "The Money Game" that we started last time we met.

For your homework this week, I have a series of videos I would like you to watch. It is a series that Pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Ministries did about money. I have listened to it several times and it is excellent. 

Write down at least one quote from each of the three videos and come prepared to share a quote and your thoughts on it. We will do this for the first 20 minutes of class, then we will play The Money Game.

Here are the videos:









Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Eureka Physics February 23

Study/Learn:
Kinetic Energy

Chemical Energy

Electricity

Remember Vision Days?  We worked with stored energy in molecules to make a chemical reaction, which is kinetic energy.  Think back to what we did.  We put an alka-seltzer tablet in a small container, this tablet had molecules stored in it, when it reacted with the molecules in water, it created pressure and converted from potential energy to kinetic energy.  The same thing happens with vinegar and baking soda, or gasoline in your car, or eating food.  

So...

Chemical Energy is energy inside atoms and molecules.  When a chemical reaction occurs, chemical energy is released from the atoms and molecules.  Sometimes, chemical energy is converted into ELECTRICAL ENERGY, or ELECTRICITY.

Electricity comes from ELECTRONS.  An electron is part of an atom.

Look at your body.  Notice that your body has different parts.  You have eyes for seeing, legs for walking, and arms and hands for picking things up.  You also have lots of organs that all do different things.  In a similar way, an atom has different parts.  The 3 main parts are called protons, neutrons, and electrons.  The protons and neutrons are in the center of the atom, and the electrons move around the outside.





I know you have all learned this at some point!  This is a fun review!  There will be kahoot questions on all the information you learn here.  If you haven't learned this before, now is the time!

Watch this video about an atom.
Watch this video about a molecule.
Watch this video about atom.  Because it's pretty cool.  (I can't figure out why it's starting in the middle of the video.  Just start it at the beginning.)

The electrons are what make atoms stick to each other to form molecules during a chemical reaction.  The electrons can jump back and forth during a chemical reaction.  That is, atoms can exchange electrons.  It is the moving of these electrons that causes electrical energy.

Watch this video about static electricity.

Ok, so we have learned how electrical energy comes from the movement of electrons.  Everything that is made of atoms has electrons.  Many kinds of materials will allow a small number of electrons to move through them, like marshmallows, wood, teddy bears, and popcorn. Only some types will allow lots of electrons to move through them.  These types of materials conduct electricity.  This means that lots of electrons can flow through them, like water flowing through a garden hose.  The things in your house that you have to plug in use electricity.  The appliance is connected to a cable, the cable is plugged in and connects with another cable that runs through the house and then connects with another cable outside the house that bring electricity into the house.  Most of these cables have a copper metal at the center of them.  Copper allows electrons to flow because they are "loosely" attached.  They can easily jump from one atom to the next.  The materials that don't allow for flow don't conduct electricity, they are called insulators.  Insulators keep the electrons from moving through your body when you touch them.  This is why all the wires that you plug in are covered in plastic.  Plastic is an insulator.  Your body will conduct electricity, and if you touch a wire used for moving electricity, you will get shocked!

Watch this video about conductors and insulators.

Know/Understand:

1. In the physics book on pages 120 and 121.  Look at the timeline and choose one of those people or events and learn more about them.  Come prepared to teach us what you learned.  All of the things/people on the timeline are in the physics book.  Find the blurb about them and then find a few more things to share with us.
2. Choose an experiment to do that has to do with electricity, chemical energy or kinetic energy. (Next time we will be doing more magnetism stuff, so try to stick with the electricity experiments.). You can use these experiments, or find your own.  Make a video of what you did and explain your results.  You may of course work with a friend or a sibling.  Or, bring your experiment to do in class.







Become and Serve: 

Listen to or read this talk by President Nelson.  It's kind of fun to see him as a young Elder in the quorum of the 12 apostles.  Especially pay attention the section called "Source of Spiritual Power."









 





Monday, January 30, 2023

Eureka Master’s Class February 23, 2023

 Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell


Acres of Diamonds is based on a lecture given by Russell H. Conwell. Conwell gave this same lecture over 6,000 times over a 60-year career. He used the proceeds from these lectures to help fund the education of 10,000 individuals at Temple University in Philadelphia. 

This book is quick read - it is only about 60-pages long. Here are free links to the text and audio version:

As you read or listen, write down life lessons. Please come with at least 7 life lessons written down that you can share with others.