Thursday, May 5, 2011

Making electricity

Today we looked at different ways of making electricity.
Heat uses the thermoelectric effect between two different metals.




















The chemical method (used in batteries) utilizes the movement of ions through a liquid.
In this case we used potatoes.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Creative Summary Display

The way to show that we can work together as a team is to work together as a team.

So in teams of 3 or 4 we are putting together a summary of
one of the areas that we have learned about so far.
This not only achieves the above but also helps us
summarize our learning and really get to the essence of the subject.
















HERE is a video of the above group planning out their summary.