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=[|Decommisioning Rolphton nuclear reactor - CBC article 2018]Rosedale Grade 9 Science - Physics: The Characteristics of Electricity= Go home to the Rosedale Gr 9 Science Homepage For the Electricity project library pages click the link. For info about amazing renewable energy projects in [|Africa] =The Static Electricity lessons are at the bottom of the page, please scroll down.= [|Some cool interactive links for power generation.]

Recommended video: Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity (Jim Al-Khalili, BBC Horizon, 2 hours 54 minutes) How electrical energy is generated
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 * 1 || What is Current Electricity?



Video: Toronto Blackout 2003 - CBC footage ||  || - source, conductor, load, switch, open, closed circuit - symbols for drawing and reading circuit diagrams
 * 2 || Parts of a Circuit and their Functions

Video: Bill Nye - Introduction to Current Electricity (33 minutes) || Text p. 300-301, 545 || Qualitative analysis of series and parallel circuits
 * 3 || Series and Parallel Loads in Circuits

|| Text p. 310-311 ||
 * 4 || What is Electric Current? How to Use an Ammeter

Mini-Lab – Measuring Current with Loads in Series and Parallel

TVO video [] (9 min) || Text p. 314-315 ||
 * 5 || What is Voltage/Potential Difference? How to Use a Voltmeter

Mini-Lab – Measuring Voltage with Loads in Series and Parallel

TVO video [] (9:30 min) Video - Khan Academy: Using voltmeters and ammeters || Text p. 302-303 || Current (I = Q/t) and Voltage (V=E/Q) Sorry - There is something wrong with these files that I can't fix. Ms Murray (Apr 2018) Please copy them from a classmate
 * 6 || Solving Electricity Problems

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 * 7 || Gizmos Lab – Measuring Current and Voltage with loads and sources in Series and Parallel

Analyzing Current and Voltage in Circuits || Text p. 324-327 || Solve Resistance Problems (V=IR)
 * 8 || Resistance and Ohm’s Law

TVO Video (9:30 min) @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYJaOvkSEPw || Text p. 316-319 || Solving Electricity Problems - EVQRIt "Every Very Quick Rabbit Is tasty" formula triangle [|Energy Vampires] [|How Light Bulbs Work] || Text p. 338-339 || Answers to the review will be posted on the bulletin board in the hallway leading to the science office. ||  || [|Tesla's Giant Australian Battery] ||   ||
 * 9 || Energy and Power (P = E/t)
 * 10 || Test Review
 * 11 || Unit Test** ||  ||
 * || Pros and Cons of Different Methods of Generating Electricity Outline - Culminating Assignment


 * Lesson ||  ** Static Electricity Topics **  || Text Pages ||
 * **1** || **The Law of Electric Charges**

Bill Nye video on Static Electricity [] || pp. 272-273 (Nelson) p. 398 (Pearson) || || p. 275 (Nelson) || Mini-Lab: Using the pith balls || pp. 278-279 (Nelson) || || pp. 281-283 (Nelson) || ||  ||
 * **2** || **Charging by Friction/ The Electrostatic Series**
 * **3** || **Charging by Contact**
 * **4** || **Conductors and Insulators**
 * **5** || **Electrostatics Lab**
 * **6** || **Charging by induction, grounding**

[|TVO video (9:30 min) - Charging by Induction] || pp. 404-409 (Pearson) || ||  ||
 * **7** || **Applications of Static Electricity**
 * 8 || **Static Electricity Quiz**

Lightning (optional) ||  ||