Today in class...
First, those of us that bring cellphones to class took them out and texted in answers to our homework that we had done the night before. Then Mrs. Coats- Haan passed out the paper titled "How to Read an Electric Meter." So that the class would know how to do the work sheet Mrs. Coats- Haan showed us a power point on how to read electric meters. From this we learned that some dials go clockwise while others go counterclockwise because of the way the gears mesh. We also learned that if the dial looks to be on a number then it is probably the number before it if the previous dial is a high number like a 9. We then practiced reading electric meters on our own and Mrs. Coats- Haan had the answers on the board. After this we were given the Home Energy Survey which is due January 31st. Next we got out lab pages 107 through 109 which are for the energy explore stations. Then our student teacher Mr. Ebersole demonstrated energy by dropping a brick on a rope and having it swing away from him and then frighteningly close to his face (without flinching!) Following this display Mrs. Coats- Haan demonstrated all the energy stations for us and we spent the rest of the class going from station to station. Something interesting that happened in our class was our discussions about Lauren and Hunter. While some predict a relationship between the two I think it is more likely that they will drive each other crazy. There is no homework due tomorrow but it is recommended that we start recording the readings on our electric meters.
QOD:If the dial on the far right reads 9 and the dial next to it is just on 8. Is the value 7,8,or 9?
Answer: the value of the dial is 7. I know this because if the dial on the far right is a high number then the value of the next dial will be the number that it just passed and not the one it it presently on. Like when you think about a clock, if the minute hand is on 59 and the hour hand appears to be on 5 then it is 4:59 not 5:59.
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