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Electricity Exit Project

The first segment of the Assignment Discovery "Electricity's Power" video that we watched in class focused on three professions — lightning researcher, scientist specializing in electricity in space, and a lineman.

For your assignment, you must choose one of these professions. You may also use one of the following: Licensed Electrical Contractor, Electrical Engineer, NYC Subway system worker.

Learn about the profession and write a story as if you worked in that field.

Be sure they include the following:

• an individual worker's tasks


• safety precautions


• accomplishments


• high points of the profession

Be as creative as possible. Incorporate details about the profession to make the piece exciting or suspenseful. An interview with someone who is already in that profession will certainly help your project.

You will be presenting your story to the class.

The following Web sites are good starting points for your research:

Lightning Researcher
http://www.floridaenvironment.com/programs/fe00703.htmhttp://home.att.net/~amcnet3/fulgurites/uman_conleynajafi.htmlhttp://www.pr.ufl.edu/we_said.htmhttp://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/walightn.htm

NASA Research on Electricity
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_tether_020306-1.htmlhttp://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0202/05prosedshttp://www.mufor.org/rch3.htmhttp://www.padrak.com/ine/BLOWSNASA.html

Lineman
http://www.ci.edmond.ok.us/Electric/elec_crews.htmlhttp://www.dailyitem.com/archive/2003/0901/local/stories/05local.htmhttp://www.trainingtechnology.com/safetytrng/SFTY470.htm

Physics goes to the Movies

The culminating project from the freshman class for the second marking period was to teach a brief lesson in physics using a scene from a popular movie in which the physics was questionable.

One of the options for presenting the lesson was to make a website.
The following were websites designed for this project:

The Incredibles -
http://www.incrediblephysics.blogspot.com/

The Matrix Reloaded - http://matrixphysics.blogspot.com/

Ghost Rider
http://ghostriderphysics.blogspot.com/
http://motorcyclejump.blogspot.com/
http://aerosole.co.nr/physicspro.htm

on a related note to Ghost Rider and motorcycle stunts, a great source for inspiration on how to set up a physics experiment can be found here at the amazing "Evel Kneivel's Greatest Jumps" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxgm5uM64hc


XXX
http://physicsbridgejump.blogspot.com/

King Kong
http://kingkongfallsoffesb.blogspot.com/

The Incredible Hulk
http://ledzepgunsandroses.blogspot.com/


justin
http://flawsingamemoviephysics.blogspot.com/

YouTube-sourced scenes that were examined in class included
CSI: NY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZUXpD8mcZc&feature=channel_page
and CJ7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fXr7otStP8&feature=PlayList&p=5158F56E8782350B&index=8