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Around the Windows:
Looking Through the Stained Glass
Appendix A:
Pre / Post Test
Appendix B:
Pre / Post Test KEY
Appendix C:
Windows Around the World
Appendix D:
Ancient Art? Article
Appendix E:
Team Code of Cooperation
Appendix F:
Geometric Shapes for a Stained Glass Window
Appendix G:
What Kind of Pi Do We Have?
Appendix H:
Thermal Energy (SmartBoard Interactive Lesson)
Appendix I:
Energy and Heat Transfer
Appendix J:
Energy and Heat Transfer, TEACHER GUIDE
Appendix K:
Stained Glass Window Engineering Design Challenge
Appendix L:
Stained Glass Window Creation
Appendix M:
Stained Glass Window Creation Teacher Guide
Appendix N:
Final Presentation Rubric
Appendix O:
Tangram Puzzle Cutout
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Appendix A: Pre / Post Test
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
1. Which of the following statements is true?
A. all waves transfer matter through some type of medium.
B. all waves including mechanical waves, transfer energy.
C. all waves require a medium through which to move.
D. all waves can transfer energy through empty space.
2. Erin uses an instrument to measure how many waves pass her in 1 second. She is finding the
wave’s
A. amplitude
B. frequency
C. speed
D. wavelength
3. Ben knows the frequency of a wave. To find the speed of a wave, he needs to know its
A. amplitude
B. energy
C. intensity
D. wavelength
4. Reflection happens when a wave
A. enters a new medium at an angle
B. passes through a narrow gap
C. moves around a solid object
D. hits a barrier it cannot pass through
5. The energy that a mechanical wave moves from one place to another
A. potential energy
B. kinetic energy
C. thermal energy
D. chemical energy
6. Which of the following produces the most electromagnetic waves on earth?
A. high energy of the Sun
B. artificial lights
C. energy of distant stars
D. a vacuum
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7. Radiation is the motion of
A. motion of a medium caused by electromagnetic waves
B. conversion of electromagnetic waves into kinetic energy
C. energy that moves as electromagnetic waves
D. speed of electromagnetic waves in a vacuum.
8. One advantage that LED’s have ordinary light bulbs is they
A. do not need any energy to run
B. waste little energy as heat
C. uses gases instead of filaments
D. are not as bright
9. When light is absorbed into a medium, the waves
A. pass through the medium
B. disappear into the medium
C. bounce off the medium
D. spread out in all directions
10. A banana appears yellow because it
A. emits only yellow wavelengths of light
B. reflects yellow light and absorbs other colors
C. has only yellow light shining on it
D. refracts yellow light more than others
11. What is the total angle measurement for the inside angles of the arrow shown below?
90
45
90
A.
B.
C.
D.
270 degrees
180 degrees
360 degrees
450 degrees
12. Which expression below is equivalent to 5x+10
A. x+5
B. 2( x+5)
C. x+2
D. 5( x+2)
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13. How does sunlight transfer energy through a window? Describe the transformation of energy that
takes place from the sun to the room warming up, and identify the form of thermal energy transfer at
each point? (4pts)
14. If a triangle has two angles measured at 70 and 35 degrees, what is the measurement of the last
angle? Show your work. (2 points)
15. Tom is creating a large screen so that they can view a movie in his backyard. According to the
directions, the angle facing the screen must be 65 degrees. What is the other angle? Show your
work. (2 points)
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Appendix B: Pre / Post Test KEY
1. Which of the following statements is true?
A. All waves transfer matter through some type of medium.
B. All waves, including mechanical waves, transfer energy.
C. All waves require a medium through which to move.
D. All waves can transfer energy through empty space.
2. Erin uses an instrument to measure how many waves pass her in 1 second. She is finding the
wave’s
A. amplitude
B. frequency
C. speed
D. wavelength
3. Ben knows the frequency of a wave. To find the speed of a wave, he needs to know its
A. amplitude
B. energy
C. intensity
D. wavelength
4. Reflection happens when a wave
A. enters a new medium at an angle
B. passes through a narrow gap
C. moves around a solid object
D. hits a barrier it cannot pass through
5. The energy that a mechanical wave moves from one place to another
A. potential energy
B. kinetic energy
C. thermal energy
D. chemical energy
6. Which of the following produces the most electromagnetic waves on earth?
A. high energy of the Sun
B. artificial lights
C. energy of distant stars
D. a vacuum
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7. Radiation is the motion of
A. motion of a medium caused by electromagnetic waves
B. conversion of electromagnetic waves into kinetic energy
C. energy that moves as electromagnetic waves
D. speed of electromagnetic waves in a vacuum.
8. One advantage that LED’s have over ordinary light bulbs is they
A. do not need any energy to run.
B. waste little energy as heat.
C. uses gases instead of filaments.
D. are not as bright.
9. When light is absorbed into a medium, the waves
A. pass through the medium
B. disappear into the medium
C. bounce off the medium
D. spread out in all directions
10. A banana appears yellow because it
A. emits only yellow wavelengths of light
B. reflects yellow light and absorbs other colors
C. has only yellow light shining on it
D. refracts yellow light more than others
11. What is the total angle measurement for the inside angles of the arrow shown below?
90
45
90
E.
F.
G.
H.
270 degrees
180 degrees
360 degrees
450 degrees
12. Which expression below is equivalent to 5x+10
A. x+5
B. 2( x+5)
C. x+2
D. 5( x+2)
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13. How does sunlight transfer energy through a window? Describe the transformation of energy that
takes place from the sun to the room warming up, and identify the form of thermal energy transfer at
each point? (4pts)
14. If a triangle has two angles measured at 70 and 35 degrees, what is the measurement of the last
angle? Show your work. (2 points)
700 + 350 + X = 1800
X = 750
15. Tom is creating a large screen so that they can view a movie in his backyard. According to the
directions, the angle facing the screen must be 65 degrees. What is the other angle? Show your
work. (2 points)
900 + 650 + X = 1800
180 – 155 = 250
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Appendix C: Windows Around the World
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
1. In your own words, explain the design challenge.
2. What kind of information do you think you need to collect in order to create your design?
Watch “CES-Samsung’s Smart Window” and answer the questions below.
3. How could this type of window covering influence your everyday life?
4. What type of careers would be involved in the production of this type of window covering?
5. Read “Ancient Art?” and summarize how nanotechnology was used to create stained glass over
1,000 years ago.
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6. One person in each group will read about techniques for making stained glass from Medieval times,
from the 14th- 16th Century, and from Modern times. After each person finishes reading work together
to compare and contrast the techniques for making stained glass during these different time periods.
14th-16th
Century
Medieval
Times
Modern Times
7. List at least two new ideas you have about how you will create your window.
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Appendix D: Ancient Art? Article
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A Brief History of Stained Glass
Firing the glass The studio of C.E. Kempe c.1900
References to stained glass date from the 7th century.
By the 12th century stained glass had become a
sophisticated art form. The making of stained-glass
windows has hardly changed since the 12th century.
Stained glass continued to flourish in England until the
Reformation of the Church in the 1540s when changes in
religious outlook undermined the need for sacred art.
Although colored glass continued to be made in the 17th
and 18th centuries, the craft declined and skills were
lost. Only in the 19th century was there a serious attempt
to rediscover the techniques of making stained. Since
the1850s, stained glass has remained a sophisticated
are form.
Medieval Techniques
In the first quarter of the twelfth century, a German monk, who adopted the pen name Theophilus, wrote a
description of the techniques of making stained glass.
The basic methods have hardly changed. Glass was made by melting sand, potash and lime together in clay pots.
It was colored by the addition of metallic oxides - copper for red, iron for green, cobalt for blue and so on.
As paper was scarce and parchment very expensive, the full scale outline of the design for a stained glass window
was drawn out on a whitened table top. The designer would indicate the principal outlines of his drawing, the shape
and color of the individual pieces of glass to be used, and the position of the lead strips that would eventually hold
all the pieces of glass together. The panes of colored glass were cut to shape with a 'grozing iron' and laid on top of
the drawing.
Through the glass, details of the drawing - faces, hands, drapery, etc. - could be seen and these details were
traced with an iron oxide pigment on the surface of the glass. After painting, the pieces were fired in a small furnace
for sufficient time to fuse the paint to the surface of the glass, and then returned to the table and assembled by the
glazier, using strips of lead. The lead provided a strong but flexible bond. The intersections of all the lead strips
were then soldered, and oily cement was rubbed into all the joints in order to make them watertight.
14th -16th Century Techniques
From the early fourteenth century a further range of colors varying from a pale lemon to a deep orange could be
achieved on one piece of glass through the discovery of 'silver stain', a silver compound painted on the back of the
glass and then fired in a kiln. By the mid sixteenth century many different colored enamels were being used. As a
result, windows began to be painted like easel pictures on clear glass of regular rectangular shape, with lead
calmes no longer an integral part of the design. These methods prevailed from the seventeenth to early nineteenth
centuries. However, the earlier techniques were revived in Victorian times.
Modern Techniques
Every window starts as a full-size cartoon drawn out on paper. The colored glass is then selected by the artist. The
glass is cut to size with a glass cutter.
The design is applied as a black or brown paint which is a mixture of metal oxides, powdered glass and gum.
Finished pieces are then stored in glass racks to await firing in the kiln. The painted glass is laid on trays of whiting
and loaded into the hot upper part of the kiln where it is fired at a temperature which fuses the paint to the glass
Leads of various sizes can be prepared from cast bars by squeezing them through a lead mill, either electrically
powered or hand cranked. The window is assembled on a large table, each lead being cut and bent to fit its pane.
As the work progresses, completed parts are held against battens by horseshoe nails tapped into the table. When
the panel is complete, each joint must he soldered individually. Finally the whole window is sealed with a sealant
that is brushed into all the joints.
Source: The Stained Glass Museum (http://www.stainedglassmuseum.com)
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Appendix E: Team Code of Cooperation
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
Your first task in working as a team is to collaboratively create a team code of cooperation.
Decide on a team name.
List all members of the team and their career for this project.
List 4-5 anticipated goals.
All team members agree to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
When a team member lets their team down by ignoring the anticipated goals listed above, the following
actions will be taken based on number of offenses.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
 Teacher Approved: ___________
Teacher’s initials
Team Member Signatures:
By signing this document on one of the lines below, I am stating that I agree to meet the anticipated
goals and I understand the consequences if I fail to do so.
______________________________
_____________________________
______________________________
_____________________________
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Appendix F: Geometric Shapes for a Stained Glass Window
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
1. How are geometric shapes used in architecture and every-day life? Think of at least 3 ways.
As part of your design challenge, you will be designing a stained glass window using techniques that
were used in Medieval times. Look at the shapes in front you. Before you begin designing your window,
we will learn to calculate the Total Angle Measurement of shapes.
How to calculate the total angle measurement notes:
Shape
Triangle
Number
of Sides
Regular
or
Irregular
Total Angle Measurement
Types of
Angles
(Use the protractor to measure the angles
inside each shape.)
Rectangle
Rhombus
Hexagon
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Because cutting glass can be challenging, your design will utilize
specific shapes. Your design challenge will require you to use
Tan-Gram pieces to create stained glass windows. Tan-Grams are
ancient puzzles that can be pieced together to create different
shapes or pictures. Use the guide below to complete the chart.
1
2
5
1
2
3
Shape
Number
of Sides
Regular
or
Irregular
Total Angle Measurement
Types of
Angles
(Use the protractor to measure the angles inside each
shape.)
1
2
3
4
5
What would the total angle measurement be for all of the angles inside the square tan-gram
configuration?
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Tan-Gram Cutouts
To be copid on cardstock.
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Appendix H: Thermal Energy (SmartBoard Interactive Lesson)
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
What does Energy Do?
Fundamentals of Energy
Fill in the frame diagram for Energy.
Energy
Definitions:
Mechanical
Sound
Chemical
Thermal
Electromagnetic
Nuclear
Law of Conservation of Energy
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Examples
1. Turning on a TV transfers ____________________ energy into __________________ and
__________________ energy.
2. Flowers transfer ___________________ energy into __________________ energy.
3. Wind turbines transfer __________________ energy into __________________ energy.
Law of Conservation of Energy states:
Kinetic Theory of Matter:
Conduction
Example:
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Convection
Example:
Radiation
Example:
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Appendix I: Energy and Heat Transfer
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
Background Information:
In this activity you will be testing the heat transfer properties of the colors you will use for your window.
You learned that each color absorbs and reflects unique combinations of light energy waves. Because
your window has a variety of overlapping colors, we will test the individual colors and a control to
measure how color affects light energy transfer from air to water. Air is a fluid, just like water, but
changes temperature at a slower rate than air, so water will more easily allow us to measure the
temperature change due to energy transfer.
What colors are you testing? _________________________________
What affect do you think this color will have on the heat transfer to water?
Objective:
Using the materials provided, design a method for testing heat transfer of sunlight to a 2-liter bottle of
water through ONLY the opening of your window.
Materials:
Project Specifications:
Procedure/Testing: (to measure heat transfer)
Apparatus Sketch and Description:
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*Show your set-up to your teacher to obtain approval to begin moving forward with testing.
Data/Graph:
Paper
Color
Initial
Water Temp
(°C)
10
min
20
min
30
min
40
min
50
min
60
min
70
min
Final
Water Temp
(°C)
Change in
Temp
(°C)
Color:
________
Color:
________
Clear
Results and Discussion:
Conclusions:
Write a paragraph with your conclusion of the findings. Include the items below:
 Water in which container had the greatest temperature change?
 Did the results of this experiment support or refute your hypothesis?
 Based on the results of this experiment, which colors of glass do you plan to use to in your
window for accomplish the design challenge?
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Appendix J: Energy and Heat Transfer, TEACHER GUIDE
Apparatus Sketch and Description:
Example of one possible way to set-up the test:
Results and Discussion:
Have groups share data on the board and have a class discussion over how each color affects the
transmission of energy to the water. This research experiment will be used in the next activity to
determine what colors students use in creating their kaleidoscope. Students should then use this lab
report area to discuss their own data as well as the class data, and summarize what they learned using
proper vocabulary: conduction, convection, radiation, photon, energy, thermal, etc.
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Appendix K: Stained Glass Window Engineering Design Challenge
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
Objective: Use the results of the window experiment to design a stained glass window that keeps heat
out during warm seasons. Your finished window must be 15cm x 8 cm.
Materials and Costs:
The company from which you buy your glass cutting machinery sells a different patterns for each shape
of glass. You may buy one stencil and make your window out of glass of one shape or you may purchase
all of the patterns and use all of the shapes in your window.. You may use any of the materials listed in
the table below. Decide which materials you will use and fill out the order form below.
Material
Amount
Glass (colored tissue paper)
100 cm2 (any color)
Iron bar
1 meter
Equilateral Triangle Pattern
1
Isosceles Triangle Pattern
1
Square Pattern
1
Rectangle Pattern
1
Rhombus Pattern
1
Pentagon Pattern
1
Hexagon Pattern
1
Octagon Pattern
1
Decagon Pattern
1
Sealant (waterproofs window)
1 bottle
Cost
Quantity
Cost
$50.00
$100.00
$80.00
$80.00
$80.00
$80.00
$80.00
$80.00
$80.00
$80.00
$80.00
$40.00
Total Cost:
Safety:
List at least 3 safety precautions should you keep in mind when designing your stained glass window.
Background:
What background knowledge are you using to design the stained glass window so that it meets the
design challenge?
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Project Specifications:
(Attach the draft of your window design plan to this paper)
What are TWO strengths of you window design?
What are TWO weaknesses of your window design?
Tomorrow, you will test your window. Think about the design you created for the colors of light test.
How could you test the effectiveness of your stained glass window for keeping thermal energy in the
water low? Draw and LABEL a diagram of how you could test your stained glass window. Keep in
mind, your window will not wrap all the way around the bottle. Therefore, think about how you will
account for this to reduce your error.
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Appendix L: Stained Glass Window Creation
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
Objective:
Using the materials provided, design a method for testing heat transfer of sunlight to a 2-liter bottle of
water through ONLY the opening of your window.
Materials:
Project Specifications:
Procedure/Testing: (to measure heat transfer)
Apparatus Sketch and Description:
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*Show your set-up to your teacher to obtain approval to begin moving forward with testing.
Data/Graph:
Paper
Color
Initial
Water Temp
(°C)
10
min
20
min
30
min
40
min
50
min
60
min
70
min
Final
Water Temp
(°C)
Change in
Temp
(°C)
Color:
________
Color:
________
Clear
Results and Discussion:
Conclusions:
Write a paragraph with your conclusion of the findings. Include the items below:
 Water in which container had the greatest temperature change?
 Did the results of this experiment support or refute your hypothesis?
 Based on the results of this experiment, which colors of glass do you plan to use to in your window
for accomplish the design challenge?
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Appendix N: Engineering Design Challenge and Presentation of Results Rubric
Name _____________________________________ Date ___________ Period ________
Documentation
Materials
and
Specifications
4
3
2
1
Student
documents each
team member’s
contribution to the
challenge daily,
with detail and
reasoning.
Student
documents each
team member’s
contribution to the
challenge daily,
with detail.
Student
documents each
team member’s
contribution to the
challenge daily,
with detail. One or
two details are
missing.
Student
documents each
team member’s
contribution to the
challenge most
days. Minimal or
no details are
included.
Student records all
materials and
specifications used
with detail.
Student records
materials and
specifications
used.
Student records
materials and
specifications
used.
Student records
materials and
specifications
used.
Minor errors and
omissions are
evident
Major errors and
omissions are
evident
Procedures, tests, Procedure, tests, Student makes an
and apparatus are and apparatus are attempt to record
described and
described in detail. procedure, testing,
Engineering
explained in detail.
and apparatus
Design Process
description.
Minor details are
omitted.
Student makes an
attempt to record
procedure, testing,
and apparatus
description.
Major details are
omitted.
Data/Graph
Data is recorded
and graph is
drawn neatly and
accurately. Graph
is titled and both
axes are labeled
legibly.
Data is recorded
and graph is
completed. Graph
is titled and both
axes are labeled
with less than 3
errors.
Data is recorded
and graph is
completed. Graph
is titled and both
axes are labeled
with 3 errors.
Data is recorded
and graph is
completed. Graph
is titled and both
axes are labeled
with more than 3
errors.
Results and
Discussion
Student uses both
words and
graphics to
synthesize and
present results to
the class.
Student
Student lists and
synthesizes and
presents results to
presents results to the class.
the class.
Student
presentation is
vague and results
are difficult to
understand
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