1. Attend any of these great "Let's Go Outside" Parks Events.
http://www.floridastateparks.org/EventsDistAll.cfm?Dist=4
2. Bring proof such as a ticket or an agenda or a parent note.
3. Write a short summary of what you did and your reaction to the event.
4. You get 100 points homework grade .
Park Events Link
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1. Attend A.any state park for the day or B.any museum.
2. Bring current proof of attendance such as a dated ticket, agenda, or parent note.
3. Write a short summary of what you did there and your reaction.Make sure to include at least 3 ways the park or museum increased your knowledge of science.
4. Get 100 points on a homework grade .
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Science in the News Extra Credit
50 points each in the Homework category
Max of 2 per grading period in addition to ones used to make up for late credit
1.CURRENT science related news article cut out or printed out or submitted by link on edmodo.
Current means news within the last month. An encyclopedia type article is not acceptable.
2.Bibliography of the article ( APA style)
a.Article name
b.name of newspaper, magazine, or website
c. DATE article was published or written
d. Author ( if there is one listed)
e. website address if it is a website ( example. www.cnn.com, http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html, www.sciencenewsforkids.org , http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/ ) newsela.com is wonderful but check the date
3. Short Summary of article including the main idea.
4 Write three questions about the article or your choice using Costa's vocabulary level II or III
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Brainpop quizzes at 10 points per quiz, 20 points if the brainpop is on a topic from the current unit ( he must earn at least a 70 for the quiz to count)
email me the results of the quiz or print it out for credit
email: [email protected]
website - www.brainpop.com
username: bradenriverpanthers
pw mindson
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Read The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George and take the online test on the media center website. I will give you extra credit on a HW grade = to your test grade.
In addition, any science related book may be used for this purpose if you can explain why the book is science related
Examples,
Hatchet by Gary Paulson
Life as we knew it by S. Pfeffer
Code Orange by Caroline Cooney
etc
American Library Association Science Themed Novels list
http://www.ala.org/offices/resources/sciencenovels
http://www.floridastateparks.org/EventsDistAll.cfm?Dist=4
2. Bring proof such as a ticket or an agenda or a parent note.
3. Write a short summary of what you did and your reaction to the event.
4. You get 100 points homework grade .
Park Events Link
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1. Attend A.any state park for the day or B.any museum.
2. Bring current proof of attendance such as a dated ticket, agenda, or parent note.
3. Write a short summary of what you did there and your reaction.Make sure to include at least 3 ways the park or museum increased your knowledge of science.
4. Get 100 points on a homework grade .
******************************************************
Science in the News Extra Credit
50 points each in the Homework category
Max of 2 per grading period in addition to ones used to make up for late credit
1.CURRENT science related news article cut out or printed out or submitted by link on edmodo.
Current means news within the last month. An encyclopedia type article is not acceptable.
2.Bibliography of the article ( APA style)
a.Article name
b.name of newspaper, magazine, or website
c. DATE article was published or written
d. Author ( if there is one listed)
e. website address if it is a website ( example. www.cnn.com, http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html, www.sciencenewsforkids.org , http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/ ) newsela.com is wonderful but check the date
3. Short Summary of article including the main idea.
4 Write three questions about the article or your choice using Costa's vocabulary level II or III
**********************************************************
Brainpop quizzes at 10 points per quiz, 20 points if the brainpop is on a topic from the current unit ( he must earn at least a 70 for the quiz to count)
email me the results of the quiz or print it out for credit
email: [email protected]
website - www.brainpop.com
username: bradenriverpanthers
pw mindson
*****************************************************
Read The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George and take the online test on the media center website. I will give you extra credit on a HW grade = to your test grade.
In addition, any science related book may be used for this purpose if you can explain why the book is science related
Examples,
Hatchet by Gary Paulson
Life as we knew it by S. Pfeffer
Code Orange by Caroline Cooney
etc
American Library Association Science Themed Novels list
http://www.ala.org/offices/resources/sciencenovels