Home Learning & Projects

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Home Learning

• Home learning – two assignments per week. Due first class of the next week.  One will be the science current event and the other will be stated on the board weekly.  Science articles are due every Thursday.  The other home learning assignment will be due as stated on the board.

Science Current Event Article

• Format for science current event:
• You must find an article about some subject relating to science.  Articles regarding war or politics or crime usually do not involve science.  If you have any questions about this, please see me before doing the assignment.
• Find news article on a website
  • nbcnews.com/science
  • foxnews.com/science
  • sciencenews.org
  • sciencedaily.com/news
  • nature.com
  • any other website that has science news. 
• You may also use a newspaper or magazine article about science. 
  
• The following is the way I would like you to format the paper.
• Use the printed form unless told to do it differently.
  

Weekly Assignment

1.  This assignment will consist of reinforcement activities for the subject that we are working on that week.
2.  The assignment will be on the board on Monday.  You are to copy it into your agenda.  If there is a worksheet for you to do, I will pass it out when appropriate.

HOME LEARNING ASSIGNMENTS

PLEASE BRING IN $8 SCIENCE FEE!!!


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Science Fair Project

BELOW YOU WILL FIND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT AND THE SCHEDULE OF DUE DATES FOR THE  ITEMS NEEDED.

YOU MUST DO AN EXPERIMENT AND YOU MUST TURN IN A BOARD.

IF YOU NEED INSPIRATION FOR YOUR TOPIC, YOU MAY GO TO SCIENCEBUDDIES.ORG  OR SCIENCE.COM OR ANY OTHER SITE THAT HAS SCIENCE PROJECTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.  DO NOT CHOSE AN ELEMENTARY PROJECT.

ALSO BELOW IS THE RUBRIC THAT I WILL BE USING TO GRADE YOUR SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS.  IF YOU USE IT AS A GUIDELINE WHEN YOU DO THE PROJECT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EARN ALL OF THE POINTS AVAILABLE.

ONE FINAL REMINDER:  DO NOT COPY FROM ANY WEBSITE.  THIS IS PLAGERISM AND YOU WILL RECEIVE AN F.  I WILL BE CHECKING THE WEB FOR EACH AND EVERY PROJECT, SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO MAKE  IT YOUR OWN WORK.

NO MOLD PROJECTS!
NO BACTERIA PROJECTS!
NO HUMAN EXPERIMENTS!

BELOW IS THE FILE FOR THE SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT GUIDELINES.

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The following is the schedule and notes for the science fair project:
Date Due      09/21/18     SCIENCE FAIR CHECKLIST
                            09/28/18     MATERIALS/PROCEDURES
                            10/05/18     VARIABLES
                            10/12/18     CONCLUSION
                            10/18/18     PRACTICAL APPLICATION/ABSTRACT
                            10/25/18     EXPERIMENT PICTURES
                            11/02/18     DATA TABLE AND GRAPH
                            11/13/18     COMPLETED BOARD
1.  EVERYONE IN MY CLASSES WILL BE DOING AN EXPERIMENT AND PUTTING IT ON A SCIENCE BOARD!
2.  THERE WILL BE NO PRESENTATIONS OF THE PROJECTS.
3.  NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO DO A REPORT ONLY, IT MUST ALL BE PUT ONTO A SCIENCE BOARD.
4.  THERE WILL BE NO BRIDGES (THEY ARE TOO DIFFICULT) OR POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS (THEY ARE TOO EASY).
5.  USE THE FORMS I SUPPLY FOR THE STARRED ITEMS.
6.  IF YOU DO NOT TURN IT IN ON TIME, YOU WILL BE DOCKED ONE GRADE PER DAY THAT YOU ARE LATE.
7.  IF YOU DO NOT TURN IT IN AT ALL, YOU WILL RECEIVE A 0 AND I WILL BE CONTACTING YOU PARENTS/GUARDIANS FOR A PARENT CONFERENCE.