Instructions for HOME EXTRA CREDIT links below:
Do one of the activities listed below and either
1) take a photo of you doing the activity and email me at [email protected]
2) draw a diagram of the activity and/or steps and label it,
3) describe the activity in written words,
or 4) take a video of you carrying out the activity and narrating. I'll post any of your submissions on my website with your parent's permission.
You will receive up to 10 points on an assignment or quiz and 5 points on a test or project.
Science Extra Credit:
MATTER
Density Activities- Steve Spangler
Hot and Cold Activity
Make a Homemade Compass
Homemade Distillation Project- how to make clean water (don't actually drink though... not clean enough)
Chromatography Project- Separating mixtures and solutions (Read this to find out: What is chromatography?)
ENERGY
Sound Waves and Pitch
Sound Vibrations and a kazoo
The High Frequency Test
Make a Food Battery! Here's a video to help out (a few different materials, but same idea:Lemon Battery Video
MAGNETISM
Electricity and Magnetism Projects (choose any one of these)
Make an Electromagnet
Electricity Activities- Steve Spangler
LAWS OF MOTION
Inertia Magic Trick- Table Cloth and dishes- how to video
Motion and Forces- Steve Spangler ideas
More Motion ideas
Motion
EARTH, ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE
Video, Ocean Currents, Bill Nye the Science Guy
Video, Layers of Ocean water activity
Make a Sundial on a plate AND here's more advanced one and here's some other ways Here's a video on how to make one as well
Social Studies Extra Credit:
Build a 3D model, like a diorama, or a digital model, usin programs such as Minecraft, of Jamestown as historically accurate as possible using the guidelines and infomration below:
Your model must:
1. Be no bigger than 3 feet by 3 feet
2. Not be too heavy to lift
3. Not disintegrate easily when traveling
4. Be historically accurate
5. Large enough to see and read
6. Labeled with words that are spelled correctly
If you use mincraft, you can video yourself going through your model of Jamestown, or you can take screen shots of the different parts of Jamestown.
Here are some helpful links about Jamestown:
Jamestown model examples and images
Primary Source- letter from Jamestown colonist
More on Jamestown
History.com- Jamestown
Do one of the activities listed below and either
1) take a photo of you doing the activity and email me at [email protected]
2) draw a diagram of the activity and/or steps and label it,
3) describe the activity in written words,
or 4) take a video of you carrying out the activity and narrating. I'll post any of your submissions on my website with your parent's permission.
You will receive up to 10 points on an assignment or quiz and 5 points on a test or project.
Science Extra Credit:
MATTER
Density Activities- Steve Spangler
Hot and Cold Activity
Make a Homemade Compass
Homemade Distillation Project- how to make clean water (don't actually drink though... not clean enough)
Chromatography Project- Separating mixtures and solutions (Read this to find out: What is chromatography?)
ENERGY
Sound Waves and Pitch
Sound Vibrations and a kazoo
The High Frequency Test
Make a Food Battery! Here's a video to help out (a few different materials, but same idea:Lemon Battery Video
MAGNETISM
Electricity and Magnetism Projects (choose any one of these)
Make an Electromagnet
Electricity Activities- Steve Spangler
LAWS OF MOTION
Inertia Magic Trick- Table Cloth and dishes- how to video
Motion and Forces- Steve Spangler ideas
More Motion ideas
Motion
EARTH, ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE
Video, Ocean Currents, Bill Nye the Science Guy
Video, Layers of Ocean water activity
Make a Sundial on a plate AND here's more advanced one and here's some other ways Here's a video on how to make one as well
Social Studies Extra Credit:
Build a 3D model, like a diorama, or a digital model, usin programs such as Minecraft, of Jamestown as historically accurate as possible using the guidelines and infomration below:
Your model must:
1. Be no bigger than 3 feet by 3 feet
2. Not be too heavy to lift
3. Not disintegrate easily when traveling
4. Be historically accurate
5. Large enough to see and read
6. Labeled with words that are spelled correctly
If you use mincraft, you can video yourself going through your model of Jamestown, or you can take screen shots of the different parts of Jamestown.
Here are some helpful links about Jamestown:
Jamestown model examples and images
Primary Source- letter from Jamestown colonist
More on Jamestown
History.com- Jamestown