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| Use all or some of your Word of the Day terms for the Current Unit to create
a crossword puzzle for your peers. Please try to make it fit onto one page
and check all spelling. The Discovery School Puzzlemaker website takes the
terms and clues that you type in and creates the crossword puzzle for you.
This can earn you a half a point for each term you correctly use. This
assignment will earn you up to ten points towards any quiz in the quarter. | |
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| | Think up a question you could test. Have it approved by your teacher. Go to
the link below and print out the rubric for conducting your own experiment
based on your question/hypothesis. This will earn you up to ten bonus quiz
points.
Experiment
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| | Watch the daily 10 minute news video, print out the 10 questions that go with
that day and answer them completely to earn 1 quiz point for every question
answered accurately! You can do this every day if you want to!
CNN Student News
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| | Listen to a podcast article and write a one page summary of its contents.
What was the main idea? Explain at least 3 supporting details. Conclude with
a statement that explains what can be learned from this article. You can earn
up to 10 quiz points.
Student News Podcast
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| Watch a TV show and Get Extra Credit! | |
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| Another way to earn extra credit is to summarize a science television show.
Suggested shows include Animal Planet's 10 Most Extreme, Bill Nye, The Magic
School Bus, Nova etc. Some shows from the National Geographic Channel,
Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel may be appropriate for this
assignment. Parents or guardians must pre-approve the show, validating that
it is strongly science based, and sign your one page written or typed
summary. You can earn up to five bonus test points for half hour shows and
up to 10 bonus points for shows that are one or more hours. | |
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