Homework

=Homework=

While much of our work is done in class during lab experiments and other activities, homework is an additional part of our class. Students will be assigned 1 or 2 assignments a week. He assignments are designed to be completed in about 30 minutes, so students in our class are expected to spend about 30 to 60 minutes outside of class working on science (homework, projects and review for tests and quizzes). To help students out with their homework a 'Homework Hints' page has been linked to each homework assignment. If students are struggling with any of the homework assignments this (along with coming and talking to Mr. Smith before the day it is due) would be a good resource. One other note about homework is that except for in the case of an excused absent, **homework not turned in at the start of class time on the due date will not earn any credit**, so it is important to have homework ready to turn in on time.

(6/12/09) || (6/5/09) || (5/29/09) || (5/22/09) || || Friday (5/15/09) || (5/8/09) || (Preparing for an Earthquake) || While there is no homework due this week, students should put in an hour or so on the Preparing for an Earthquake project. They should be presenting their plan to the family before Friday May 1st (when their final write up is due). (50 points) Students may be looking for additional information for their action plans. I recommend starting with the following web sites.
 * =Assignment= || =Description= || =Due Date= ||
 * A Deadly Picnic || In this assignment students need to deduce who committed the murder given numerous clues found around a picnic site. Students will not only show their work, but explain their logic to identify the murder. (10 points) || Friday
 * Science Article Review || Students will read a science related article of their choosing and write a 2 paragraph review of the article. [[image:../../i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="pdf.png" link="http://smithscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/Science%20Article%20Review.pdf"]] (10 points) || Friday
 * Flight Crossword Puzzle || Students should be working on these as the week goes on answering more questions as we learn more flight vocabulary. (10 points) || Friday
 * Science Article Review || Students will read a science related article of their choosing and write a 2 paragraph review of the article. [[image:../../i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="pdf.png" link="http://smithscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/Science%20Article%20Review.pdf"]] (10 points) || Friday
 * Weather Forecast || Students will be working on a weather forecasting assignment. Students will be asked to write a fictional (yet scientifically accurate) weather forecast and fill in a map to go along with it. Time on Tuesday and Wednesday will be used in class to start this assignment. (20 points)
 * Lesson 5 Homework || This worksheet asks the students to apply what they have been learning about weather to a set of questions. By Wednesday of this week the class will have addressed and discussed all of these concepts. (10 points) || Friday
 * 4th Quarter Project
 * [|3Days3Ways]
 * [|Washington State Emergency Management]

|| Friday (5/1/09) || (4/17/09) || (4/2/09) || (3/27/09) || (3/20/09) || (3/13/09) || (3/6/09) || (2/27/09) || (2/20/09) || (2/12/09) || (2/6/09) || || Friday (1/30/09) || (1/22/09) ||
 * Student Sheet 12.1 || This week as homework, students will be completing a survey ([|Student Sheet 12.1]) of their house and families earthquake/disaster hazards and preparedness. This survey will act as the first step of our fourth quarter project (Preparing for an Earthquake). (10 points) || Friday
 * Quiz Notes || Write one page of notes for this week's quiz (one side of a regular 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper). Quiz topics will be Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, Rock Formation/Cycle and Volcanoes. These pages should be produced by the student (not a photocopy from another source). These note pages will be collect after the quiz on Thursday and counted as a homework assignment. (10 points) || Thursday
 * Science Article Review || Students will read a science related article of their choosing and write a 2 paragraph review of the article. [[image:../../i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="pdf.png" link="http://smithscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/Science%20Article%20Review.pdf"]] (10 points) || Friday
 * Experiment Project (Final Write Up) || Students need to write up their entire project experiment (steps #1-10) including the revised plan, results(data table), graph and conclusion. See 3rd Quarter Project description and Project Score Sheet for clarification. || Friday
 * Experiment Project Data || Students should be conducting their take-home experiments and collecting data. Completed data tables including repeated trials (at least 3 times) of data and calculated averages are due Friday. (10 points) || Friday
 * CE-13 Homework || Students will read a one page description of the different measurement scales used to gauge the strength of an earthquake. Then students will answer 4 questions based on the descriptions of the magnitude and intensity scales. || Friday
 * Experiment Project Plan (Third Quarter) || Students should complete steps #1-7 to plan out their experiment project. (10 points) [[file:3rd quarter project.pdf]] || Friday
 * Earthquake Myths || Students will read a few paragraphs about different cultures and their myths about earthquakes. As a fun extension, students will be asked to write 2 of their own myths about how earthquakes are formed. (10 points) || Friday
 * Science Article Review || Students will read a science related article of their choosing and write a 2 paragraph review of the article. [[image:../../i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="pdf.png" link="http://smithscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/Science%20Article%20Review.pdf"]] (10 points) || Thursday
 * CSI Stanwood - Finding Substance X || Students will us their knowledge of the scientific method and some logic reason skills to both plan and identify a substances found at a crime scene. (15 points) || Friday
 * Temperature and Solubility || Students will be planning and concluding a simulated science investigation dealing with how the temperature of a substance affects its solubility. (10 points)
 * Dissolving History || Students will read a two page article about acid rain and its effects. Then students will write a paragraph to describe how acid rain is formed. (10 points) || Thursday
 * Science Article Review || Students will read a science related article of their choosing and write a 2 paragraph review of the article. [| Science Article Review](10 points)

(1/15/09) ** || (1/6/09) ** || (12/15/08) || (12/5/08) || (11/25/08) || (11/12/08) || (11/7/08) || (10/31/08) || (50 points) || Monday (10/27/08) || (10/17/08) ||
 * We will extend last week's homework assignment to Thursday of this week. So students will need to complete and turn in a** **[|Science Article Review]** **by Thursday (Jan. 15th)**. A new homework assignment for next week will be assigned Thursday or Friday. || **Thursday
 * Make Up Homework || This week students have the chance to redo or make up for a missing or low homework score during second quarter. || **Tuesday
 * Public Service Announcement (PSA) || While there will be time in class to work on the project, student may need time at home to work on the PSAs. So no additional homework assignment has been given to students this week, so students should focus their attention on completing their PSAs by the end of the day on Friday. These projects will be presented to the class starting on Monday (12/15). || Presentations start Monday
 * Science Article Review || Students will read a science related article of their choosing and write a 2 paragraph review of the article. [[image:../../i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="file/view/Science Article Review.pdf"]] (10 points) || Friday
 * Energy in Systems || This assignment asks students to apply what we've learned in class about energy in describing the energy transfer and transformations in a short story Mr.Smith wrote. The students will be producing a labeled picture that identifies different forms, types, and changes energy takes. [[file:Systems Energy HW.pdf]] (10 points) || Tuesday
 * Energy in Systems || This assignment asks students to apply what we've learned in class about energy in describing the energy transfer and transformations in a short story Mr.Smith wrote. The students will be producing a labeled picture that identifies different forms, types, and changes energy takes. [[file:Systems Energy HW.pdf]] (10 points) || Tuesday
 * Student Sheet for Lesson 7 || This assignment asks students to apply the concepts of phase changes we have learned from POM-7 (and some from the density unit earlier in the year). Take a look at the Homework Hints if the questions are unclear. (10 points) || Wednesday
 * Science Article Review || Students will read a science related article of their choosing and write a 2 paragraph review of the article. [[image:http://smithscience.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://smithscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/Science+Article+Review.pdf"]][| Science Article Review](10 points) || Friday
 * Students Sheet for Lesson 5 || This assignment requires that students apply the ideas we learned from POM-5 (Temperature and Density) and explain why selected engineering elements have been designed they way they are. See the Homework Hints if this assignment is not clear. (10 points) || Friday
 * Submarine Project || There is NO additional weekly homework this week. Students should be spending their time finishing their **Submarine Projects** (don't forget to work on the write up. It's worth 80% of the project's grade.)
 * Air Heads Homework Sheet || In our study of the properties of air (like its density) students will do a one-page reading about air. Questions on the back of the page need to be answered in complete ideas. All the questions can be answered either straight out of the reading or from the student's own experiences - no additional resources or research is necessary. (10 points) || Friday
 * Density Practice Worksheet || From what we've seen on our quizzes the past two weeks, students still need some practice in calculating and explaining the property for density of matter. This two sided worksheet will give students more practice opportunities focused on density. Students who are struggling with these skills and concepts need to bring their questions to Mr. Smith. (10 points)

Also note that students have been assigned (on Monday10/8) the [|Submarine Project 2008.] || Thursday (10/9/08) || (10/3/08) || (9/26/08) || (9/19/08) || (9/12/08) || (9/8/08) ||
 * Lesson 3 Homework || This is an opportunity for students to practice and apply some of their new formed ideas about density. The applications of how things sink or float are applied in an article about the sinking of the Titanic. (10 points) || Friday
 * Archimedes' Crowning Moment || Students will do two short readings this week. The handout has a story about the Greek mathematician who proved to the king that his crown was not made of gold and a discussion of the difference between mass and weight. Both readings have brief response questions that go along with them for students to answer. (10 points) || Friday
 * Hypothesis, Theory, or Law? || Students will answer a set of [|6 questions] based on reading they are doing from a one page handout describing the similarities and differences between a hypothesis, theory and a scientific law and the Web Resources on our class web site to learn about the Big Bang. (10 points) || Friday
 * Science Article Review || Students will read a science related article of their choosing and write a 2 paragraph review of the article. [[file:Science Article Review.pdf]] (10 points) || Friday
 * Bring in a Science Article || Students need to bring a printed article (from magazine, newspaper, or printed from the Internet) with a topic that relates to science. These articles should be at least 200 words in length and be from within the last year. (5 points) || Monday
 * Signed Class Expectation Letter || Students and their parents are assigned to read the Class Expectation Letter sent home on the first day of school. If they have question of concerns they should contact Mr. Smith otherwise the letter should be signed (a short survey and information filled out) and returned. (10 points) || Friday (9/5/08) ||