4th Quarter Assignments

Name of Assignment
Due Date
Description of the Assignment
Type
Points Possible

36

Signed Report # 15

3-27-02

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments.

Homework
5

37

It's a Plastic World

3-28-02

Students went on a scavenger hunt at home to find examples of plastic containers that had each of the seven recycle codes on them

Homework
20

38

Signed Report # 15

4-4-02

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments and how they did for third quarter. They took the report home to be signed.

Homework
5

39

Fantastic Plastic Lab

4-12-02

In this lab students tested 6 types of plastic resins to try and identify each type. The did a flame test, sink or float density tests for, water, alcohol, and corn oil, and an acetone test. Using a flow chart they conducted tests until the chart told them which type of plastic they had.

Lab
50

40

2nd Semester Journal Check

Varies by class.

I collected and graded journals in periods one and three over spring break. I'm finishing up 2nd period the weekend of 4-19. Periods five and six will be collected soon.

Classwork
200

41

What's Your Bag?

4-18-02

In this lab students tested different types of plastic bags to see that thier molecular sturcture affectcts what properties the bag has, such as how it tears or if it can be punctured and hold water.

Lab
30

42

411 On Plastics

4-19-02

This was a review to help students get ready for the unit test on plastics. Students started the review in class and finished it at home that night for homework.

Classwork Homework
30

43

Gathering Information With Graphs

4-24-02

This is a classwork/homework assignment that helps students learn how to interpret graphs.

Classwork Homework
10

44

The Popcorn Graphs

4-25-02

This is another assignment that challenges students to interpret and understand graphs.

Classwork Homework
20

45

Signed Class Report #17

4-26-02

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments. They were to get the report signed by a parent.

Homework
5

46

UV Graph for March

4-26-02

Students graphed their UV readings for the month of March. They graphed the predicted UV, their period's UV, and two other period's UV throughout the day.

Homework
15

47

Temperature Graph for March

4-26-02

Students graphed the inside and outside temperatures for our classroom.

Homework
15

48

Polyermer/Pollution/Plastics Unit Test

4-26-02

This test covers what we have leaned in the plastics analysis lab and some videos about garbage, recycling, pollution, and plastics.

Test
100

49

Open House Portfolio

5-9-02

Students put together a portfolio of their best work to desplay at Open House. The portfolio was required to have: 4 experiments, 1 writing sample (either the morrison lakes disaster or the exploding lawn mowers), 2 tests or quizzes ( one from first semester and one from 2nd semester), 10 pages from the journal, 1 illustration or scientific diagram, 1 UV graph from 1st semester and 1 UV graph from 2nd semester.

Homework
100

50

Interpreting Graphs computer graph quiz

5-7-02

Students took a quiz on the computer that tested their ability to understand what graphs are showing.

Quiz
20

51

Signed Report #18

5-10-02

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments. They were to get the report signed by a parent.

Homework
5

52

Graph Practice (dark green)

5-10-02

Students answered questions about graphs and drew graphs while the other students in their lab groups took the computer quiz.

Classwork Homework
30

53

Secret Life On 1128 Green Street

5-13-02

This video took a look at the hidden microscopic world that is going on every day at a typical house. Students answered questions as they watched this video.

Classwork
10

54

What's Happening Graphs

5-24-02

Students matched graphs with descriptions and drew their own graphs to match descriptions.

Classwork Homework
20

55

Polyermer/Pollution/Plastics Unit Test Corrections

5-23-02

Students copied all the questions they had missed on the unit test and wrote the correct answers to the questions. This was done on their own paper and stapled to the front of their tests. No letter ansers accepted and the questions must be writen out for full credit.

Homework
30

56

Signed Report #19

5-23-02

Students got a class report that listed all their assignments. They were to get the report signed by a parent.

Homework
5

57

Types of Energy Chart/Picture

5-24-02

Students studied a picture of a middle school and had to identify what types of energy are being used. Mechanical, chemical, radiant, nuclear, thermal electrical, potential, kinetic

Homework
20

58

Air Car Clean-up and Reflection Grade

5-29-02

Each day that we worked on the air car project students got stamps for cleaning up their tools an materials. They also were to write a reflection about what they did that day.

Classwork
30

59

Air Car Proformance Grade

5-29-02

Students constructed a air car and were graded based on how far their car went.

Lab
50

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