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Christmas Assignment – Extra Credit – For those who want to burst their grade point average

Visit the Solar One Museum with your parent/guardian

Website: www.solor1.org

Located: Stuyvesant Core Park

23^rd street and Avenue “c”

Manhattan , New York

Requirements: Write a one page typed summary about your visit/exhibits

Attach the museum ticket to your report

Have a wonderful holiday !!!

Future Homework assignments for class 621,622,623, and 624

Practice problems: Orange Textbook Pg76 (question 1&2) - Work

Practice problems: Orange Textbook Pg 77 (questions 1&2)-Power

Simple Machines vocabulary: Use each word in a sentence that explains its meaning

Simple machine, vocabulary, compound machine, incline plane, wedge, screw, lever, wheel and axle, pulley

Self check questions page 91 (questions 1-5)

These may be all the homeworks on the subject matter of simple machines. The possibility exist that I may assign more homework as I think it is needed. They will include worksheets and a quiz before the marking period ends.

RAFT Project – Energy and Energy Resources Due: December 18, 2009

Class 621,622,623,624

We have learned about the various types of natural resources we can use to make electrical energy to power our appliances, heat our homes and modern conveniences. We need to look at how this technology is affecting our health and the global environment. You are required to do an independent research and can use the websites provided to find additional information about the issues that are affecting our environment.

Raft #	Role	Audience	Format	Topic
1	Tree	Soil	Poem (Free style with rhyming words)	Pollution (Class presentation required)
2	Car	Air	Design a Puzzle with 25 energy words	Energy choice (30 copies for the Whole class to solve)
3	Student	Politian	Friendly Letter format	Global warming (Read aloud)
4	Water	Business	Petition format	Essential of clean water (class Presentation)
5	Dino	Human	Ransom Note	Digging up fossil Fuel
6	Space	Astronaut	Design a Game	Effect on layer of the atmosphere (Demonstration)
7	You Decide	You Decide	Rap beat and lyrics to a song.	You decide (Beats presented in class)

Select one of the RAFT numbers and label your project with that raft number. Remember your RAFT should respond to the question: How does human consumption of resources impact the environment and our health? Each section is worth 20 points and 20 additional points for neatness, grammar, spelling and appearance. For your best possible grade be creative and hand your papers in on time. Late papers will receive and a lower score.

Websites: www.epa.gov ,www.ela.doe.gov

General Science -6h Grade –Mrs. S. Robinson Due: November 3, 2009

We just completed a lab investigation into a junk food named the famous Oreo cookie manufactured by a company called Nabisco. Now that we understand how the product is manufactured, let’s take a look at its nutritional value in our diet and it’s affect on our overall health.

You are required to generate a (1-2) page report about a disease that is caused by excessive sugar, salt, and saturated fats. Most of these ingredients are hidden in the Oreo cookies by other names such as fructose and sodium. The report must contain the following parts:

1)Concentrate and identify of one of the diseases below as you complete your report . (15 points)

(a)Tooth Decay

(b)Blood Cloths

(c)Heart Disease

(d)Diabetes

(e)Child hood Obesity

(f)High Cholesterol

2)Provide examples of the foods that cause the disease(do not use Oreo cookie) and list it nutritional content in a data table. (20 points)

3)Identify junk food overall effect on the body. (20 points)

4)How can you avoid an addiction to junk food and types of food you can eat to replace junk food in your diet. (20points)

5)Identify a website to find out about a good balance diet. (10points)

6)Make a creative cover for the report include (title, name, class) (5points)

(7)Type written, 12point font (10 points)

Upcoming Homework Assignments 621,622,623,624 – I will let you know due dates in class. This does not reflect additional assignments that will be given unexpected.

1)Write an evaluation of the conclusion of the Oreo cookie Lab work.

2)Mini lab page 23 –Oil and water lab- Answer Analysis question 1 &2

3)Models: Self Check Pg26 Questions (1-5)

4)on page 26 Problem #6- model map-Applying math

5)On page 37 complete question #29 Applying Math

6)Identifying parts of grass experiment

What is the constant, independent variable, and controls