Extra Credit Science Assignment
- Pick an article from a newspaper or magazine that relates to one of the branches of science: Chemistry, physics, biology, ecology, geology, astronomy, oceanography or weather and climate
- Cut out the article and secure it to a piece of blank paper. If it is an online article print a copy of it out.
- Write a brief summary about the article and include:
- What is the article about?
- Where does the article take place?
- When did this happen?
- Which branch of science is it? (the subject might overlap branches)
- Why did you choose this article?
- After you have read it, do you have any questions about the topic?
- What did you learn about this topic?
- Did you learn any new vocabulary words?
All extra credit assignments must be turned in no later than 2 weeks before the end of the grading period!!! Each article summary is worth a maximum of 10 points if done correctly.
