weekly homework for 3/18-22/13

  Homework options are due  Thursday for A day and Friday for B day

Lesson  3- 4

 Option#1

How was Benedict’s solution and Lugol’s solution developed and how did they get their name.

Option#2

List some products that are used to detect the presence of a chemical.  For example, what is the purpose of radon detection kits? Other ex: pool maintenance kits.  Explain how to use the kits and what color changes take place.

Option#3 Math

Complete math skills percentage problem on p. 507 in science textbook to find the answer to the proactive problem for fats.

Option#4 

Create a Food guide Pyramid on a ½ poster board p. 512

Option#5

Explain why it is especially important that a vegetarian eat a varied diet.  (Use the food pyramid chart to show how many servings must be eaten for a balanced diet.

weekly homework 3/4-8/13

7th grade;
 Quiz on lessons 1-3 HBS Thursday A day, Friday B day
Homework options due Thursday A day, Friday B day on lessons 1-2

6th grade:
Hurricane tracking charts due on Friday
Finish study guide by Friday to review, unit test  next Tuesday.

Homework options less 1-2

Write ½ to 1 page reports.

Option#1

Draw the organs of a specific body system, color them, and cut them out.  Create a mobile with the cutouts.

Option#2

Build on the idea suggested in “Humans- The Problem Solving Animals” by researching a scientific discovery that was made by accident-that is a discovery made when the scientist was actually trying to solve a different problem.

Option#3

Explore how a film or video is created of the inside of the human body.  How can anyone film inside a human body?  Are there ways that filmmakers can simulate these conditions?

Option#4

Research the derivations and meanings of the names of the digestive organs.  For example, the word “esophagus” comes from the Greek word osein (meaning “to be going to carry”) and phagein (meaning “to eat”).  Find other words in the English language that contain the root words.

Option#5

Research why snakes can ingest and swallow objects whose diameters greatly exceeds their own.  If possible, include a picture.  P. 391 in textbook