Homework options due on Friday 9/19/14 A, Monday 9/22/14 B

Homework Options for lesson 3-4

Sept 19,22

Select one option, complete and turn in Friday and Monday  September  19,22

Option # 1. 

Research information about the benefits of worms.   (Hint:  Key words include “annelid”, “earthworm”, and “blackworm”.  Write a short report about your findings.

Option #2.  Science/History/ technology

 Find out how leeches, another group of segmented worms, have been and are still being used in medical practices.  Write a short report to share with the class.

Option #3. 

Conduct research to find other organisms that can regenerate body parts.   Write a short paragraph about how each of the organism regenerates.  ( Hint: starfish )

Option #4.

 Find out how earthworm farms are designed.  Design an earthworm farm that you could build. If you build and share with class, will count for 2 weeks

Option #5

Draw and label the parts of an earthworm.  Write a paragraph explaining where earthworms live and what they  eat.  This can be found on p. 318-319 in your science textbook.

    

     Option #6 Art

     Create a collage of different plants.  You might check the garden centers to see if they have any old catalogs.  Use ½ piece of poster board.

Option #7

     Conduct research to discover the similarities and differences among different bodies of water: ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, bays and oceans. Write one paragraph about each of the bodies of water.

Option #8 Music

     Develop a list of songs whose titles or lyrics incorporate the names of bodies of water.  You must have at least 10 songs.

Option #9

     Write a ½ to 1 page paper on what a bog is and how things are preserved in them. Research about “Bog Man”

Option #10

Create a collage using dried seeds.  Put on a stiff board no bigger than 8X10.  Create a picture with your seeds.  Cover the entire board.