Homework options for lessons 1-2 due 9/10A day 9/11/B day

Quiz Thursday 9/3A, Friday B 9/4,on the parts of the microscope

Investigating Biodiversity and Interdependence 

Homework Options Lessons 1-2

Option #1 Science

Look up the definitions of “organic” and “inorganic”.  Make a list with example of each type of substance.  Make this into a chart.

Option #2 Science/Technology

Compare the processes that occur in a living thing, such as a human, with those that occur in a nonliving thing, such as a rock.  Write this in a report or make a Venn diagram.

Option #3 Science

Research tube worms.  Find out how they are able to survive in such an inhospitable area.  Write a ½ to 1 page report.

Option #4 Science/Art

Create a collage of photos and illustrations of a wide variety of organisms.  Make this into a small poster. Use ½ poster board

Option #5 Science

Develop a chart and list the common name of an organism as well as its genus and species name.  You must have at least 25 organisms.

Option #6 Internet

Browse the Internet and download and print images of organism taken from a scanning electron microscope.  Make a collage of the images. Use 1/2 poster board

Option #7 Science

Research where the typical mud dauber builds its nest.   Write a ½ to 1 page paper.  Describe the characteristics of the mud dauber.

ALL REPORTS ARE ½ TO 1 PAGE REPORTS!!!!!!Be sure you put report in  your own words.  Rewrite anything you print from the internet.