Stingray Science Assignments


Below you will find selected assignments listed by standard for each grade level.  First check the Calendar to see what you have missed. 
Then check below to see if it is there.

If the assignment is listed below print it out, complete it and give it to me upon your return.  
In addition to the grade you earn for the lesson, you will receive five extra credit points for making use of technology and saving me some time in class.

If the assignment is not listed below, ask me for it when you return to class.

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7th and 8th Grade Assignments

Measurement - 7th
Measuring Distances Between U.S. Cities - You will need your metric ruler for this one
                                                                   and a copy of this map.
Metric System Hidden Message - Trace the sentences contained in this puzzle
Estimating and Averaging - Use three items you have at your home

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Measurement - 8th
Metric Notes - These are the basics of the metric system we will learn in class
Fit the Unit - Fill in the missing units from these statements
Metric System Hidden Message - Trace the sentences contained in this puzzle
Metric System Word Bank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the incomplete
                                               sentences.
Degrees of Change - Change from Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice-versa.

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Cells
Cell Analogies - Make analogies between cell structures and everyday objects
Cells on the Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for this assignment
Life on other Planets Word Bank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the sentences
What is a Microbe Word Bank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the sentences
Electron Microscopy - Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for this assignment
Protozoa Hidden Message - Trace the sentences contained in this puzzle

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Genetics
How to Extract DNA from Anything Living - Extract and view DNA at home
DNA From the Beginning - Internet  - Type in the URL to go to the website for this assignment
DNA - The Instruction Manual for All Life - Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for
                                                                                   this assignment
DNA in the Courtroom Essay - Give your opinion with a 1/2 page paper
Where Did I Come From? - Record similarities between you and your parents
From DNA to Protein: The Picture - Draw this biological process
Human Genome Project Essay - Give your opinion with a 1/2 page paper

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Earth and Life History
              --Geologic Time
Archaeopteryx Acrostic - Produce a poem about this ancient bird
Death of the Dinosaurs Word Bank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the sentences
Bringing Earth’s History Up To Date - Contribute to the class geologic timeline
When Did it Happen? - Use your geologic timescale handout to complete this assignment
                  --Evolution
The Voyage of the Beagle Essay -You will find directions for your essay at the end of the article
Design Your Own Species - Make up, and then draw, a species of your own
How do Maggots Get on Meat? - Reproduce one of the first true experiments
A Tour Through Time - Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for this assignment
Sequencing Time - Place the events of your life in order

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8th Grade Assignments

Structure of Matter
Atomic Model Timeline - Demonstrate your knowledge of the history of the atom
Atomic Structure Hidden Message - Trace the sentences contained in this puzzle
The Particle Adventure - Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for this assignment
The Structure of Matter - Type in the URL to go to the website for this assignment
Alchemy and Black Magic Word Bank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the
                                                               sentences

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Periodic Table
A Personalized Periodic Table - Contribute to the classes periodic table
A History of Discovery - Graph the discovery of the elements
Element Grid - Fit as many elements as you can into a 20x20 grid.
The Elements in Literature? - Use chemical symbols as clues to complete the sentences
How Elements are Named - Answer these questions using your periodic table
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt - Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for this
                                                                       assignment
Periodic Table Hidden Message - Trace the sentences contained in this puzzle

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Chemical Reactions
Balancing Chemical Equations - Add coefficients to balance the equations
Chemical Reaction Hidden Message - Trace the sentences contained in this puzzle
Diamond Word Bank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the sentences
Food Additives Essay - What would your dinner be like without food additives?
Food Additive CD Art - Choose an additive and make a CD insert

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Motion
Amusement Park Physics - Type in the URL to go to the website for this assignment
Motion and Forces Product Ideas - A list of ideas to choose from for your product
Roller coaster Physics Wordbank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in
                                                       the sentences
Seat Belt Usage Graph - Graph the data to show seat belt usage rates by state

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Forces
The Launch of Apollo 11 -  Illustrate the article in a collage
Galileo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa - Create a  page of dialogue between two tourists
                                                             standing in front of the Leaning Tower. 
The Leaning Tower of Pisa on the Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for 
                                                                    this assignment
Isaac Newton Scavenger Hunt on the Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for 
                                                                          this assignment
Newton Wordbank with no Wordbank - Fill in the blanks without benefit of a wordbank
The History of Rockets - Read the article and fill in the blanks for the questions
Pop a Balloon the Goldberg Way - Pop a balloon using the most complex method possible
Bozo the Bricklayer - Illustrate this sorry chain of events
Scale Models and the Great Pyramid of Giza - Build a model of the Great Pyramid
Pyramid Wordbank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the sentences
Siege Weapons - Build, and demonstrate to the class, a siege weapon used in the Middle Ages
                           or draw a picture containing siege weapons

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Earth in the Solar System
Orbiting Bodies in Our Solar System - Read the article and fill in the blanks
The Birth of Atoms - Pretend you are a hydrogen atom
Digital Image Processing - Simulate how a computer processes digital images
Spacecraft Models - Download instructions and construct the model of your choice 
International Space Station on the Internet - Type in the URL to go to the website for 
                                                                   this assignment
Life on Mars Wordbank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the sentences
Satellite Wordbank - Use the words in the word banks to fill in the sentences
Space on the Internet - From Galileo to the Hubble Space Telescope
Space Science Missions - Research, and report on, the space science mission of your choice
Space Products - Ideas for your unit product

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Your Future in Education 
(None of this information is official.  Just some basics I have gleamed.) 
Cajon High School freshman classes
California State University - San Bernardino
San Bernardino Valley College 
University of California

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