Extra Credit Projects
If you are struggling in class and need a small boost, you can bring in some class materials or do one of these extra credit projects.
You must have approval from me before starting a project. Send me an email and ask for permission.
You must have approval from me before starting a project. Send me an email and ask for permission.
Extra Credit Materials
Bring in materials for +1 e.c. each (up to +5 max, to be placed on next test):
- General school supplies:
- Tissues (+5 for Puffs Plus Lotion)
- Markers/colored pencils/crayons
- Glue (washable, glue-all, super, wood)
- Tape (clear, masking, duck)
- compasses
- String (all kinds)
- construction paper
- hole puncher
- Pencils, pens (no highlighters)
- White out
- Notebooks 8.5"x11" (no composition notebooks, no folders)
- Household chemicals/medicines (for labs):
- Baking Soda
- Vinegar (distilled or purified)
- Salt (100% sodium chloride - no other minerals or preservatives)
- Bleach (sodium hypochlorite only)
- Isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol)
- Alka Seltzer tablets
- Borax
- Tools
- Screwdrivers (both types)
- Hammers
- Washers (clean)
- Nails, screws (clean - not rusty)
- Plates, cups, bowls, utensils.
- Balloons (any kind)
- Marshmellows
- Pennies
- Zip-lock baggies (all sizes)
Extra Credit Projects
- Make posters with equations or helpful information
- Metric Prefixes: Make poster or banner that has metric prefixes, their symbols, and their values.
- Physics motion formulas: Make one poster per equation. Under the equation, state what all the variables mean.
- Grow Your Mindset: There is a picture on my homepage. Make one poster for each line of the table.
- Write an essay:
- One page max. If I can't read it, it does not count.
- Write about a scientist, science topic, or educational topic (like how music affects learning, etc.)
- Help someone:
- Tutor other students after school
- Help me grade papers after school (not available all the time)
- Clean something:
- Cleaning the lab after school
- Organizing lab drawers
- Make something :
- Cut 2"x4"x6" blocks out of wood and install screw hooks (10)
- Make a creative name plate for Scurti's desk.
- Make something else that has to do with science.
- Build a catapult or trebuchet.
- Build a Rube-Goldberg Machine (look it up on youtube).
- Build a marble race track (look it up on youtube).