Students have the following extra credit opportunities: These are intended to expand a child's experiences while at the same time improve their grade.
1. Honor Saint Patrick's Day: This extra credit opportunity is for Social Studies. It will count as a 100% replacement for the lowest homework grade or 50 bonus points. Saint Patrick's Day is in honor of the Patron Saint of Ireland, who brought Christianity to the Emerald Isles, as Ireland is known. It is truly a day of celebrating Irish history, ancestry, traditions and customs. Come up with your own creative way to pay tribute to this special day. This is due by the last day of trimester 2.
2. Poster advertising a science or engineering career
This extra credit opportunity is for Science. It will count as a 100% replacement for the lowest homework grade or 50 bonus points. The goal is to create a poster for the school hallway that advertises a science or engineering career. Please follow these specific requirements:
* You must pick a career that is science or engineering related.
* You must create a poster that is a minimum of 11 ½ x 17 in size (although larger is fine).
* Your poster should be neatly designed and colorful with no spelling & grammatical errors.
* Your poster should include the following information:
o Name of career
o A description of the career
o Degree(s) Required
o Two or more fun facts about that career
o At least one picture
Posters are due by the last day of trimester 2.
3. Speaking/Creative Challenge: This extra credit opportunity is for math. It will count as a 100% replacement for the lowest homework grade or 25 bonus points. Creatively come up with a way to teach or explain mean, median, mode, and range. Feel free to video tape the performance or share your performance live by the last day of trimester 2.
Below are the examples we shared in class. You must come up with your own!
Hey diddle diddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvknMsRhGvg
Toad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C9LBF3b65s
Phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNdVynH6hcY&t=9s
Lazy Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHginNwss5c
Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0grjKjxFlDc
Example: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/data-distributions-a1/summarizing-center-distributions/v/mean-median-and-mode