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Students need to research one historical flood and one historical drought. Students must state how these disasters affected the local population and the resources available to them.

Students need to research one historical flood and one historical drought. Students must state how these disasters affected the local population and the resources available to them.

Students need to research one historical flood and one historical drought. Students must state how these disasters affected the local population and the resources available to them.

Research and report on a specific topic from the 8th grade history curriculum.

Poster and a Presentation of a science concept and/or lab experience.

This rubric is a general rubric used for all science presentations.

Students will host an 'Elements, mixtures and compounds' lunch for their mothers. Their decorations, menus, invitations and food/drink must all reflect what they have learned about elements, mixtures and compounds.

The student/pair of students will investigate an ecosystem. The project will include the climate, location(map), animals and plants (including endangered), identifies producers, consumers and decomposers and a minimum of one food chain in the ecosystem, any human influences, and any environmental concerns and/or efforts toward conservation of species or habitats.

Students will be required to watch and analyze this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faRlFsYmkeY) which is a cartoon that misrepresents evolution. Students will need to create their own cartoon strips that explains two things divided into two separate cartoons. The first cartoon strip must point out 5 mistakes from the Simpsons video, and the second cartoon strip must involve 5 major concepts from the unit. Each cartoon strip must have a minimum of 5 frames and a maximum of 10 frames. Students may draw, use clip art, cut out magazine images, or a combination of those different techniques to illustrate their cartoon. Great artistic craftsmanship is not expect but it is welcomed, however I must see that effort was used in creating this not just stick figures. Each cartoon must have two paragraphs to explain each cartoon strip and how they pertain to evolution. I will not grade any cartoons that contain vulgar material or do not pertain to this assignment.

Alphabetical dictionary of 26 science terms.

Students will research how chemistry has influenced one of the following areas: Cooking, medicine, clothing, crime-fighting. They will compile a research project and present their findings to their classmates along with a demonstration of what they have learned.

The student will demonstrate their knowledge of a famous scientist of their choice by presenting a wanted poster about the scientist.

Students create a new item out of something they would normally throw away.

This project will include a detailed family tree showing at least four maternal and paternal generations. At least 3 genetic characteristics (physical or medical) must be traced through the family tree and Mendelian crosses done for each trait. The project must include evidence, accurate dates and should be presented in a folder.

In this project you will investigate the chemistry of common household products. You are responsible to do: • Choose one personal hygiene product • Choose one household cleaning product • Use (http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm) to research any two ingredients from each product (total of 4 chemicals) to do the following: o Determine the empirical formula o Determine its use or purpose o Determine its chemical and physical properties. o Determine any hazards or cautions associated with the ingredient. • Create a self-contained presentation of your research. Your display must include the following components: o An esthetically pleasing appearance o The title “Household Chemistry…” & creative sub-title. • Pictures of your products • An introduction. This should be a written paragraph introducing the idea that chemistry is instrumental in the development and improvement of many of the products that we use every day.

Chemistry Experiment

A research project on how chemistry has impacted and improved our lives.

In celebration of National Mole Day, chemistry students will construct a 3D mobile of a topic in chemistry.

Chemistry Experiment

A research project on how chemistry has impacted and improved our lives.