Information for Extra Credit
Students may do as many extra credit assignments as they would like.
The credit is listed for each assignment. The credit will be applied to the total grade percentage.
GRADES 3-5
AT-HOME EXTRA CREDIT
2% Extra Credit - Click the link to the
Each Choice Board offers nine different learning activities. You can earn 2% extra credit with the completion of one activity on a Choice Board. Choice Boards will change throughout the year based on what we are studying in class. Students can only do Choice Boards related to the current quarter's subjects.
5% Extra Credit - Click the link to the AT-HOME SCIENCE CHALLENGES.
Each quarter, you may choose to do a Science Challenge project at home. Instructions for each project are in the packet, including a rubric that details how it will be scored. Completed projects will be logged as extra credit toward your report card grade (maximum 5% per project). Project packets are due by the end of the marking period. You may do up to three Science Challenge projects per quarter. You may only do the Science Challenges listed below in the related quarter.
Quarter 1 Project Options – DUE BY November 2, 2021
1. Build a Periscope
2. Experimental Design: Ice Melt
3. Building Pyramids
Quarter 2 Project Options – DUE BY JANUARY 25, 2022
1. Planet Study
2. Renewable Energy News
3. Conserving Earth’s Resources
Quarter 3 Project Options – DUE BY APRIL 5, 2022
1. Designer Alien
2. Create an Ecosystem
3. Student Choice
Quarter 4 Project Options – DUE BY JUNE 7, 2022
1. Food Web
2. Organ Model
3. Student Choice