Extra+Credit+Assignments

All Extra Credit is due by the assigned date. NO extra credit assignments will be accepted after the assigned date.

1. Conversions

2. Road Trippin' (Be sure to show all work in solving the problems)

3. True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk (Be sure to show all work in solving the problems)

4. Truly Incredible (Be sure to show all work in solving the problems)

5. Golf is a Dangerous Game! (Be sure to show all work in solving the problems)

6. An Elemental Challenge __**5 Points**__ (Print out the worksheet and turn into the folder)

7. Ice Cream! __**5 Points**__ (Read the following article. Answer the questions following the article using complete sentences. Email to Mr. Pascoe (mpascoe@jtasd.org) by midnight Friday February 17th. Put Ice Cream! in the subject line)

8. Deconstructing Macaroni Salad! 5 Points Visit the following [|link] and read the article and view the video titled The Science of Macaroni Salad. Answer the following questions and email to Mr. Pascoe by midnight on Friday January 29th. The subject line should read Deconstructing Macaroni Salad. 1. Are solutions homogeneous or heterogeneous mixtures? What about suspensions? 2. Would pulpy lemonade be a solution, a colloid, or a suspension? How can you tell? 3. Clouds are mixtures of air and water. How would you decide whether to classify a cloud as a solution or a colloid? 4. If you add sugar to a glass of water and stir, the sugar will dissolve, making a solution. Quite a lot of sugar can be dissolved in water, but eventually, the capacity of the water in the glass will be reached, and the solution will be saturated. If additional sugar is stirred into a saturated solution, how would the resulting mixture be classified?

9. Complete the following worksheet puzzle using your periodic table of elements

10. Moving the Earth?

11. Alien Elements