8th Grade Science Cartoon Homework

The cartoon homework is an assignment to be done outside of class time, and is due on Friday. The homework is worth 10 points a week and will amount to at least 10% of your final grade in each quarter.

A new cartoon is posted every week. Look at the cartoon, read it, and decide how the cartoon could be science related.

Once you have decided what the connection is between the cartoon and science, research that topic using a dictionary, encyclopedia, or Internet resources.

After your research is done, submit a write-up consisting of AT LEAST five sentences (one of which has obviously been researched) in the following format:

This cartoon is about               .

(Fact 1)

(Fact 2)

(Fact 3)

This cartoon is science related because               .

 

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