On-Going Opportunities for Extra Credit
There are all kinds of opportunities available in the Saint Louis area.
Several ongoing opportunities are listed below:
- View an OMNIMAX presentation at the St Louis Science Center. Submit a half-page overview of the scientific principles involved in this presentation. Staple your ticket stub to the top of the page.
- View a popular movie and submit a one page review detailing at least 5 scientific principles or 3 chemical principles involved in this movie. Discuss how the director used these principles to achieve an effect. You can also discuss where the "science" was wrong. (That is, where something can't happen the way it was portrayed. An example would be how explosions in accidents occur BEFORE contact.)
- Attend a scientific lecture or workshop. Submit a half-page overview of what you learned.
- Attend a professional meeting, such as the St Louis Section American Chemical Society or the St Louis Academy of Science. Submit a half-page overview of the topics discussed.
- Some other specific possible ideas:
The Art Museum – talk about paint, medium, perspective, etc. in terms of the science involved
Research WOMEN scientists and inventors
Interview a woman in science in St. Louis today
- Submit an additional Written Report(s) for the quarter.
Feel free, at any time, to come up with your own idea. Please get approval from me first.
In order to be considered, all Extra Credit submissions must be in by the end of school on the last day of any quarter.
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