For your independent Assignment, you may choose from the following options:

A Do a Science fair project. Recommended option for 9AP Students Details Science Fair Information help choosing an option 9AP Science fair will be Dec 7 periods 1 and 2

If you are not at all interested in taking part in the science fair you can choose one of the other options

B Science in The News Read, highlight (the main points) and summarize (in your own words) 5-10 science related articles dated Jun 2015 or later Science in the News

please choose articles that you understand. 2 good sites https://www.sciencenews.org/ http://www.iflscience.com/ you should read the original article referenced at this IFScience site

C Make a science presentation to a gr1-9 class. 30 min for 1 student, 45 min for 2 students 1.0h for 3 students and 80 min for 4 students.

The teacher present must complete an evaluation form which is available from Ms. Kauffman..

D Listen to and summarize in your own words, 6 topics selected from 2-3 episodes from Quirks and Quarks (at least 2 pages double spaced) and briefly present 2 of these to the class. Quirks and Quarks. Canada's Science Radio Show

E Read and summarize all or a portion (200 pages at least) of a Science related book. The summary must be four pages double spaced. You must include at least one rough draft for full marks,Here are some suggestions.

"Bad Science" Ben Goldacre

‘A Short History of nearly Everything’ Bill Bryson (2 copies in library)

The God Species" Mark Lynas (one of my all time favourites)

"The Tiger" John Vaillant http://www.thetigerbook.com

‘ Weird Science’ Mike White (2 copies in library)

"What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff" Marcus Chown

‘The Human Factor’ Kim Vicente (3 copies in library)*

‘How the Universe got its spots” (1 copy in library)

‘A Short History of Progress” Ronald Wright

"The Magic of Reality" by Richard Dawkins

"The Poisoner's Handbook" Blum

"The brain That Changes Itself" Norman Doidge, MD

"The Emperor of all Maladies" A biography of Cancer by

Siddhartha Mukherjee

There are also a couple of books on Climate Change in the Library

Other options can be found below

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/24/best-science-books-2014/