Extra Credit

Directions: Every extra credit opportunity is worth 5 points that will be applied to your homework grade. Your homework grade cannot be higher than 100%.

Option 1 MUST be completed first. The remaining options may be completed in any order.
Your name and the name of the extra credit option MUST be on your extra credit when you turn it in.

Extra Credit Option 1
Watch this Youtube video (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7CwqNHn_Ns&index=2&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNcAJRf3bE1IJU6nMfHj86W). Then, pick one of the note-taking methods mentioned in the video. Next, watch the video a second time and take notes on it using the note-taking method you chose. Turn those notes in to me.

Extra Credit Option 2
Watch any of the other Crash Course Study Skills videos (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuwS5ZLwKY&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNcAJRf3bE1IJU6nMfHj86W) and take notes (using one of the methods from option 1) on it. Turn those notes in to me.

Extra Credit Option 3
Take any of the lecture notes from any of this semester's classes and take your own notes on it using one of the methods from option 1. Turn those notes in to me.

Extra Credit Option 4
Listen to this podcast episode on retrieval practice and take notes on it using one of the methods from option 1. Turn those notes in to me.

Extra Credit Option 5
Listen to any episode of this podcast and take notes on it using one of the methods from option 1. Turn those notes in to me.

Extra Credit Option 6 (Chemistry only)
Read one chapter of Elements of Chemistry by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (linked here) and write a ONE PAGE summary of what you read. Turn your summary in to me.

Extra Credit Option 7 (Western Civ 1 only)
Listen to one of the lessons on the Protestant Reformation (linked here) and take notes on it using one of the methods from option 1. Turn those notes in to me.

Some of these options can be completed more than once. The options this applies to are options 2, 3, 5, and 7.

Chemistry - Vocabulary Help and Helpful Videos

Here you can find links for Quizlet flashcards for Apologia Educational Ministries’ Exploring Creation with Chemistry (3rd edition).

Here are also some really helpful Chemistry videos: Science with Tyler Dewitt.

Intro to Greek - Quizzes and Tests

MLA Format

The MLA Format is a format for citing research. Your paper needs to have both in-text citations as well as a Works Cited page.

To find out how to set up your in-text citations, click here.

To find out how to set up your Works Cited page, click here. 

To see an example of a Works Cited page, click here.

You can generate MLA citations for free at this website.

Physical Science - Vocabulary Help

Here you can find links for Quizlet flashcards for Apologia Educational Ministries’ Exploring Creation with Physical Science (3rd edition) by Dr. Jay Wile.

Science Videos

These science videos will help you work through various science problems and concepts.

Physical Science - Atomic Number



Physical Science - Bohr Model



Physical Science - Half-Life



Physical Science - Radioactive Decay



Physical Science - Speed of Sound



Chemistry - Balancing Equations

Chemistry - Calorimetry



Chemistry - Changes in Enthalpy



Chemistry - Electron Configurations



Chemistry - Entropy



Chemistry - Gas Laws



Chemistry - Gibbs Free Energy



Chemistry - Grams, Moles, and Stoichiometry



Chemistry - Heat



Chemistry - Molarity and Molality



Chemistry - Naming Compounds



Chemistry - Periodic Table Basics



Chemistry - Potential Energy Diagram



Chemistry - Reaction Rates



Chemistry - Writing Chemical Formulas



Physics - Dimensional Analysis, Metric Units, Scientific Notation, Sig Figs



Physics - Electromagnetism Part 1



Physics - Electromagnetism Part 2



Physics - Kinematics



Physics - Power and Linear Momentum



Physics - Two-Dimensional Kinematics and Newton's Laws of Motions

Robotics Pictures