District Monthly Science Homework Activity Calendar
October 2015
Make wind chimes using
pasta, stones, beads, foil
or other materials found
around your house. Bring
it to class to share.
Keep a tally of the daily
temperatures for this month.
Red 36C and higher
Orange 26C to 35C
Yellow 16C to 25C
Green 6C to 15C
Blue 0C to 5C
Fire Prevention Week is
this month. Tell your
family about fire drills at
school. How many exit
doors are in your school?
Sprinkle salt and pepper on a
piece of paper. Rub a plastic
spoon with a woolen cloth.
Now place the spoon over the
mixture. What happened?
Bring to school some flower
seeds that you have
collected. Classify them by
either size or color.
National Metric Week is this
month. Measure a pumpkin
using a centimeter tape measure.
Measure around the widest part,
then around top to bottom. Draw
a picture of your pumpkin. Label
the measurement.
New York Public Library’s
main branch opened in
1911. Apply for a library
card if you don’t have one.
Visit a library. Ask for a
book about weather.
List as many different signs
of the fall season as you
can. Bring your list to class.
With a friend or family
member observe cloud
types for one week.
Record and describe your
observations using
pictures and words. Share
with the class.
Cleaner Air Week is this
month. What is air pollution?
List 5 causes of air pollution.
Is there a cause of air
pollution near your school?
October is the foggiest month in
Pittsburgh. To tally the number
of foggy days this month, put a
stone in a paper cup for each
day that is foggy.
The fire escape ladder was
invented by J. B. Winters.
If there was a fire at your
home, would you use a fire
escape ladder? Draw a
fire escape plan for your
home.
Daylight Savings Time ends
and Eastern Standard Time
begins soon. What does
this mean? What is different
as a result?
Make and fly a kite.
Describe how the air
effects its movement.
Bring your kite to class
and be prepared to
answer questions.
Place two bowls with six ice
cubes in the sunlight. Cover
one bowl with a black cloth
and the other with a white
cloth. Predict what will
happen. Record your data.
How much time passed for
the ice in each bowl to melt?
Tally the weather conditions for
each day this month:
Sunny
Cloudy
Rainy
Snowy
Have you heard of
pumpkin pie? What about
pumpkin soup? Find a
recipe and have your
family try it. Share your
results with your class.
Many insects seem to
disappear after a frost. What
are some clues that there
are still some insects around
outdoors?
Design and make a wind vane.
Test your wind vane to make
sure it works. Bring your wind
vane to school.
Collect ten leaves. Make a
leaf graph by placing
similar leaves in rows.
Teacher:
Create your own
Special Science
Homework Activity
about the module you
are teaching.
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Homework Activity about
the topic you are learning in
science class.
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