Your homework is to read the first section of Chapter 8, Magnetism, paying attention to vocabulary and the As You Read topics listed at the beginning of the chapter, which should help you know what to take notes on in your science journals. Also pay a lot of attention to the illustrations, and copy them to your journal, along with explanation.
Do the MiniLab on page 231; make an illustration and answer the questions in your lab journal.
Answer the Section 1 assessment questions. When you answer a question, use complete sentences which re-state the question. [What I mean is, when the question asks you to describe what happens when you bring two like magnetic poles together, you don't just say, "1. They stick." You should write something like this: "When two like magnetic poles are brought together, they ...blablabla." This way, when you go back to review, your answer makes sense.]
THE GOAL OF THIS HOMEWORK IS TO LEARN THROUGH NOTE-TAKING AND PICTURE-MAKING (drawing what you learn). If you just read, you will understand less and forget more. If you take notes, you will keep what you have learned, and even be able to teach others. I would love to see your lab journals become a record of your journey that you can be proud of.
Perhaps this would be a good time to put your science notebooks in order, as well. Those of you who forgot "The Story So Far..." please remember on Thursday.
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