Contest!

UPDATE:
Contests are now for 1 module, and have smaller prizes.
Having them for 4 modules made it discouraging for those students who did badly on one, bringing their whole score down.
We still have open-notes quizzes.  Kids can look at anything they wrote or drew/labeled, including On Your Owns and Study Guide.  No copies of anything.  It has to be by their own hand.


►Current Contest Scores (viewable by students & parents only)

Each week an assignment is late, points will be taken off the original point value.
Get points for:
►On Your Own questions - usually 25 points each for regular questions
►Experiments, Lab Reports - usually 100 points each (exp. and report)
►Study Guide - 5 for vocabulary, 25 for other regular questions
►Quizzes - your grade x 3
►Tests - your grade x 3

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Biology Contests for 2010-2011
Contest #1, Boys against Girls, ended October 25, 2010.  The BOYS won!
Contest #2, Vowels vs. Consonants, ended January 17, 2011.  Rebekah and Cousin C won. (The Consonants)
Contest #3, Siblings vs. Friends, ended March 21, 2011.  Rebekah and Isaac won.  (Friends)
Contest #4, Every Man for Himself, ended May 27, 2011.  1st place: Rebekah; 2nd place: Isaac; 3rd place:  Cousin A.
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The kids have a contest going, and are allowed to use their notebook for quizzes.  I've never seen such thorough notes!  They're really learning a lot this way.
Finally, Rebekah figured it out.  Her eyes widened. "You tricked us into taking notes!"she cried in mock indignation. 
Yep!  =D



This first contest is for the first 4 Modules.  It is Girls Against Boys.
We'll be switching around the teams every 4 Modules, and the last round will be Every Man For Himself!
The first Grand Prize is a sleepover at my house, with a few other friends - some homeschoolers, some not.  
My son or my daughters will have to go to Grandma's if the other team wins.  =)  No boys and girls here overnight at the same time. 
So the next time, I will invent a new Grand Prize since the teams will be mixed.  Boy, that's gonna be sad if Cousins/friends win and my kids have to stay home!  lol.

There is a second prize.  A big bag of chocolate!  =)  But there is a minimum total score required to receive said bag.   
Study kids!  Take lots of notes!  =D