This document is a warm-up assignment from a teacher that asks students to define intelligence, discuss where it comes from and whether it is important for happiness and success. It also asks students if they have ever made fun of someone for being intelligent and why. Finally, it provides a list of assignments and due dates for students to turn in.

1. Warm-up, 11.18.2009 This warm-up is worth two grades. Please answer completely and justify your responses. How do you define intelligence? Where does intelligence come from? Is intelligence important for having a happy life? Is intelligence important for having a successful life? Have you ever made fun of somebody for being intelligent? Why did you do it? Is being intelligent important to you? What can you do to make yourself more intelligent?

3. Pseudoscience lab (periods 2 & 4)

4. Forensics Packet

5. Forensics Webquest

6. Earth Science Packet

7. Earth Science Webquest

8. Chapter 8 Lab – Meteorite/Alien Life

9. Chapter 8, reading checks

10. Space Probe Proposal

11. (Period 2) – Final draft of paper (3 pages)

12. (Period 3) – Planet info sheet, planet size/scale, location of your planet on campus.

13. (Period 4) – Final outline of arguments/counterarguments. Each argument (and counterargument) should be at least 2 written pages (combined – so one page for each). Every student in your group should have at least 2 pages prepared.PROJECT DUE NOVEMBER 20th(FRIDAY)