Aspen post:  Parents/guardians:  have you noticed that your child doesn’t have much science homework?  Here are some things they are expected to work on in lieu of traditional written work: 

• Fix their notebooks:  color, label, add notes, design titles, date, secure papers, update table of contents, use paperclips to keep pages orderly, decorate the cover, finish what they started in class.  A student's ISN should look better than mine!
• Learn about New England:   watch videos from the “Changing New England” playlist on YouTube.com, for families with Netflix – watch the BBC 3 part series Earth’s Extraordinary Journey, continue to explore interactive simulations used in class like the solar system at https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/my-solar-system/my-solar-system_en.html or the seasons at http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/npls13.sci.ess.seasons/why-seasons/
• Get outside!  Experience New England in autumn.  It really cannot be beat.  Make observations of where we live, look for evidence of how we got here.