Archive for October, 2008
Fast And Easy Science Projects
“Fast and Easy Science Projects!” It sounds like something hawked between science fiction flicks on late night television. What it is, however, is the heart cry of every mom who has faced the looming deadline of a science fair.
Most science projects aren’t fast, and if they’re too easy, the teacher won’t accept them. Kids have [...]
The Scientific Method Unraveled
Depending on which science book you’re reading, there are either four, or five, or six steps to the scientific method. Doesn’t sound very scientific, does it?! It’s all basically the same general idea, so we’ve taken the average, and are giving you five steps:
1. Observation – Looking at something in the world. Watching things closely [...]
How do you convert ounces to ml?
“How do you convert ounces to milliliters?”
I get conversion questions like this all the time. There are charts, calculators and formulas all over the internet, but the easier way is…
1. Go to Google.com.
2. Type in “convert X ounces to ml”.
3. Read the answer. It will convert it for you.
(Of course, the real answer I should [...]
Writing the Hypothesis for an Experiment
In our science project guides, we give you step by step instructions for doing your project, starting with the hypothesis and ending with the conclusion. We don’t, however, give you what the hypothesis should be. Sometimes customers ask us why.
The reason is simple – the hypothesis is an educated guess – YOUR educated guess, and [...]
Fifth Grade Science Projects that Rock
A Fifth Grade Science Project can be one of the most fun school projects that a parent and child can do together. Here are some really good science project ideas that our family has done. The projects are easy to do, yet they meet the requirements of most science fairs and most fifth grade teachers. [...]
Grade Level of Projects
“My granddaughter has a Science Fair coming up soon and we need help. She is in the 2nd grade. My question is are the 24 Hour Projects 2nd grade level? If not, do you offer any at that level? Thanks.”
We often get this question about our projects. The answer is almost always, “Yes, you can [...]
The Science Project Idea that Made Us Rocket Scientists
Somehow or another, for many years every time we came up with a science project idea, it was rejected. The teacher thought it was too hard or too easy, it didn’t follow the scientific method or our sample wasn’t big enough. The science project idea that we thought was terrific was a failure before it [...]
Our 25th Science Project – and Counting
One year I decided I would do a science project called “Do Science Projects Cause Maternal Insanity?” That was the year we sent one of our sons to the neighbor’s house to do his science experiment. It was one of the years that each of our four boys had to do science projects.
Thirty five years [...]
The Teacher Doesn’t Like His Question
I had a seventh grader contact me about a science project he was doing. The question (from one of our projects) was, “Does Covering the Mouth with Hands Prevent the Spread of Germs?”
This project was designed for elementary school students, and the teacher wasn’t pleased with its simplicity. Her main objection was that the experiment [...]
How to find the average? We’ll do it for you!
Fourth grade science project question: “I’m a mother of a 4th grader who is currently working on his science project. We did the project and it was interesting what the results were. The only thing I can’t figure out how can we figure the average numbers at the end of the trials? How [...]