Archive for January, 2009
Really Corny Chemistry Joke
In honor of our youngest son’s first day of high school chemistry, I present you with really (really) corny chemistry joke that you’ve probably heard before:
Atom 1: “I think I lost an electron.”
Atom 2: “Are you sure?”
Atom 1: “Yeah, I’m positive.”
To be totally honest, I’d never heard it before. And I laughed.
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Free Science Projects
Free science projects are all over the internet. A simple search for free projects gives up thousands of results. Unfortunately, in most cases, these ‘free’ projects prove that the old adage “you get what you pay for” is true.
For students headed to the science fair, most free science projects don’t give enough information to get [...]
Selecting A Science Fair Project Topic, by Wesley Skiles
As you begin the process of developing a science fair project, the hardest part may likely be choosing a topic. This is a strange problem since the variety and range of options is infinite, yet it is difficult to imagine the perfect one for you. There are also different types of projects (data or survey [...]
Middle School Science Projects – A Guide
Science Projects were easier in elementary school. Back then, you could submit a model rocket, an egg sucked into a bottle, or a simple science report on electricity. It’s different in middle school. Middle School science teachers want creative ideas, specific elements, in depth research, and detailed logs of the whole science fair process.
Finding a [...]
Getting Back to Your Science Projects Guides
When you purchase a set of science project guides from us, we give you a special link that allows you to access your guides from any computer. This link does not expire, so you can come back again and again. In fact, if you want, you can use your guide next year. You can pick [...]
Science Articles
I occassionally write articles for other places on the internet. Some of them are about science, and some of them are about ADHD. Today, I added a ‘widget’ on the 24 Hour Science Project blog to display some of the writings, the ones from “Ezine Articles“.
It will display at the bottom of that right hand column, [...]
Dependent and Independent Variables – Figuring Out Which is Which
I got an email from a customer today. She was having trouble distinguishing the independent variable from the dependent. She’s doing the “Vitamin ‘C’itrus” project, in which you count the number of iodine indicator drops added to several samples of fruit juice, thus determining how much vitamin C is present in each sample.
Here’s my response: [...]
Fun Science Projects
Fun science projects are the heart’s desire of every elementary and middle school student headed to the science fair. To most kids, a science project simply has to be fun. Frankly, most teachers share this view. From a teacher’s standpoint, it’s much better for a student if he or she is interested in the topic [...]
Silly Science
Just for fun…here’s an email one of my kids got, with answers some kids supposedly wrote on their science exams. I don’t believe that for a minute, but they’re still cute. Incidentally, if you’re seriously after some silly science projects, check out our Watch This! Science Projects, and find out how to do all [...]
Easy Science Projects
It’s Friday night, and you’ve been putting it off for a month. But on Monday, your child’s science project is due. And you haven’t even started. You need an easy science project that can be done quickly, but it has to be good…
It’s not an easy thing to find! Science projects that are easy often [...]