Sixth Grade Science Project Guides on the Internet
When trying to find the perfect science project guide for your 6th grader, the internet is an amazing resource. It’s important to find a project that is challenging, educational, but also grade level appropriate and interesting for your student. Searching the internet allows for the type of specificity that will help you find a science project that balances [...]
Sixth Grade Science Projects
It can be a challenge when your 6th grader brings home that annual science project packet. First you start looking for a fun and educational project to do with your favorite middle school student. There are several places you can look to try to find age appropriate science project including the internet, your child’s teacher, and the public library. The most [...]
Middle School Science Projects
It can be overwhelming when your middle school student comes home with that annual science fair project packet. Sure, they are supposed to choose a project that interests them and execute it on their own, but they often need help finding a topic, an executable project, and finding the materials they need to get it [...]
Choosing a Science Project for Homeschools
Last week Shannon Shannon Stoltz invited me to be a guest blogger on her homeschooling blog. It was my first stint as a guest blogger, but since she wanted me to write about how to choose a science project, I jumped at the chance. Even though we have excellent public schools, I’m a huge fan [...]
Elementary Science Projects
Elementary School teachers almost always require students to do at least one science project before they finish the fifth grade. Elementary science projects are easy to find, but finding the right project for your child can be a challenge. Here are five hints to help you find the best project for your grade school child.
When The Science Project Data Doesn’t ‘Look Right’
A student doing the “A Slice of Ice” experiment emailed me last week with some concerns about his results. According to his calculations, his results did NOT prove what he expected. He had hypothesized that pieces of ice with the greatest surface area would melt first. His data did not back that up, and he [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Science Project Ideas
Science project ideas aren’t easy to come up with. Here are some hints to help you choose the best science project for your child:
1. Check the science guidelines. What kind of project does your science fair require? There are five kinds of science projects: investigative (experimental), demonstration, research papers or reports, models, and collections. (For [...]
Vitamin C – Using an Indicator
When you mix Iodine and Vitamin C (the scienctific name is ascorbic acid), something interesting happens; the solution turns blue for a bit, then returns to the color of the juice. Keep adding the iodine, however, and the mixture will turn a very inky dark blue color. Why is this? Here’s a kid friendly explanation?
Iodine [...]