DON’T PANIC! THE COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE FAIR WIZARDS ARE HERE TO HELP YOU… TEACHERS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS WORLDWIDE!
 I know when its science fair time because e-ons of emails arrive every day from parents, students and teachers:
Will you send me a science fair project?
What is a good science fair project that my daughter can do for her 7th grade science fair?
Do you have easy science fair projects on your site?
Do you know where I can find ….
Well, now we have created a Forum for you to share your science fair experience, ask questions and get answers from each other. This is a blog for students, parents and teachers… a place for you to help each other.
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During science fair project time, parents call to ask questions about purchasing a kit for their child or to ask a question about a kit that they already purchased. The following is a very typical conversation and this one occurred this last Thursday. The names of the people have been changed.
A mother called me up to ask a question about the PicoTurbine Windmill that she purchased for her son’s science fair project. When asked how old her son was, she said 13. I then requested that she put her son on the phone so I could answer his questions, for certainly he was old enough to take charge of his science fair project. What prompted me to do this was that she started off the conversation saying, “We have a science fair project and…”
No, there is no “we”. This was her son’s science fair project and she needed to give him the space to own it.
During the conversation with Tom, Jane constantly interrupted, talked about extraneous stuff, and finally I said to her in the nicest voice I could muster, “Please, allow Tom to ask his questions and share his thoughts, for this is his project and he really seems to have a good handle on what he wants to accomplish.”
Her silence only lasted until the middle of her son’s next sentence.
“Jane, this is Tom’s project, please let him be in charge of this conversation.”
This did not stop her and it was a constant struggle for her son to keep his space and own his assignment.
I ended the conversation with the following thoughts:
“Tom, the most important thing that you can learn from a science fair project is that when you change one minute thing in life, everything changes and everyone around you must change.
If you change the material of the blade that you use for the PicoTurbine Windmill experiment, ask yourself, ‘What happens to the speed of the windmill, the air? What other changes do I notice? How do I feel when these changes occur?’ Notice the effectiveness of the windmill, the things around it and the response you have to those changes.’
It is a profound experience to become aware of the fact that when you change one thing in life everything changes around it. What you do makes a difference. And that is what science fair projects are really all about.
That is what scientists do. They test and retest to see which change produces the most effective response. Then they go back and test again to find an even more effective way of doing things.”
Parents, teachers, and caregivers… what message are you giving your child or students? What questions are you asking them? What space are you giving them to learn and grow?
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The 12th grade is really your last chance to create entries for your resume. These entries are necessary as they show colleges what type of student you are and what skills you have developed in high school. Many students who are trying to get into the best schools or science programs put a lot of effort into finding ways to stand out from all the other college applicants.
One option that high school seniors have is to enter a science competition, such as a science olypiad or a science fair. These activities will give high school students the chance to show colleges that they not only have the academic proficiency to do well at these competitions, but that they also have the personal drive to take control of their education and their future. These are great indicators that a student will do well in college.
If you do decide to enter a science fair your senior year in high school you do not want to waste your time with basic or boring projects. You want your 12th grade science fair project to wow the judges and to really blow the judges’ minds. This may mean that you have to work with science concepts or tools that you are unfamiliar with or that you will need to invest a great deal of energy and time in completing your project.
When developing a high school level science fair project you will want to make sure you utilize the tools that are at your disposal, such as microscopes, lab equipment and measuring devices that are owned by your high school. You will also want to spend a considerable amount of time researching your topic. The more you know about your topic before starting your project the better your science project will turn out.
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Did you know that the Earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March then in September? What do you think happens to the habitants of the earth when this happens?
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Winter break is the perfect time for kids to explore science independently of their classmates and teachers. Independent exploration of science helps kids to find topics that they are interested in, as well as to develop skills that will help them to become better students in the future. While this sounds like an easy thing to do, students will still need a little guidance in getting started.
If you are currently on winter break and are bored then there are several holiday activities that you can do that will relate to science. The first option is to start making observations about your environment. You can make observations about how your family reacts to changing noise levels or to how they react to a crowd of people at a holiday party. You can also make observations about weather patterns, your pets or even about yourself. Making observations is the first step in developing a science project.
The second holiday activity that you can complete is to conduct basic experiments. Experiments can be conducted in your kitchen, in your garage or outside. To find ideas for fun and safe home experiments just browse through this blog, there are dozens of ideas for projects. Completing these experiments will help you to figure out how to set up an experiment and how to test a hypothesis.
Online research is another activity that relates to science that you can complete while on winter break. This activity has several purposes. The first purpose is to give you experience conducting online research. Secondly it will give you practice taking notes and creating bibliography entries. Finally, it will help you to find science topics that interest you. All of these things will help you to develop a super cool science fair project which most likely will take place during the second semester of your school year.
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