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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 our four boys all did science projects.
Thirty five years ago, when I was in elementary school, it was easy to do a science project. You made a trip-tik science board out of a cardboard box, hand wrote your topic and procedure, then made a model of a volcano or made an egg squeeze into a bottle. Your teacher had never heard of the scientific method, and your mother never even knew your science project was due.
Those were the good old days. Now, children are expected to choose a science project topic, submit a proposal, form a hypothesis, perform an experiment with three trials, graph and chart the results, develop and present an abstract, give an oral report, and pretend they did all this without help from parents.
It really is enough to drive a mother insane.
But smile, mom! You've discovered a secret weapon to help you conquer the dreaded science project. This is your personal copy of "The Non-Scientist Parent's Guide to Science Fair Projects", a guide that will answer almost every question you have about doing a science project with your child.
We'll help you as you choose the perfect science project, wade through the odd vocabulary, deal with the scientific method, and design an award winning science board.
And the great thing is that you'll find out that your science project really can be done by your child, with you as a teacher and a guide.
So put some paper in the printer, so you can print the pages that will help you and your child feel like rocket scientists!
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