Oh, noes!
Every day, the dotter’s backpack-cum-horsie-decorated-duffel bag contains her homework folder. Tucked into the homework folder on irregular occasions there are notes from school:
- The official memo on what to do when the volcano blows (the Twitter feed for the volcano continually says “Volcano has not erupted. Elevated seismicity continues.” It is interspersed with such highly notable pieces of info as “The web camera is dark”, when it’s 10:36 out on February 18.)
- The notice for the Sock Hop.
- The notice for parent-teacher conferences (the last one had the “your child is working at or above grade level, so Ms. Nicely thinks there is no need for a PT conference. If you still wish to arrange one, the following time has been scheduled…”
- Monthly calendar and monthly foodservice calendar.
- Hockey and wrestling sign-up info. Har.
- The science fair project packet.
- An occasional school newsletter.
Whoa. Back up there a minnit, pardners!
“Science fair project packet”?!
Whoa.
Yes, folks, we have reached that childhood milestone: the science fair.
This necessitated an explanation of what a science fair project is like, and a definition of the word “hypothesis”. Oh, boyo.
So yours truly has spent the last hour exploring Teh Google to see what the Intertubes have to say about “first grade science project”.
The science fair is March 25.
We shall see. I will keep all posted. Any grand ideas for simple science fair projects? Any good/bad experiences? What have been your experiences with kiddo’s science fairs?
I won’t suggest project ideas directly; I will only give indirect ideas. OmegaDad has already suggested a “where do eggs come from” poster board, which has its distinct merits. There are also some neat and easy experiments with eggs online.
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