18th February 2009

Oh, noes!

posted in OmegaDotter, School, Science |

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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There are currently 5 responses to “Oh, noes!”

  1. 1 On February 19th, 2009, Blog Antagonist said:

    We have never done a Science Fair project because inevitably, the Science Fair conflicts with some big event like Economic Day, (3rd grade) Immigration Day, (5th grade) and VIP Tea (4th grade). These are all day, grade wide events, that take weeks of preparation by both kids and parents alike. This year? They decided to have Immigration day the week before Christmas vacation. On a week’s notice. I want to know who makes these decisions.

    That said, I think the egg idea is a great one. Perfect for her age.

  2. 2 On February 19th, 2009, Elaine said:

    My girl’s school did a science day recently - sort of a communal science fair where all the parents were invited to see what they’ve been learning about science. Point being, the theme of the day was EGGS. Her class did egg blowing and how many books can we pile on top of half an egg shell and several other tricks with eggs. The big event of the day was an egg toss from the 2nd floor balcony - the kids had constructed egg protectors from drinking straws and tape. Some were quite elaborate. Many many things to do with eggs, apparently!

  3. 3 On February 19th, 2009, lizard said:

    for a young lady of her artistic talents, you could do a nice color mixing project. clear tubes with various colors singly and blended into other colors.

    I also like the egg idea. that is very cool.

    science fair. wow. we didn’t do them until jr high and high school, so first grade seems like a great idea!

  4. 4 On February 19th, 2009, kris said:

    isn’t there the ’sucking the egg into the bottle’ experiment that probably shows some scientific rule. and it looks neat as hell.

  5. 5 On February 21st, 2009, Snick said:

    I did one with first graders as a whole class. Mold. From dust. On Bread. Which one goes moldy faster. With dust, or without dust. It’s gross. REally gross. But what fun!

    Snick :)

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