Article by Liza Peterson

Conducting simple science projects, as the name implies, is just easy and simple. Selecting or deciding on what particular project you will do is the challenging one. However using your child’s age, you can easily determine what science project your child is suited to.

In deciding what particular science project you are going to work on, it is important for you to consider the age-appropriate level of your child. For kindergarten students, give them hands-on and interactive activities. During kindergarten, students are already on the stage of discovery and exploration and so they prefer activities which involve investigation, asking questions and discovering how things work. Example of these activities are observing how seeds grow, blending colors to form into a new one, and density of liquids. You can also start introducing those activities which involve topics such as life, animals and plants, the world around them, an introduction to space, and even scientific inquiry and observation. For elementary level, it must be more on satisfying their curiosity like answering a question or solving a problem that can be completed in a short period of time. Examples are experiments on how much salt to use to make the egg float in water, why does popcorn pop, how music affects plant growth, and other experiments which encourages thinking skills since the child brainstorms ideas and exercises critical thinking. For high school students, they usually present science projects during science fair and subject requirements. Of course their grade is very critical so it is good to create a project which can attract the attention of audiences (in fairs) and your teacher’s interest (in classroom). Some good suggestions includes a project about energy and how various power generating methods work, a project about anatomy by creating models of human body using clays or other molding materials, and a project about optical illusions and how it affects the way the brain and optic nerves work together.

These are just some of the simple suggestions you can follow in conducting experiments and creating science projects but if you want to add more fun and excitement on learning science, you can also buy some cool learning kits like biology kits, chemistry kits, physics kits, earth science kits, electricity kits, anatomy kits, magnetic kits and even robotic kits.

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