Sandwiched in between the two birthday parties is the due date for Conor's fifth grade science project. I drove him to school this morning to help him carry it all inside. The projects will be scored this afternoon and the science fair is tonight.
His project was comparing the efficiency of solar cells positioned at different angles. I think that he did a good job on it. All the information about it is on his site.
Update: Conor got a first place ribbon for his project! Everyone received a ribbon; either first, second, or third place or honorable mention.
We walked around and looked at all of the projects. There were some really interesting ones and then there were others that were just examples of bad science. From what I could tell, bad science (lack of a control group, no control over variables, small sample groups) didn't keep some of the projects from winning a first place ribbon as long as the project followed all the steps and looked nice.
Posted by marybeth at April 20, 2004 09:42 AM Family