Science Project Help

About my lack of creative science project ideas? lol..I think that's self evident. As for anything else...well I'll let you know after tomorrow night T

But what about last week? Friday?? I'm so confused!!! Tia

Hi, My now 22 year old son did a winner of a science project using yeast and sugar an d balloons. I can't remember the details very much-his dad helped him. It had something to do with the interaction between the yeast, CO2 and sugar. It was fun to watch those balloons fill...Hope this isn't too muddled. He did win the 5th grade county prize that year... Julie

Thanks, Julie! I'm gathering all the ideas and am going to sit down with her and talk - she's going to do the work, not me! Not that she expects me to do it for her, but I know a lot of parents do their kids' projects. Fortunately, or unfortunately, this isn't for a "fair," just a HUGE part of her grade. Since she's always gotten A's and B's, it'll kill her if she doesn't do well on this. Thanks for responding! How are you feeling? Pain going away at all? I think I remember you saying you were going to see a pain management specialist - were they able to help? Keep in touch, Tia

Tia, My daughter did one last year, 7th grade, that was about the rate of how a plant grows. If using fertilizer helps, sunlight, no/little sunlight. Things she put on the board were the different parts of the plant and how/what makes the plants grow. I think she had a few different samples, one without fertilizer, one with it in the soil, one you mix with water...she took pictures and measurements every week to track the progress and that went on the board too. We took a red plastic cup cut it in half so it would lay up against the board, covered it in orange construction paper, glued it to the board and put silk type leaves in it for a pot. Hope you can at least come up with somethig fun! Bridget

Hey Bridget - Thanks for the idea! Kaity's an interior designer wanna-be, so I think my idea of checking to see if cheaper brands of modeling compounds (Play-Doh, etc.) deteriorate faster than the more expensive brands, really appealed to her artistic side. We'll see - it's so hard being a Mom - especially since I'm not!! Tia

Here goes - My son had a science fair project where we stained three identical t-shirts with ketchup, mustard and mayo. Then we applied three different types of stain sticks/sprays to the stain to see which one got the stain out the best. Easy, fast and not too hard on the wallet. Documented the ingredients of the sticks/sprays to show what might possible be the ingredient that made one better than the other. Stuck the t-shirt sections onto the backboard. Made a cute visual. Best of luck! Any questions, just email. TraciL

I KNEW you'd respond with a great idea - in fact, I kind of had you in mind when I posted this! That's a great idea - since I'm the Laundry Queen at my brother's and they exist on ketchup, that shouldn't be too hard. She's intrigued by the idea of the modeling compound, so I think we're gonna try that first. Thanks again, Tia