Saturday, February 5, 2011

Science Fair

Square structures and Triangle structures
It's that time of year again... ya know, the time when we were given a month to do a science fair project.  We usually spend the first 27 days coming up with a MILLION great ideas and the last three or four days doing the easiest one we can think of.  I really do love the Science Fair.  I think its good for kids to at least try the Scientific Process.  This year, thanks to our new fascination with Mythbusters, most of our ideas probably would of ended with either the fire department or the FBI at our door.  We opted for a nice, safe (and boring) Structure Support.  I actually thought it was pretty fun and interesting (Josiah thought it was boring and just wanted it done).  Josiah made square and triangle structures with craft sticks and glue.  Then he saw which would hold the most weight- squares or triangles.  I was surprised by HOW MUCH weight they held.  26 pounds!  That seemed like a lot for Popsicle sticks.  Anyway, we got 'er done and it turned out alright. 

Square held at 23 pounds
Triangle at 26 pounds



Collapsed

Display board
Josiah's buds- Caleb and Matt (and nice Sarah)


Josiah has the funnest group of kids his age.  I think if I would of taken more pictures, eventually the whole class would of jumped in!  A lot of the boys call every ones mom "mom".  So when I walk into the class, about 7 voices say "Hi Mom!'. 
Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. WesFebruary 5, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Well, it probably wouldn't be good to involve the fire department or FBI, though I'm sure they've been involved with science projects before. Actually it doesn't look that boring to me, especially since they held so much. Impressive.

    That's great that you have so many of the kids to call you "Mom." I guess we'll see how many years that lasts.

    Good job Josiah!

    ReplyDelete
  2. WesFebruary 5, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    P.S. My science fair project was seeing which brand of paper towel absorbed the most. Your project sounds much more fun!

    Oh and one year I "helped" a kid do one where he experimented with the best environment for plants to grow (light, water, miracle grow). Basically he just wanted someone to sit by him at the fair because I didn't do any work on it! We even went to the regional fair for that one because he had done a good job.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)