 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
Science Buddies
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Hundreds of projects take the fear out of the science fair.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this site is designed to help kids develop interesting science fair projects. It has an enormous list of project ideas, categorized by subject and difficulty, and provides detailed instructions to execute each one. It also offers advice for students who need help researching specific subjects, and includes tips for educators on how to organize science fairs.
What's it about?
SCIENCE BUDDIES is designed to make school science fairs easy, fun, and most important, an effective learning tool. The site includes an extensive list of project ideas covering a wide range of subjects, and detailed instructions to help kids perform the experiments and present their results. It also offers tips to aid in the research process and advice for educators about organizing and judging science fairs. The Kenneth Lafferty Hess Family Charitable Foundation, the non-profit group behind the site, is dedicated to promoting hands-on investigations, which it says are far and away the best way to teach basic scientific concepts. The site provides just about everything necessary to get kids out from behind their desks and into the field gathering data.
Is it any good?
Any science fair-veteran knows that the most important task is coming up with a good project idea. Choose a good experiment -- one that generates data that's easy to measure and a hypothesis that's simple to test -- and the task will go smoothly. But picking a subject that sounds interesting but hard to execute is a recipe for late-night stress and confusing results. Science Buddies makes that critical first step easier. Its extensive list of projects, organized by subject and difficulty level, will offer something for almost any student, and the detailed instructions provide a step-by-step guide of what to do, and a careful explanation of what people should learn in the process. The site makes science fun and interesting, a valuable service to both students and teachers.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about science and school. How does your school teach science? Does it have science fairs? If so, do you participate, and if not, do you wish there were? Do you think you could learn more from a hands-on project than from reading or taking a test? Do you think science projects sounds like fun, or work?
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perfect for kids 8 and up but no younger than 8
i love it because it is safe but i think only for ages 10+ .
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the right age
12 is a age when children start to reposible for their actions
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