Science Buddies Blog (3 results)

Interested in consumer and food science, this middle school student turned a fizzy kombucha project into an exploration of how biofilms make fermentation possible. Extra Credit for the Middle School Science Fair At Lancaster Country Day School in Lancaster, PA, students in the 7th and 8th grade are required to participate in the school's annual science fair. Students can earn extra credit if they also participate in one of the local area fairs,… Read more

Teaching students about the scientific method helps prepare them to do science experiments and to design and execute their own science fair projects to explore science questions. These four free plug-and-play resources help you approach the scientific method with tools and learning aids that suit the needs of your classroom. Teaching Steps of the Scientific Method Whether preparing students to do classroom science experiments and science fair projects… Read more

Science Buddies helped this fifth grade student find the perfect match for his curiosity, and it changed how he sees science. A Physics Project for the School Science Fair School science fairs give students a chance to delve deeply into a project of interest and then share the project with others, explaining the procedure they followed, what they expected to happen, how things went, what they learned, and what they might do next if they continued… Read more