Comments on: The Science (Fair) of Facebook

By: Amysilverman

Amysilverman — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:57:13 +0000

we are getting ready to make our animals soon!!! having a lot of fun. and i have a feeling we’ll have more carousel science fair projects in years to come! i’ll post our results soon. thanks for your ideas!

By: physicsmom

physicsmom — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:02:17 +0000

Love the idea of predicting which animal will be ridden the most and graphing the results. It’s a different twist on science, emphasizing statistics instead of physics, with a touch of the scientific method. Sophie could then draw pictures of the animals if she’s artistically inclined or you can scour picture books in the library and photocopy pictures of the animals that most resemble the carousel characters. I remember seeing neat coloring books when my daughter was little too. Sounds like great fun! (The zoetrope will be a neat display too).

By: Michelle Martinez

Michelle Martinez — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:21:40 +0000

Wow, what a great turn out. I saw these come in on FB and had no ideas, though it made me think about it. I can’t wait to see which ones you picked and how it turns out.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:36:16 +0000

Science Fair time around here also…trying to remember the idea about dirty hands and a potato for Abby. Sophie is doing something with cornstarch that will require Costco sized amounts of it and a really tiny kiddie pool.