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My oldest is in 1st grade. The science fair is in 2 weeks. He's chosen the Solar System and we've been working on a theme for about 2 weeks now and he's selected the number of years it takes the planets to orbit the sun. We're still working out whether or not to show Pluto or not (Pluto is now one of 3 dwarf planets).
We discussed showing the planets orbits on poster board and then showing them orbit the sun and representing the planets by gluing ping-pong balls to the top of a Poker Chip stack that represents the number of years it takes to orbit the sun. He's dragging his feet on this project and my wife's got 3 other kids to take care of.
My temptation is just to do the project for him and have him explain it. However, I'm not sure that's the right thing to do.
I know some of you have been through this Science Fair stuff. Please share your words of wisdom and pearls of knowledge. I have to keep reminding myself this is 1st grade, 1st grade, 1st grade.....
We discussed showing the planets orbits on poster board and then showing them orbit the sun and representing the planets by gluing ping-pong balls to the top of a Poker Chip stack that represents the number of years it takes to orbit the sun. He's dragging his feet on this project and my wife's got 3 other kids to take care of.
My temptation is just to do the project for him and have him explain it. However, I'm not sure that's the right thing to do.
I know some of you have been through this Science Fair stuff. Please share your words of wisdom and pearls of knowledge. I have to keep reminding myself this is 1st grade, 1st grade, 1st grade.....