- Nov 9, 2000
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I need some help! I am helping a student with a 4th grade science fair project and I need to to be top notch.
My wife is a 4th grade teach in a school that is considered Title 1. That means more than half the kids are on free/reduced meal plans. She has this sweet kid in her class that is having a rough go at life. He lives with his grandmother who probably does not have much more than a 6th grade education and cannot help him. His dad is gone and his mom is currently in prison for murdering his uncle. He also lives with his 2nd grade brother who actually witnessed the murder. But he tries to have a positive attitude but some days he is just down. My wife said he came to her worried about his project so I need to come up with some ideas.
My first idea was a project on electricity. I was going to have three power sources like a hand crank, solar cells, and either a turbine or water (haven't figured out the last ones yet).
I would then have something powered like bulbs. Maybe have a switch to two different types like led vs incandescent. Ultimately to show how electricity can be made and how efficiency effects power.
Nothing too complicated for a 4th grader. I want to have some good ideas but I am going to guide him through putting it all together.
So any ideas besides a plane on a treadmill? I was also thinking about making a wind tunnel but haven't figured out how to make smoke that won't stink up a classroom.
My wife is a 4th grade teach in a school that is considered Title 1. That means more than half the kids are on free/reduced meal plans. She has this sweet kid in her class that is having a rough go at life. He lives with his grandmother who probably does not have much more than a 6th grade education and cannot help him. His dad is gone and his mom is currently in prison for murdering his uncle. He also lives with his 2nd grade brother who actually witnessed the murder. But he tries to have a positive attitude but some days he is just down. My wife said he came to her worried about his project so I need to come up with some ideas.
My first idea was a project on electricity. I was going to have three power sources like a hand crank, solar cells, and either a turbine or water (haven't figured out the last ones yet).
I would then have something powered like bulbs. Maybe have a switch to two different types like led vs incandescent. Ultimately to show how electricity can be made and how efficiency effects power.
Nothing too complicated for a 4th grader. I want to have some good ideas but I am going to guide him through putting it all together.
So any ideas besides a plane on a treadmill? I was also thinking about making a wind tunnel but haven't figured out how to make smoke that won't stink up a classroom.
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