Monday, November 24, 2008
Do science fair projects teach science?
When you do a science fair project, you become really familiar with the scientific method and the topic of what your project is on. So in a sense, you don't really learn "science", you just learn a lot about the components of your topic. Other things that you do learn from the Science Fair process are to use resources, to use detective skills, to be specific when you write things down, and to always take data. Overall, Science Fair projects just educate you in the basic steps of doing an experiment.
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But learning about your topic (the specifics of it) IS learning science. As teachers, we are more concerned with students actually learning a CONCEPT rather than just enough to pass the test or to "get by". If students take the time, they will learn concepts and ideas that are life long. Science fair projects teach you how to process information, document data, and improves your critical thinking skills.
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