Showing posts with label science fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science fair. Show all posts

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Update

Last Weekend
This has been such a busy week....no, not just busy...DARN busy! Before this weekend hits, I need to share the events of last weekend!
Ron (note... he is down 20 pounds!!!) and Don Mc Dougal spent Saturday building my dream Garage Shelves. They are built from the ceilng, not the floor. Now, with any luck, I can park my barge of a car in one of the 3 spaces in my garage!!! When your 3 car garage is the size of your first apartment and you cannot get even one car in, there is a problem! One of my 2008 goals is to park inside my garage, not just when a hurricane is approaching, but every day!
Thank you, Don, for giving your Saturday to us! Don's family lives life in the fast lane at "full-throttle" so I felt more than a little guilty to have him give up a precious Saturday with his family.
At about midnight on Sunday... I, yes I, completed MY 5th Grade Science Fair Project! Mmmmmm
The paperwork alone was enough to make a High School student sweat! Eleven pages of typed documentation along with the board that had to be creative, neat, and well-presented. Oh, and then the 4 pages of lab notes from at least 4 days of experimenting. I am so happy to be out of 5th grade now! Katherine arrived at school Monday morning to turn in her project only to turn around and throw up all over the parking lot! Yep....it's been a week of passing this nasty tummy bug. Of course, this comes on top of a week that is packed full from morning to night.
Yes, everyone is home sick and Ron is out of town.
Tuesday: The girls had Primary Activity Day
Wednesday: YoungWomen New Beginnings..... you know I am slipping, I forgot my camera and I made the Beehive Bundt cake for my New Beehives.
Thursday: Set Up and Decorating for the Youth Dance Tomorrow night
The days have been filled with working in my garage to fill the new shelves, exercising, working, and chasing Riley.
Tomorrow night is the youth dance and Saturday is Katherine's audition for BAK Middle School of The Arts.




Sunday, January 6, 2008

Help


Science Fair Time....
HELP!
This is one of those dreaded time of the academic year for me. Science Fair Projects!
Any suggestions for a 5th grader and a 2nd grader? Both of my girls are in need of ideas.
Leave comments here or at Katherine's blog or Megan's blog.
We attend a school where the projects are over the top "Parent" Science Projects.
The funny thing is that Katherine won 1st place for 4th grade last year and she actually thought of and executed the experiment on her own. She experimented with Magnets and the way temperature affects them. It was an easy experiment and project board for her to put together. I am just not one of those parents who hopes "my project" wins, but I dont even have any fresh suggestions for my girls to start with.
Suggestions welcome, please!!!!!