Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Science Fair

What is the point of having students do science fair projects? What are they suppose to learn from it?

24 comments:

Mustang GT said...

The point of students doing science fair projects, is so we get a hint of what real projects in life are like. We also learn a lot about the things in the project. This way we can get up close feel of how to do a project and an experiment, just like some scientist. It is also a big part of your grade.

:) Bryanna Dawn (: said...

The point is so that you learn about different types of sciences. Another reason you need to do them is because they teach you lots of things about science. It will help you learn to do big important projects. It might also help you work with partners because you might have one.

lj_bierman said...

Students do science fair projects to learn about a specific topic and come to a conclusion using the scientific method. We can learn how to do a science project the correct way and learn from it. It also helps us understand why something is that way.

EmKay said...

The point of doing science fair projects is to learn and figure something out. You are supposed to learn from it by doing all the steps and by maybe doing something so others can see. It helps by seeing how some projects can work and it teaches you haow to do it. Another reason why we do science fair is to learn different forms ofd science and the types.

-Fisch- said...

what science projects do is get us into science and usally let us experiment with something that interests us... but what it really does is makes us think and use the scientific process

Anonymous said...

The reason why we have to do science fair projects is so that we find a new way to learn. Students also find a way to figure out the problem. It helps you learn to plan out large projects so we know how to do that in the future.

kelseyr. said...

The point of having science fair projects is to teach students how to solve a problem. The steps it takes to achieve what you are trying to do. Also to learn about science and all the different things it intails.

streckfuss said...

It is completely pointless to do science fair. Most peopel dont even do them. IF you make it to science fair you get to skip school. If oyu dont do it you fail. SO therefore you kind of have to do it.

*Traci K.* said...

Child torture. Actually, it is a test of their scientific abilities. You want to see how well they carry out the scientific method. They learn how to use this method correctly so they can use it in real life. Because everyone goes into their job and says, "Hey! Let's test the pH of some orange juice!"

Anonymous said...

I think the point is to learn more about science and how it relates to our life. It is good for us to know how to work hard on a project and present something. Also we learn how to go through a method in order to solve a problem.

Anonymous said...

I think it helps them experiment with life situations. It gives kids a new way of thinking. It is a fun way to learn. They are suppose to learn how to experiment with new things and learn out to share and organize the info they found.

jacob ochsner said...

It is so kids can learn some problem solving skills. It helps them a lot. It also gets you out of school for a day.

Washington Irving said...

Science fair is good because it teaches kids how to do stuff. It makes them more responsible and reliable. I love science fair because i do.

Anonymous said...

It teaches students to solve problems. That way when we get older we can be able to solve life's problems.

Abby said...

Point of students doing science fair is to learn. The more they learn about certain things then they will find out how interesting it is. It will help them to learn other things as well.

.:*{briana alexis}*:. said...

the point it to be able to complete a project and learn steps how to do it. ALso you need to make a plan, and figure out how to think critically. there supposed to learn about science processes.

:P!:')*!~*(Miranda)*!~*:')!:P said...

The point of having kids do science fair projects so they research and get into what science is about and having to do projects in the real world. And it will help them learn to experiment with different materials. And then they are able to show people the interesting things that they researched.

Jon said...

I think that the reason why we do science fair projects is just to show that we can be very independant. It is really just a way to get us off subject and do our own research on what we want. I also think that it is so that you can know how fun and boring that the life of a real scientist is .

Mal said...

I think that the point is to teach kids or students about how science relates to our lives. Like when I did crops 2 years ago, it related to the farmers. You are supposed to learn how to be responsible and also to find research, which will help you later on. It just over all helps you in science and understanding things.

..::..Fair..::.. said...

Science fair projects are to teach students to solve problems. You take certain steps to reach the solution and solve the problem. That improves the problem-solving skills too.

Anonymous said...

The point of doing a science fair project is to learn to solve problems and learn about the steps of a science project. Also, you get to work on your creativity when you decorate your board. Another thing that it teaches is responsibility when you have to have things done on time.

travis s. said...

The point of science fair subjects is so you will be able to test things out and know how to do things for the future. In the future a lot of jobs make you gather a lot of information and figure out things. It will also make you take your personal time to work on it just in real life. Lots of jobs in the future you will have to work on during you personal time at home instead of messing around.

SMAX said...

Point of students doing science fair is to learn. The more they learn about certain things then they will find out how interesting it is. It will help them to learn other things as well.

chad said...

The point is so that kids can do something else besides just science it teaches them to research and do things on their own.