Science Fairs and Experiments
If you love science, and/or you like to invent or create technical gadgets you would probably enjoy taking part in a science fair. Most schools have science fairs and there are also regional and national science fairs. The most prestigious national science fair, The Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Conference, awards prizes of … Keep Reading → $100,000 dollar scholarships to its grand prize winners. That’s a pretty serious event. Most science fairs are much lighter events designed to motivate kids at individual schools to challenge themselves and get creative. There are two separate elements to doing well at a science fair. You need to come up with an interesting concept. It’s best to focus on things that interest you. What can you show that most people don’t understand, but would find interesting? The other element is that you have to be able to talk about your idea at the fair. Prepare some notes for yourself. Put a few bullet points on index cards. Don’t try to read them. Just keep them as a reminder of the points you want to mention. Most of all try to relax and have fun
