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No Champion Science Fair Book!:
I have looked at tons of Science Fair project books. Although this book looked the most promising because the experiments were not ordinary, it turned out to be a flop. Full of frustrations and wasted time on everyone's part. This is one of the most jumbled unorganized, unclear Science Fair project instructions I have ever seen. I was hoping to get a lot out of it for my children (ages 11, 8, and 7) who were getting ready to do Science Fair projects. We picked several to do. One of them was the experiment on generating electricity through a hydroelectric generator. We secured the materials over several days; followed the 3-page instruction and set out to follow each one. It turned out very frustrating for my kids. The instructions were not really step by step. As soon as you follow the first instruction you realize the author forgot to put the information that would have been helpful for the previous step--like coiling 200 yards of wire only to find out the next two steps had you do it clockwise or counterclockwise. The instruction was not very clear. Very unorganized thought process. As for the magnet, a sidebar for a young elementary student on how to figure out the north and south pole of a magnet would have been helpful. Secondly, the instruction was not clear how long the whole project would take a child to do. You had to figure that out as you go along. It was not easy to determine on each page. Thirdly, it was unclear whether the project was specific to a particular age group. The level of difficulty was not clear. It would have been helpful as the child was picking each one. My kids and I tried it. We gave it a try. It had a potential to be a good reference book but it was too unorganized. Not a Champion Science Fair book as the cover would have one believe! Arlene Meyer Bikermama
No champion Science Fair Book!:
I have looked at tons of Science Fair project books. Although this book looked the most promising because the experiments were not ordinary, it turned out to be a flop. Full of frustrations and wasted time on everyone's part. This is one of the most jumbled unorganized, unclear Science Fair project instructions I have ever seen. I was hoping to get a lot out of it for my children (ages 11, 8, and 7) who were getting ready to do Science Fair projects. We picked several to do. One of them was the experiment on generating electricity through a hydroelectric generator. We secured the materials over several days; followed the 3-page instruction and set out to follow each one. It turned out very frustrating for my kids. The instructions were not really step by step. As soon as you follow the first instruction you realize the author forgot to put the information that would have been helpful for the previous step--like coiling 200 yards of wire only to find out the next two steps had you do it clockwise or counterclockwise. The instruction was not very clear. Very unorganized thought process. As for the magnet, a sidebar for a young elementary student on how to figure out the north and south pole of a magnet would have been helpful. Secondly, the instruction was not clear how long the whole project would take a child to do. You had to figure that out as you go along. It was not easy to determine on each page. Thirdly, it was unclear whether the project was specific to a particular age group. The level of difficulty was not clear. It would have been helpful as the child was picking each one. My kids and I tried it. We gave it a try. It had a potential to be a good reference book but it was too unorganized. Not a Champion Science Fair book as the cover would have one believe! Arlene Meyer
| Author: | Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen | | Binding: | Paperback | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 507.8 | | EAN: | 9781402748387 | | ISBN: | 1402748388 | | Number Of Pages: | 208 | | Publication Date: | 2007-08-01 | | Reading Level: | Ages 9-12 |
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