Tips for Parents

Tips for Parents - Helping your child with THEIR project:

* Give encouragement, support, and guidance. Make sure your child feels it is his or her project. Make sure the work is primarily the work of the child.


*Realize the main goal of a science project is to help your child use and strengthen the skills he or she has learned and develop higher-level skills. The main goal should not be a ribbon or prize.


*Provide transportation to libraries, nature centers, or universities that can help your child find project information.


*Locate Internet access, either at home or at a school or library.


*Help your child design a project that is safe and properly supervised.


*Help at your local school Science Fair. Contact your child’s teacher to volunteer.


*Help your child plan a mutually agreed upon timeline to prevent a last minute project. It is suggested to allow at least 6 weeks to conduct an experiment and prepare the presentation.


*If your child is selected to enter the science fair, do not worry or get upset if your child doesn’t win a prize. The skills the child has gained are worth all of the effort. Help your child begin to plan for next year.
Feel a sense of pride and accomplishment when the science fair is over. You and your child have earned it!