| The problem is simple. Your child is in school and | | | | looked forward to answering my questions. |
| begins to study serious science. There is a good | | | | These simple projects range over many areas of |
| chance that the book and the instructor are not | | | | science. So there is surely a fit available for your child's |
| communicating sufficiently and your child is struggling. | | | | need. All the items required are inexpensive and easily |
| This can happen to the best of students. | | | | found in the home or the local hardware store. Today |
| Basic science is a key to a successful career in many | | | | similar introductory projects are to be found on the |
| professional areas that do not require a formal science | | | | internet with the added advantage that many websites |
| degree such as medicine. Our school systems have | | | | offer video illustration of the working experiment. All |
| difficulties in meeting their science curriculum. | | | | these home projects contain explanations of what is |
| Maintaining a proficient science teaching staff is a | | | | happening and why...very useful for parents. |
| challenge in the best of times. Rapidly changing | | | | Trying these projects develops the fundamental |
| developments in modern science make most texts | | | | understanding as to how science is done and learned. |
| obsolete soon after they are printed. | | | | A project demonstrates science as a process of |
| Qualifying examinations for college entrance, | | | | observation with the results recorded and analyzed. |
| government and private sector job applications, and | | | | Even projects that don't go quite right present real |
| military placement tests, all expect basic science | | | | results. |
| achievement. Learning science is an educational | | | | Fundamental concepts are learned as your child |
| necessity. | | | | makes science work. Your child begins to think as a |
| So how to help your child? | | | | scientist. The cumulative result is science becomes at |
| My son was a good student who became lost in a | | | | much more manageable study. .Your child will certainly |
| science course. Attempting a required science project | | | | lift his confidence and enthusiasm as a science |
| independently was impossible. Help began when we | | | | student. |
| went to the library to find books on "Home Science | | | | My son was never interested in a science career but |
| Projects." There are plenty of these to be found and | | | | his course grades and scores on scholastic |
| they are simple, brief, and easy to do. We would try | | | | achievement tests gained him admission in a top 30 |
| as many of these together as time would permit | | | | out of state public university. Oh yeah the kid got |
| during the school year. I became his assistant. He | | | | himself a scholarship to boot. |