| So both your kids have to do a science project?! | | | | 3. Recycle projects. Our family has always done |
| Science Projects for families with more than one child | | | | projects together, then saved them in the attic. One |
| can be an daunting task for parents. Science fairs are | | | | year one of our boys used the same experiment his |
| generally held at about the same time, so even if kids | | | | brother had done the year before. We redid the |
| are in different schools, their projects probably have | | | | experiment, but reused the science board, simply |
| due dates that are near each other. Here are four | | | | adding the fresh data and photographs. |
| ideas to simplify the process. | | | | 4. Submit different types of the same project. If your |
| 1. Let kids work together on the same project. They | | | | school science fair allows it, one child can submit and |
| can each do the experiment, and will each have to do | | | | experiment based project, and the other submit a |
| a science board or report, but you'll only have to help | | | | demonstration. For example, one child can |
| find one idea and gather the materials from one list. | | | | demonstrate how to take the shell off an egg without |
| This is the way to go if your kids are in different | | | | boiling, and another can experiment to see if water |
| schools. | | | | goes through the membrane. |
| 2. Use different variables for the same experiment. If | | | | Science projects are supposed to be wonderful |
| you're comparing amounts of Vitamin C in substances, | | | | learning experiences for kids - and they can be. Don't |
| for example, let one child test various canned fruit | | | | let your family get bogged down in the process. Look |
| juices, and another child test different juices from fresh | | | | for ways to streamline and coordinate, and make |
| fruit. The research and procedure is the same, but the | | | | science fair time a fun educational time for your kids. |
| experiments are different. | | | | |