Reid’s Science Fair Project 2008
May 24th, 2008 by Sean
Reid presented his science fair project at the Blossom Hill School open house along with all the other K-5 students who participated. He choose the topic for himself: “How Do On and Off Switches Work?” Amy and I helped with research, and I worked with him on creation of the presentation which included a working model of an on and off switch. He was very proud (as were we). Here are his findings:
Electricity flows in wires. Wires are made of metal. Metal is a conductor. Wires are wrapped in a coating. Coating is insulation.
Switches turn on and off. Electricity flows when the wire is connected. When the switch is off, the circuit stops flowing.
by Reid Parham
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For this project I learned about:
- Math
- Measuring
- Models
- Scientific method
- Scientists are careful and clean
- Electricity flows in wire
- Wires have
- Metal = Conductor
- Plastic = Insulator
- Switches allow or stop electricity flow
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Cool Project!!! I just loved everything about it. And I loved what you both learned. I sounded like you had a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.
I love his face on the third picture. And the shirt is great. We’ve been playing Star Wars Lego ever since Abe’s birthday. Mostly Artie and I but Abe is doing pretty good. So the shirt will be a fun surprise.
Yes, we had a lot of fun. Reid is now calling himself a scientist and is thinking about his next project, which I think is very cool. He and Amy went to the Tech Museum in San Jose the other day for inspiration.
And yes, Reid is a full-on Lego Star Wars junkie. Much better at it than me.