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Originally Posted by BonnyW
I remember doing a science experiment in school--4th grade. I wanted to find out if vitamin C, when added to soil, helped radishes grow (alternate hypothesis). I had my control group and my experimental group and after they sprouted, I measured them every day and kept notes in a log. After two months of doing this, I wrote up the results and came up with the experimental conclusion. We presented our projects to the teacher and the class. My teacher gave me a "C". She said that my project wasn't "interesting". It really bummed me out.  I thought it was interesting.  The kid that won the class science 'experiment' (obviously) had help from his parents--he made a volcano. I heard later that the kid that won the year before also made a volcano.
So, even though the teacher had no idea what a science experiment was, I still got something out of it-not a good grade of course, but an appreciation of the scientific method and experimentation. I also found out that day that those grade school teachers didn't really understand science  ... |
Awww Bonny. But look at ya now!!! If that teacher only knew that she would have a future kickass Ph.D in her class. Those volcano projects...*yawn* A kid at our school did one of those and got all of the attention. I did something on butterflies and it barely got a glance. Secretly....I wanted to do something with cockroaches...
