Today we helped judge the Beresford middle school science fair. I thought this was a great experience. We all received partners and were given between 2-12 projects to judge. We first went around and judged within the grade level, then got together with other judges who had the same topic and judged within the topics. It was very difficult pitting the 7th and 8th graders together because the 7th graders were required to participate and the 8th graders were allowed voluntary participation. The 8th graders projects were, of course, on a completely different level of intelligence. Instead of something like wind energy, students were including complex math problem and intriguing scientific research.
It was so interesting seeing all the creative ideas some of these students had. Some of the projects were, of course, not very good, but most of the kids were still excited to participate and tell about their projects. Then, of course, there were the kids who did not know much about their project but their board looked clean and amazing and it was apparent their mothers had done most of the work.
I think this was definitely a beneficial learning opportunity for future teachers!
blog you later,
[andrea]
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