Reflections on Middle School Science Fair

zoosermom
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:21:32 +0000

Personally, if I was to make a beef, it would be to strengthen the point total of the last criteria: (“use of the scientific method”) bcos that is what science should be about at that age, IMO.

That’s what I think, too. But to be clear, none of the boys’ projects chosen to participate were messy or lacking in any way. In order to get to that point, they had to be the top X projects in the grade based on point totals. So it’s possible that some of the boys had higher point totals based on the rubric than some of the girls. The judging for awards was separate from the rubric. But the girl projects were fancier and glitterier. Definitely.