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How to survive your kid's science project

By Ragan Robinson | Hickory Daily Record

Published: January 8, 2009

Hickory - Don't make your child do the project you like and (s)he doesn't. It'll be a fight to the finish.

What should you do? Help build, especially if it involves tools. Keep kids on track with deadlines and rules. Ask questions to make sure the project is understandable if your child isn't there to explain it.

Here's what you shouldn't do: The experiment itself — or any of the actual book work for that matter — or the writing. Teachers can tell. And it's unfair to your child, who got cheated out of learning.

If it's not required, don't force your unwilling son or daughter do a science project for extra credit. That's going to make him or her hate science.

For kids who aren't excited about the project, look for ways to incorporate their interests. Painchaud has seen a ball-kicking machine and a project that monitors heartbeats during video games.

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