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=WAYS TO HELP SPREAD SCIENCE=

Jarrettown Elementary Fair
We are currently hoping for some volunteers to:
 * Present the scientific method (via testing paper towel absorbancy) to students; 3-4 students sometime early January
 * Judge the Jarrettown Elem Fair on Feb _ (need to miss 3hrs of school); 4-5 students
 * Exhibit hands-on activities at the science fair __ from 6pm-8pm

Thomas Fitzwater Elementary Fair
We are currently hoping from some volunteers to:
 * Act as mentors for students at TFES who are attempting a science fair project
 * Meet one time per week (prob Wed or Thurs) throughout January from 3:30-4:15...maybe up until their fair in Feb/March
 * This is a great NHS project!
 * Can trade off as pairs if you can't go every week
 * Hoping for 4-8 kids

=Anyone interested in this idea???= Are our water levels okay? Whether it's a concern about lead, copper, or you-name-it, this is an excellent way to expand upon your basic understanding of biology in a meaningful real-world way: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1601-5223.1985.tb00471.x/pdf Study chromosome counts of onion root tips to discover abnormalities caused by your questionable solution.

Scientists are studying the dramatic amount of microbes that reside in a household shower head. What do you predict? []

How are your knives stored at home? In a wooden block? How old is the block? How dirty are your knives? Has the block ever been cleaned? Is this a concern? Should you clean the block? How? Write an experiment to test this. [] Searchable database of all science abstracts from 2003 - present

[] Tips on writing your hypothesis

[]= media type="custom" key="12165950" Now //this// is the level of science fair project that you should strive for... media type="youtube" key="yrnNmzSSn0w" width="280" height="155" Building a flashlight that is powered by the you! Other amazing projects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQEeEGvLzIU Using microbiology to grow nodules on cereal crops to help aid the African hunger crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMR-oMpCbjo Making bioplastics from banana peels to cut down on the planet's plastic pollution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMR-oMpCbjo Encode a signaling program to speed up GPS emergency signals, improving the life-saving travel needed by ambulances.

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