Sixth Grade Science Project

Sixth Grade Memories

Too many memories. I had a great time in 6th grade at Harding Middle and had so many good experiences I will never forget, academic and other.

I had Mr. Spooner as my Language Arts and Social Studies teacher. In his class we did amazing things such as skyping with the famous author Avi, and Ryan Demro. Out social studies projects were also fun. For our Egypt unit I was in a group with Elena Mulready and Rachel Daso and we made the Red Pyramid. On the outside we used army guys to represent the slaves building the pyramid. It was fun, and I learned a lot. Or, when we made a video for the Indus Valley unit, where we pretended to be ancient Indus Valley people explaining the way we lived. For language arts a fun project was when we were learning about conjunctions and my group and I made a video about "super conjunctions". We got to use many different tools when making these projects. We made a powerpoint for our religions unit, used windows movie maker when I made a musical about the book, "Nothing But The Truth," where we sang about the characters. We wrote essays such as a persuasive essay about which character was the best in the book, "And Then There Were None," or my Personal Essay about my trip to Florida using Microsoft Word. Microsoft Publisher was a useful tool when making a newspaper about the book, "The Giver," and I know all of this will come in handy next year.

Lunch and Home Base were always fun. The school lunches were absolutely horrible most of the time, but sitting with friends was still fun. We were easily the messiest table in the cafeteria, and we would usually argue about whose turn it was to clean it up. In Home Base we mostly talked if we were done with all of our work. I remember writing letters to friends in other classes, or we sometime would grab a dictionary and see who could insult the other person with the weirdest word. Home Base was always a blast.

When it came to Math and Science, my teacher Mrs. Martzolf was awesome. She was funny and made us laugh all the time. Although we missed her for a while after she had her baby, when she came back we all secretly brought in food and drink and surprised her with a party. While she was gone our substitute was Ms. Hill. She was awesome too. We did many projects with Mrs. Martzolf such as when we had to compare a cell to a place or thing. I chose the Hogwarts castle from Harry Potter. Another was when we did an experiment with an egg and leaving it in different substances to see what happened: it lost its shell and grew and in the end shrivelled up. I had a lot of fun with that experiment and in the end learned a lot.

Sixth Grade Science Projects

It can be a challenge when your 6th grader brings home that annual science project packet. First you start looking for a fun and educational project to do with your favorite middle school student. There are several places you can look to try to find age appropriate science project including the internet, your child’s teacher, and the public library. The most important thing is to use your resources to find a project you and your student can actually execute, and enjoy at the same time. 

Next, one of the best places to begin finding 6th grade science projects is by talking with your child’s science teacher. They can give you advice based on your what the science class is currently studying, and can let you know if the project your child chooses fulfills the project requirements for the class. Their teacher might also be able to recommend a good science project book, which brings us to our next useful tool, the public library. The library is full of kid friendly science books, even books geared specifically toward science projects for any age. A great science project book might be helpful as you know you’d be using reliable information that will walk you through the experiment. 

Lastly, the internet is a great resource for finding a 6th grade science project . Either by searching specifically for a type of project i.e. “6th grade science project, chemistry,” or by searching for a database full of science projects like  http://www.akronlibrary.org/DBS/SFDB/Default.aspx  or  http://www.youth.net/nsrc/sci/sci.index.html , you’re sure to be able to find an assortment of science experiments that your child will be interested. Another great find on the internet is the free science project guide at  http://www.middle-school-science-projects.com/guide.pdf  .

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