Kathleen DiMaggio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>The local grammar school is having it's yearly science fair. Some of the
>children that have adopted gerbils would like to base their projects on them.
> The school is only K-5, so the projects need to be kept simple, and only the
>kids in the fifth grade are required to show different variables. Does
>anyone have any ideas? It need only answer a simple question and formulate a
>simple hypothesis. This may be more difficult for the 5th graders. unless
>someone has ideas involving different variables.
>I would really appreciate any input. I have been very careful about
>screening the children who get to adopt, so we are talking about kids who
>have been very responsible with their pets. You should see the joy the
>gerbils bring. We are in the city and many of the children have never had a
>pet. And even the ones that just see the gerbils in the classroom, enjoy
>them so very much.
>Ideas anyone???
>
>Kathleen
This would be a good project for a website. I don't have the time but it
could be useful for someone to collect to gather ideas for gerbil
related science fair projects.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
