Ezra’s Science Project

Like many previous projects, this year’s science project (which fifth graders are required to do) was not met with enthusiasm. He chose a topic from the list of suggestions (do people taste jelly beans differently if their eyes are closed) and did some minimal preparation before testing his subjects: Henry, Emerson, Finn, Bruce and me.

I tried to let him do the project as he saw fit with a little help from us. We finally convinced him to take Bruce’s advice and use graphs to show the data. He wrote up everything else on Google Docs and we all helped put it together late on the night before it was due. Once Bruce came up with the idea of gluing jelly beans on the board, Ezra finally showed some enthusiasm. Then he drew comics and little legs on all of the jelly beans.

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Here he is at the science fair. I think he was actually happy with the experience, in the end. But it wasn’t easy getting there!

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