I have a quick question for those of you who have done "fancy", not "testing out various home items" type experiments. DD14 *loves* science, but she never gets passed on any of the topics she is interested in because they are "too complicated." One of her friends (*very* smart, grade below) somehow got access to a lab to do experiments in, one of them being a topic she (my daughter) was very interested in. She lost motivation due to the 'stupid' topic she had to use, and ended up pretty much making up results, since she already knew what would happened. How did you guys get a lab? (if you did) The school doesn't have anything to use, and we are totally lost about how to go about getting a place.
The way it sounds, the kids who have parents that are doctors/scientists are always going to get the top prizes, even at the school/local levels, because they can do higher level experiments. Of course, there are always exceptions- the one with the butterflies, for example. We are in a very competitive north texas school district..
