Yes our few faithful readers, you will get to help us choose our science projects! Each week I will post a poll on what science project should be performed that week, and you will have a few days to vote for what you'd like to see us do. So what are you waiting for? Vote now!
Also as many of you are aware, today is the day of the largest internet protest in history. This protest is against the alleged "anti-piracy" legislation known as SOPA and PIPA. While you're exercising your right to vote for our projects, you should exercise your right to join the many voices in the protest. If you haven't already, please sign Google's Petition to End Piracy, Not Liberty.
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Are you going to give us choices to pick from, or do I get to make suggestions? Just because the LHC hasn't found it yet, you might be able to detect the Higgs boson in your kitchen. Or do I need to design the experiment too? 8-)
There's a poll on the right side of the page, just above the picture of TJ and me.
Cool. I voted. Some of those questions seem almost as hard as the Higgs thing. Especially the soil one... I mean quarks are a bit of a challenge aren't they?
Just keep in mind that these are experiments aimed at the 3rd-4th grade level, my boys are smart but I don't know if they're ready for particle physics just yet. I'll also admit that physics are definitely a weak point for me, I'm more of the biology science nerd :)
I'm sure you realize I'm joking. And the reason I voted for the one I did was because it was doable at that level. The water evaporation one has so many confounding factors... And I was joking about the quarks, for kids you could stop at a fairly "high" level (sounds funny for microscopic things to talk about a high level). In fact if you could get pictures of the soil components that could be a cool project.
I know you were joking, but it was fun to look up the Higgs Boson, so I learned something new. Definitely check back after we do the project, we'll have pictures and/or video of whatever we do. The kids are pretty excited about it, and I have to say, so am I :)
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