Product Description

If you're holding this book because you or someone you love has just been assigned their first science project, not to worry. Science Project Helper leads you step by step through the process, guiding you like a coach. Its series of 'helpers' break down the process into bite-size chunks. Even if your project is already underway, you can pick up with the 'helper' for the place where you are in your project.

In addition to being a handy guide for students, Science Project Helper is designed to help parents and teachers, too.

For parents, the book gives useful tips on how you can best help your student experience the joy of discovering a valid answer to a question that's meaningful to them.

For teachers, the 'helpers' may be copied and given out as assignments along the way, serving as an adjunct coach to help leverage your precious time. The book also contains links to several resources, tips for ideas, and a complete sample of ISEF entry forms.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #965192 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

About the Author
Mike Dickinson is an instructional designer with experience in judging and mentoring young scientists. He specializes in communicating complex processes in easy-to-understand steps. And he loves it when young people tackle a question of personal interest and reach a valid conclusion through use of the scientific method. Which, he is quick to point out, is used not only in science but in drawing conclusions about everyday events in our personal and business lives, too!

Customer Reviews

science project helper

"I want to build an avalanche!"
"I want to build a volcano!"
Mike Dickinson's book, Science Project Helper, offers concrete reasons why such project ideas fail as authentic science experiments. His book gives an easy to follow, step by step approach to choosing and executing a successful project that follows the scientific method. I wish this book would have been available years ago when I was first asked to sponsor the science fair for our school. Mr. Dickinson's book would have given me, my students, and their parents a single, comprhensive guide to follow through the entire process from start to finish. This book is a gem!

Lessons for a lifetime
Mr. Dickinson's title could not be more appropriate. His book "Science Project Helper" is chock-full of extremely helpful ideas to guide young scientists through their first science project. One of the key strengths of this book is that it introduces students to the scientific method in such a clear and inviting manner. It beckons the students to pursue their curiosities while teaching them the process of inquiry and investigation. At each step of the way, the book provides important learning points, great anecdotes and useful examples, helpful checklists, tips and additional references. The most powerful aspect of this book is that it teaches lessons that will serve the students for the rest of their lives. I sincerely wish I had access to this book when I was participating in science projects in high school. Now that I am a parent, I fully intend to introduce my daughter to this book when she begins her first science project in a few short years. Frankly, I think some of my graduate students would benefit from the crystal clear way this book describes the process of starting with a topic of interest, then progressing to specific questions and hypotheses, on to the design and execution of an experiment, and culminating in the analysis and presentation of meaningful results. Mike Dickinson's book makes a substantial contribution to our greatest resource - the bright minds that will develop the most significant innovations in the decades to come.
- Kevin P. Grant, Ph.D.