I have one son who is a natural scientist. He is always doing experiments or collecting rocks or demonstrating the latest think he learned. The other son is pretty ambivalent about science, although he is keen on other academic subjects. I talked with a number of other parents in a similar predicament -- their child is apathetic, even hostile, to the idea of doing a science project.
How to get a decent science project out of a kid that could care less about science?
I am going to tackle this in a series of posts.
I don't have all the answers, so if you have something to add, chime in with a comment.
The basic strategy is:
- Keep exposing your child to science-type stuff. Something is bound to click. Set the example.
- Figure out what your child is good at, and build on that. Science permeates everything, so the thing your child is interested in probably has a potential science project that just needs to be figured out.
- Don't sweat it.
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