"And," he said, "there are lots of things": on the floor and covering almost every available surface, students' science projects, artwork, classroom materials, reports in various stages of being written or read.
And don't send the student whose science project always wins; send the student whose project is second or third but who doesn't think that he or she wants to pursue a career in science.
A high school student's science project was meant to demonstrate how heat is involved in transferring energy.
Describing McVeigh's affect as he recounted his handiwork, Smith said that he "reminded me of a high school student whose science project has been very successful".
Laughing at a student for a science project?
Boguraev, now 17, won the "Genes In Space" competition on Wednesday, a nationwide search for a young student with a science project focusing on studying DNA in space.
The Luther Mobile, a student science class restoration project, even has personalized plates, at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank.
While other students made science projects using kitchen supplies, Dr. Ivins used a high-powered microscope that his parents bought for him and wrote a detailed paper about the micro-organisms he had examined.
The report offered support for some prevailing theories about the most effective types of teaching, showing significantly higher scores for students who frequently learn science through hands-on activities rather than just reading and watching, and those who work in teams with other students on science projects.
Of the 10 million Kinects out there, the only ones connected to computers are the ones being fiddled with by the various hackers and students making science projects out the things.
