Thursday, June 18, 2009

Sir Paul McCartney Was Born

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Does Music Affect Students' Math Performance?
Subject: Music / Mathematics
Grade level: Elementary School Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Selah Intermediate School
Year: 2001
Description: Students listened to different types of music (classical and rock) and no music. Then students were given math tests; scores were recorded compared and graphed.
Link: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2001/KendraC.html

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933) Was Born

Knud Rasmussen was a Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Explore the medicine wheel and its cultural meaning.
Subject: Religion
Grade level: Elementary School Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Descriptive
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Kainai Middle School, Canada
Description: Main topics: the medicine wheel, the meaning of number four in native American life.
Link: http://www.kainaimiddleschool.ca/Science_Projects/MedicineWheel/medicinewheel.html

Friday, June 5, 2009

World Environment Day 2009

World Environment Day (WED) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. WED is hosted every year by a different city and commemorated with an international exposition through the week of June 5. WED agenda is to stimulate awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and public action.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Which Type of Paper Decomposed the Fastest?
Subject: Aviation
Grade level: Middle School Grades 7-9
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Selah Intermediate School
Year: 2002
Link: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2002/MelissaB.html