[Patrick del Poker Grande]

I judged a 6th and 7th grade science fair a couple years ago. The theme there seemed to be growing little plants in various environments and with varying types and amounts of food. I graded these ones quite harshly. I was actually a bit disappointed in the majority of the projects. Too many of them were not very exciting or original ideas and the kids that did have good ideas didn't execute very well.

I'm not very good at thinking of these things because it's hard for me to remember exactly how much these kids know and what you can do that's very exciting at that level.