LIly's second elementary science fair experience was a success. She studied Social Contagion, the idea that if we observe people who are tired, sad or bored, we become tired and start yawning. The same is true when we study people who are happy and laughing. We feel happy and start smiling with those we observe.
Of course it didn't take much encouragement for Lily to develop a video of herself acting out both roles.
Next year we hope to complete a cochlear implant or acoustics study, but this year we didn't find the right approach for a first grader. Backwards engineering or reprogramming her CI seemed a little daunting. Last year's project measured the noise in her school (there's a lot of it!!).
Let us know if you have any great ideas for a science fair project we could attempt.
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