Science Buddies in Action

Last year, Science Buddies reached close to 7 million students, teachers, and parents across the United States and the world. We often get emails from visitors to our site, thanking us for the materials that we develop, and these stories really make our day! As a nonprofit organization, these stories really help reinforce the impact that we are having with you, our visitors, and help us to see, firsthand, the "Science Buddies materials in action." Science Buddies in Action shows how real kids use Science Buddies materials to create interesting projects with success! We want to hear your science fair stories, so please share them with us at scibuddy@sciencebuddies.org.

Success Stories

(July 2008) Diane Vozzola's success story... Diane Vozzola has been involved in education since 1982 and teaches 44 vivacious 2nd graders. When it was time to revise the science curriculum, Ms. Vozzola turned to the Science Buddies Project Guide to help her and her teammate develop an inquiry-based unit introducing the scientific method.  Read more...		(July 2008) Karen Delgado's success story... Karen Delgado, teacher of 76 7th-grade students, has been teaching for 28 years and says that Science Buddies' resources are "invaluable to me as a teacher." In contrast to the typical science fair, where students are judged on a single experiment or engineering project, Ms. Delgado's students carry out long-term, in-class independent research projects in small groups.   Read more...		(June 2008) Ryan Deal's success story... Ryan Deal, a 7th grader with a passion for sports, had a blast doing his science fair project because Science Buddies helped him find a project aligned with his passion. The Topic Selection Wizard (TSW) helped Ryan find his Project Idea "Under Pressure: Bouncing Ball Dynamics"   Read more...
(June 2008) Garrett Horn's success story... As a 3rd grader doing his first science project, Garrett Horn applied his enjoyment of swimming when selecting his science project topic. He found swimming success with the Science Buddies Project Idea "The Swimming Secrets of Duck Feet".  Read more...		(June 2008) Cici Chen's success story... With the help of her biology teacher, Cici conducted a science experiment in which she studied residual E. coli on kitchen cutting boards. Science Buddies aided her as well, for she often sought answers to her questions using the Ask an Expert resource. Cici won top honors for her project at her school fair.   Read more...		(June 2008) Faisal Rehman's success story... Faisal decided to enter a science fair project in order to fulfill a public outreach project requirement. With the help of the Topic Selection Wizard, his interest in complicated engineering projects led him to develop his own project idea based on those of Science Buddies'. He received the Best Meteorological Project Award from the American Meteorological Society.   Read more...
(June 2008) Alejandro Solano's success story... Using the Topic Selection Wizard (TSW), Alejandro discovered the Project Idea titled "The Point of a Parabola: Focusing Signals for a Better Wireless Network". He received 3rd Place in his category, Physical Sciences, fulfilled his outreach requirement and earned an "A" for the science fair project.   Read more...		(June 2008) Gabriel Stroup's success story... Gabe's science project was off to a rocky start when he was told to redo his entire project. But Gabe's new science project on paper airplanes earned an 'A' grade and Honorable Mention at the school science fair with the help of the Science Buddies "Aerodynamics & Hydrodynamics Project Ideas" Interest Area.   Read more...		(June 2008) Gabriel Akins' success story... Gabriel Akins and his family did their first-ever science fair project by following Science Buddies' step-by-step Project Guide. Using the Science Buddies Project Guide definitely increased the quality of the project that Gabriel did, as he declared, "We would not have known what to do without it." But more importantly, he had a fun time doing the project.   Read more...
(August 2007) Justin Spahn's success story... When Justin Spahn, a senior from Antioch, California, was assigned to do a public outreach project he chose to design a science fair project. With an interest in aerodynamics and planetary science Justin began his search for a project idea. After searching the Science Buddies website he was inspired by the Project Idea "Which Wing Design Creates the Greatest Lift".   Read more...		(July 2007) Yihe Dong's success story... Yihe Dong, a junior from Athens, Georgia, recently wrote to Science Buddies to tell us about her success at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) this year. Yihe, whose project titled "Maternal Effects of Diet Restriction in Fruit Flies" won the 1st Place Grand Award and Best of Category Award, credits Science Buddies for helping her get as far as she did with her project.   Read more...		(May 2007) Corynn Evans' success story... Corynn Evans, from San Bernardino, California is a very active 4th grade student who excels in viola and acts as a "Conflict Manager" at her school. Eligible to do her first science project this year, she started by using the Topic Selection Wizard (TSW) to find an idea that would hold her interest. An avid animal lover Corynn knew she had found the project for her when the TSW survey guided her to the Project Idea "Paw Preference in Pets".   Read more...