|Looking Back at 2012 Last Year on the Science Buddies Blog Are
you ready for the 2013 science fair season? Get inspired by
what's possible for student science--and science at home--with a
recap of some of our favorite posts about science projects,
science news, and family science. Whether you are helping
students find science fair projects or have resolved to make
science a bigger focus for your family, we have ideas,
suggestions, and strategies to help. Science at a Sleepover?
Soil, Plants, and Energy The pH of a Green Thumb Most plants
prefer pH-neutral soil, but not all plants! If you have tried to
grow strawberries and had no luck, while a friend grows them
successfully, pH may be the cause. In the "How Does Soil Affect
the pH of Water?" Project Idea, students test the pH levels of
soils from different locations and also investigate what the pH
level of the soil does to the water used to tend the plants. (A
convenient science kit is available!) Science Buddies Project
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