Hoorah! Festive season is here. Winter vacations are starting and it is time for
celebrations. Soak up the festivity with fun, activity, experiments and ‘Do It Yourself’
middle school science fair projects. What fun it is to see science in action! You all
can turn into wizards at work, learning without books. Aren’t your eyes already full of
excitement to see creativity and ideas blooming into project work?

Children find it difficult to memorize information with lengthy textual descriptions. Project work, tabulation as well as diagrams are an aid to memorizing and recall. Middle schoolers long for the periodic science fair. They prepare their fair projects after researching over the internet, discussing with friends, incorporating suggestions from educationalists and with parental support. It has its own fervor and enthusiasm. The preparation for science fair projects for 7th grade or higher grades calls for meticulous planning, hard work, dedication and team spirit. Students also learn the fine art of budgeting, sourcing raw material, time management and resourcefulness.

Students often select challenging fair projects and develop a sense of achievement on successful completion and submission of project. These fairs have turned out to be cradles of nurturing scientific temper. Schools therefore encourage maximum
participation in these fairs for students to display and explain their middle school
science projects.

The internet is flooded with a wide range of wonderful ideas for projects. Students who have enrolled for online tutoring with organizations like eTutorWorld.com reach out to professionals to help them shortlist the projects based on the students’ interest and available time.

Here are a few science fair projects for 8th grade and 7th grade that are simple and easy:

Health Projects: Middle school science fair projects help in developing the student’s
perspective about health and are easy to perform like the one described below:

1. Project On How Sugary Drinks Affect Teeth:

• Take six eggs. Apply tooth paste on three of these.
• Take six cups. Place three cups on your left, the other three on your right.
• In each cup to your left place an egg which has been brushed with toothpaste. In each cup to your right place an egg which has not been brushed with tooth paste.
• Label first cup on the left as ‘effect of water on brushed teeth’, second cup as ‘effect of cola on brushed teeth’ and third cup as ‘effect of juice on brushed teeth’.
• Label the first cup on the right as ‘effect of water on unbrushed teeth’,
  second cup as ‘effect of cola on unbrushed teeth’ and third cup as ‘effect of juice on unbrushed teeth’.
• Fill the two cups with ‘water-label’ with water. Similarly fill the two cups with ‘cola-label’ with cola. Fill the two cups with ‘juice-label’ with juice.
• Leave them overnight.
• Tabulate the observations!It would be interesting to see significant discoloration of egg shells with cola and juice. Discoloration would be higher in unbrushed eggs rather than those that had been brushed with tooth paste.

2. Chemistry/Physics/ Science Fair Projects For 8th Grade:

Make needle-like crystals in just a few hours using the following procedure:
● Take 1/2 cup of Epsom salt (Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate) and a few drops of food color.
● Create a saturated solution in a cup by stirring Epsom salt with 1/2 cup of hot tap water for at least one minute. Add a few drops of food coloring. Put the cup in the refrigerator. Check on it in a few hours to see beautiful crystals! Drain off the remaining solution.

3. Offbeat Science Fair Projects For 7th Grade:

The following magnet and maze experiment demonstrates that magnetic waves can travel without physical contact:
● Draw a maze on a paper.
● Keep an iron bead at one end of the puzzle.
● Take a magnetic stick.
● Ask students to lead the bead from one edge of the maze to the other without touching the bead. This is done by placing the magnetic stick from under the paper.

Aren’t these projects fun?

Projects like these would help you further your interest in science and technology. With better concept clarity and adequate academic knowledge, you can be on top of the class. Are you ready to see the wonders of online middle school tutoring? Log on to www.eTutorWorld.com to unleash your hidden potential in English, science and math. Get started by scheduling a free trial session right away this winter vacation!

Learning a subject is challenging if we do not understand its features and its raison d’être. It gets harder when you don’t understand the significance of studying the subject.

The biggest obstacle to learning is the fear of the unknown. For instance, Chemistry is looked upon with fear because of the way it is perceived rather than the subject per se.

Some Tips and Tricks to Solve Complex Chemistry Problems

There are some tips you need to keep in mind for learning Chemistry. First is that you need to perceive Chemistry as an opportunity beyond itself instead of looking at it as a hurdle to overcome.  Many adults regret not having given some of these fascinating subjects due attention.

The golden rule to work with problems in Chemistry is – to try and be original while approaching a problem.

Do not copy someone else’s work because though it may immediately seem to be the easy way out in the long run, you are missing out on learning.

Try and solve the problem yourself.

Your individual approach is the best approach! Do not worry about getting the right answers.

As the spider fails many times before weaving its web you need to make mistakes to eventually learn, be it cycling or chemistry.

Let’s take a leaf out of nature’s book and accept the fact that mistakes give way to the light of knowledge. Then remember that when your chemistry tutor explains to you an example and you are able to follow it you still need to work out problems on your own to make sure you understand the concept.

The application of knowledge tends to require creative thinking as well. Creative thinking can be developed by working out your own methodology. Creativity cannot be predicted and neither can “difficult” problems.

Online chemistry tutoring is based on the principle of a tutor’s lively interaction with the student and inviting different perspectives on a given problem.

Discussion and brainstorming are the keys to solving chemistry problems creatively. You can consult the examples if you are stuck and your online chemistry tutor will always be there to clarify your doubts. Read your study material carefully to highlight the points that you are struggling with.

By combining online media and study material with help from an online chemistry tutor, you will be surprised at how much knowledge you have gained. Mastering Chemistry requires comfort with the text as well as knowledge of how to apply learned concepts to everyday life.

Any experience or sensation can be brought down to Chemistry. Enjoy the subject that reveals to you mysteries of everything from culinary skills to nanotechnology.

We all know that the sun is our main source of energy. But, how do we use that solar energy? Yes, we do get some Vitamin D from the sun, but that doesn’t give us the required energy.

Humans don’t have the capability of trapping and using solar energy directly because we are heterotrophs. However, autotrophs like plants are capable of synthesizing inorganic materials to create organic compounds during the process of photosynthesis.

But, what exactly does happen during photosynthesis? Which inorganic material are used to create energy in the organic form? What helps trap the solar energy in plants?

All these questions and more are asked and answered in this fun and colorful worksheet. The worksheet is for students of grade 7, however students from other grades too can review their knowledge about Photosynthesis. eTutorWorld’s expert science tutors have created this worksheet to make sure that all aspects about photosynthesis are included; making sure at the same time that the questions don’t get overwhelming.

You don’t need to print the worksheet, just solve it online. All you need to do is enter your name and email id and viola the worksheet’s questions will appear one by one. You can assess yourself, using the correct answers given right after you’ve answered the questions.

Once you’ve registered with us, you can access many more grade 7 worksheets for science, algebra, geometry, math and English Language Arts.  ‘Grade 7 Science Worksheets’

And, don’t fret if you don’t know photosynthesis or any other science concept! Our online grade 7 science tutors are available to make sure you learn well and score well at school and beyond!

Schedule a FREE personalized online session with our tutor and we’ll be there to help you any day, at any time!

Let’s say your child is very intelligent plus very diligent in her studies. Not only that, say You and your spouse are highly educated professionals.

Educating your kid should be walk in the park, Right?

Maybe not …

eTutorWorld was privileged to talk with the parents (both physicians) of one of our student who shared the many challenges they had faced while looking for help with their child’s studies.

Rajat (ETW Customer Service):

Your daughter P.D. has been with eTutorWorld for some time now and she did her SCAT test prep with us and she got good marks in the test. So, this is a series of interviews/discussions that we do with our students and parents who have been doing well academically. Mr. Aso Shanglai, our Marketing Head would be taking this session.

ETW:

We have Dr. R.D. and his wife Dr. A.D., the parents of P.D. joining us in today’s discussion which would cover her academic performance and how her parents are contributing towards her success in studies. We will also try and understand how eTutorWorld can do more for the students and their parents.

Dr. R.D. is a Cardiologist and Dr. A.D. is a Pediatrician.

[ETW to the Parents] Please share anything you would like about your kid’s experience with eTutorWorld.

Dr. R.D.:

Sure. We started with eTutorWorld, if I remember correctly in December or November 2016. My wife will correct me – was it November or December?

Dr. A.D.:

It was December.

Dr. R.D.:

Thanks … yeah, we started in December and obviously we have been very impressed with the structure and tutoring of eTutorWorld.

Dr. A.D.:

To be very honest, we did not even know what SCAT was. We had come to know about SCAT a week before [signing up with eTutorWorld] and we searched in the Net to find out what a child is expected to know, what are the resources and we came across this [eTutorWorld] and we did one session and we were impressed by the knowledge & confidence of the team in how to approach the SCAT.

Dr. R.D.:

We did our Google search obviously and eTutorWorld was one of the name that came up. Before we signed up with eTutorWorld, we went ahead and purchased another one with Question series from one of the website and we were happy with that one. We then came across eTutorWorld and were impressed by the fact that the company’s origins were from India. And once we started doing the course after our first Free session, if I remember correctly, with Ms. Raj she setup more trial classes for Math and English, for Verbal and Quantitative tests. They were very good and we liked a lot the way the course has been structured.

For SCAT, someone told us that P.D. has been doing good in studies and you should try to get her into taking SCAT and we did not know what SCAT was, as my wife said.

And all credit goes to eTutorWorld and especially Ms. Abi [the SCAT tutor], because she is very good. She is very to the point and her courses are very good and we kept all the notes which she had been sharing on the Whiteboard [part of the Online tutorial tool] and we kept all of it in a folder arranged categorically and specially when we are not having classes with eTutorWorld, P.D. must have gone through the material from the first to the last page about 30-40 times. She also used the trial exams which are on your website.

So, it was a combined effort which resulted in success in SCAT. And, I think it was the eTutorWorld personal one-to-one classes which were more helpful than the worksheets questions because the questions which are there on the website are good but are too difficult. It’s good to do some higher preparation but sometimes it is discouraging for the child to attempt these questions and not be able to do them. But overall it was a great experience.

ETW:

Thank you for the feedback and now would you like to take some time to share her dreams or aspirations for her future or if it is not too early, do you have any plans for her or does she have any plans for herself?

Dr. A.D.:

No, you know what – she is too young and since we are both physicians and we grew up in India so we know how much pressure can be put up by your parents. Right now, our goal is on getting her foundations strong because we believe that once your foundations are strong you can do anything. It can even become limitless.

With eTutorWorld, it opened up a new “world” for us to understand how even without seeing the face of a person a long-distance tutoring could be of so much help. It was something we had never explored before.

Dr. R.D.:

Yes, even I told my brother, who is a Computer Scientist here in Cupertino and I was telling him we regret that his kids did not do it because they were doing some classes locally here.

Dr. A.D.:

You know, the Company XYZ ones [A leading company with Learning Centers spread across the world] and the other local ones. We had sent P.D. to XYZ before but we didn’t like it so we just stopped it because it was too boring.

Dr. R.D.:

Monotonous … because they have the same booklet which they keep doing. Then we also did the Company ABC Math [A leading Math App]. We were still with ABC Math when we started with eTutorWorld. Right now, we have stopped everything else and are just with eTutorWorld. Now, she is doing the John Hopkins [SCAT] Honors Pre-Algebra and there is lot of work to be done there.

Dr. A.D.:

See, what a big difference we noticed in eTutorWorld compared to the way we were taught was the easy way of reaching the answers which is more exciting to the students rather than struggling with the questions. Knowing the good and easy way to solve problems correctly in Math is very helpful.

Dr. R.D.:

Actually, BOTH of us are learning to be honest with you. Because when we sit along with P.D., I am also able to teach P.D. better. We also had learnt the better way to reach from point A to B.

What we liked about Ms. Abi was her short cuts and very crystal-clear methods of doing things. We really like that.

Dr. A.D.:

Yes, they are making the concepts clearer and the child becomes interested in the subject and that is more important than anything else.

Dr. R.D.:

Yes, because P.D. is excited when she has to do the eTutorWorld classes. She knows that, the Math class is coming up and she gets excited about it. Today, we were half an hour away from home and were doing few things and she said, “Oh, let’s go ahead and be in front of the computer at least 15 minutes before so that we are all ready”. She likes to keep everything ready and next to her and that is a BIG PLUS because when you do a class and you don’t have a fear … we grew up in India and you know we have a kind of fear with the teacher so, when you don’t have a fear you can interact freely.

If, I have to add just one point then the new update which you have done, I think your older version was better than what you have now because we are not able to save any of the whiteboard. In the past, we were able to save those whiteboards as a PDF and it’s good to have a hard copy of the things which have been taught because she can go back and revise any time. So, with the new update which you have in the ZOOM [web conference facility] we have been given the suggestions that we can take a snapshot and those things are okay but they are not very practical as they are not same as a PDF file.

My only request would be that if we can have this feature back because we want to keep eTutorWorld for a long term and we want to spread the news that you guys are Great but we would like a fix to this problem of saving the whiteboards. Please look into it.

ETW:

We were going to ask lot of questions but it seems you have already answered them [laughing].

Dr. R.D.:

We didn’t give you a chance! Because we are good in talking and that’s what we do and can talk for ever [laughing].

ETW:

Anyway, it’s my job to listen forever so we are a good match [laughing].

Dr. R.D.:

If there’s anything that you would like to ask, please do.

ETW:

Whatever you have shared has been quite helpful and we are good on that. Just one query, did P.D. have any challenges academically before she started with eTutorWorld?

Dr. R.D.:

No, actually she had always been good in school. The only thing is that she takes time to be free with anyone so, that’s the only problem but otherwise she has always been good in school and even in her class she is in the top.

One of the reason, we went for this course [SCAT] was that I did not want her to keep on having this false sense of feeling that “Oh, I know a lot” because that is a very dangerous thing and we have all gone through that and we just want her to know that your foundations have to be strong as my wife said and you need to know the basics. Everyone keeps on saying you are good, good but at the end of the day you have some simple question – you are scared to ask someone.

That’s the reason we like the eTutorWorld because she is being revised and her basic principles are being cleared up.

Dr. A.D.:

Yeah, I think it is good for these students who are growing up here to be taught by a teacher from India because in India the basics are taught well. Here the students are not put under any pressure and whatever right or wrong answers are given the children are always appreciated for whatever effort they make but in the long run in some point it may not be enough. So, learning from someone in India – you know their Math is really strong and they have those values, which would help the kids here.

ETW:

Would you like to recommend or suggest something for eTutorWorld to improve upon?

Dr. R.D.:

You know, initially we had some technical glitches but those were temporary and were resolved and we learnt that the Chrome browser is the best for eTutorWorld. Apart from that and the saving of the whiteboard, I don’t think there is anything else. The value of the whiteboard lies in the fact that unlike notes or text-books they are both audio and visual so compared to a text book where there are hundreds of pages with no visual memory of what you have learnt. But whatever you learn on the Whiteboard and have printed out for SCAT and other courses, they have helped a lot.

Your class timing is great and if few of your teachers are available more it will be great because sometimes we struggle with that. Ms. Abi is available for more time slots but with the other two teachers the availability is lesser during the weekends. So, we have limited options but we are figuring it out and will work around it.

ETW:

In your search for tutoring help for your child, is there anything that you would like to share?

Dr. R.D.:

Before eTutorWorld, the other company with which we started there was nobody to answer your phone calls or do anything but with eTutorWorld the best thing is that there is always someone who is answering the call and you know the email reply, you get it like in a flash. P.D. was sick a few days ago and I had sent an email and Rajat replied instantly and we did not need to make a phone call to reschedule and that is great customer service. We don’t have any problems and when I was booking the 50 classes, I did not have problem. I talked to you guys and it was setup right away and it went very smoothly.

The Customer Service is fabulous and let me tell you, I never had any experience where they know your name and who is calling and what class is scheduled.

ETW:

Yes, I have been hearing about our Customer Service Team for quite some time now, especially about Rajat.

Dr. R.D.:

He always replies to our email and I send the homework and he forwards it to the teachers and lets me know and all this is very good. And obviously it is a different timezone so, I don’t know how he does it but we get our reply.

ETW:

Thank you on behalf of our Customer Service Team for your kind words. Now, for the last question – you have already mentioned that you would be recommending eTutorWorld to your friends and family, so would you like to add anything on that?

Dr. R.D.:

Absolutely, we will be recommending to our friends and family. We will let them know and we have already told a few of them and we would tell them how good are the services. We are going to use your services for a long term while P.D. is growing up so that she is taught in the right way.

We have done a lot and tried many ways to get her help in studies – we even tried home tutoring and as my wife said we had gone to XYZ, to ABC …

Dr. A.D.:

Ourselves, also.

Dr. R.D.:

Yes [laughing], we have tried teaching her ourselves also and both of us are physicians but for us nothing is more important than teaching her so, my wife has tried but after a certain point of time we realized that we were not born to be teachers. We don’t know the correct method to teach, the correct path or even the shortcuts to teach. We might try to teach something and we realized that we don’t want her to learn our way but the correct way.

ETW:

Thank you so much for the insights and your time. Thanks!

A passion for Math and Science brought ‘them’ to Physics. Are you a part of that team, would you like to be counted in? The foot upon the accelerator gives Michael Schumacher a thrill while the others a fear, Physics too give an adrenaline rush to a few, while a few others go numb. Physics is interesting; it is fun to learn the innumerable phenomenon that work in this real world! Those formulae and principles, numbers and letters, discovering nature, matter and forms of energy. It is intriguing and gripping at the same time. However, the best breakthroughs to learning the subject comes with a Physics tutor who will help you delve deeper into the realms of Physics and uncover hidden mysteries.

Physics at the elementary level begins with the introduction of concepts like mechanics, light, heat and sound. Textual reading and explanations with printed diagrams of some concepts may not be enough to sustain children’s attention span and keep their interest alive. Some of these concepts may even seem passive, which a tutor can bring to life , making physics extremely interesting. A good online physics tutor brings in the much needed element of fun and realization to the overall experience of learning. He keeps alive the interest by being continuously available to answer the endless questions that crop up in the student’s inquisitive mind while the tutoring session is on.

How Helpful is an Online Physics Tutor to Achieve the Breakthrough into Physics? Physics is a vast subject explaining the universe and its behaviour over space and time. It is one of the oldest academic disciplines and continues to be studied over the ages. Students love different aspects of kinetics, kinematics, magnetism, electricity and radiation as these topics are gradually introduced by the Physics tutors who then build upon essential concepts the complex formulae, problems and solutions. Online Physics tutors at organizations like eTutorWorld are highly qualified who have become a part of the tutoring team after a tough selection process followed by an intensive training to meet global standards in imparting education. They are current in their knowledge and have tremendous experience as educators and academicians. This enables them to skillfully assess a student’s strengths and areas for improvement, explain every aspect of physics, and stimulate the young mind craving for more challenging levels of theories.

Why Choose eTutorWorld When There Are Other Online Physics Tutors Available? The internet offers easy access to online tutors who are free lancers and have almost nil organizational backing. Personal tutoring is a highly customized activity which can get adversely affected by unavailability of the tutor due illness or personal issues. Moreover most of these tutors offer content and worksheets that are usually designed by the tutor himself! All these issues get automatically resolved when parents take an informed decision by investing their child’s tutoring time with well established and committed organizations.

eTutorWorld has a dedicated team of intellectuals for designing their worksheets for Science, Math and English who periodically revise content with feedback from tutors. They also have a back up team of tutors to step in whenever the need arises. The entire organization is committed to provide the best in terms of education. Students and parents can schedule online physics tutoring sessions with the tutor of their choice at their convenient time and day. These sessions are backed by state-of-the-art technology  that is user friendly and non-invasive on their computers. Freelancers seldom meet such standards of services.

Whether your child needs help with homework or needs to improve her grades at school, enroll her with eTutorWorld and see the difference that an online physics tutor makes to her performance. Regular personalized practice sessions with well designed worksheets will build her confidence, knowledge and interest in Physics. Eventually a strong foundation in Physics, will reflect in your student’s career in the years to come! All you need to do is, log onto www.eTutorworld.com and right away schedule your free trial session to experience real time personalized physics tutoring.