The 6th graders at Ricky’s school are required to enter the Science Fair in January. We’ve known about it since early October and Ricky got to work almost right away. We had actually decided what his project would be last summer when Kevin got a catnip plant – Ricky wanted to test the effects of catnip on cats. I thought it was great and I helped him make it happen!
We found friends with cats and video-taped their reactions to both live and dried catnip. He made charts and learned each cat’s name. Ricky loved getting to be around all the different animals! What he found was that most cats do have some reaction to catnip, but not all. The number was much closer to half and half than he had anticipated.
Ricky didn’t win a prize or advance to the next level, but he had fun doing his project and he did it pretty much all on his own – and was done with it a couple of weeks before it was even due! That made me a very proud momma!
