Allie participated in her first science fair recently. Unfortunately her dad, aunts and uncles were science fair people. (And you thought band camp jokes were bad...).
She wanted to do a project on caves but there is a bat fungus that prevented her and her dad from crawling around in caves.
A few weeks ago it was miserably cold in NM, gas was failing all over the state, schools and businesses flooded and there was no classes for days on end. We were bored, had cabin fever and decided to go visit Uncle Carter and Aunt Jen and do some science fair along the way. We arrived in Los Alamos and had a great time with Cater and Jen. Joy had never been to L.A. or seen Jen's home.
Joy gave Allie some type of graduated milk containers for nursing. Her project was different densities in snow. She collected snow at various spots along the way to Los Alamos including... Camel Rock...
...Tesuque Sculpture Garden (we had a great time here and played on the frozen water where we saw animals who made dense snow tracks):
...of course the Santa Fe airport so dad could look at airplanes:
Enough photos dad!
During cleanup:
She did everything herself, we taught her about density and how to make a table along with a few other ideas but the board content, the title, the stories, the spelling errors, the drawings are all hers:
Living in an otherwise sterile digital world, I love to see her very analog drawings. Not a single computer involved. Whew. All the kids were given a red ribbon- Allie was super excited and kept telling us about the ribbon she won.
This is what showed up in the John Baker Broadcast (the monthly newsletter):
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Science Fair
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I am impressed with the Science Fair Project. It looks like Ali had a good time and learned a lot about Science Fair. I was most impressed with her board. A nice size to fit on a table. A good presentation of her project. I could see that Wesley was really listening to all the details that Ali was giving.
Grandpa
I loved her science board. This shows that Ali did it - not her parents on their computer! Good going Miss Ali. Keep that science fair geek gene alive.
...and so it begins. Way to go Allie! You come from a long line of science fair people, for better or for worse.
And I loved the picture from her reading log. The expression on the dad's face, the picture falling off the wall (with arrows), the worried look on the other picture's face--great detail. She's got an artistic eye.
nice climbing wall! :)
Way to go, Allie! You are so smart! I could never come up with an idea like that!
Great job Allie - I just wish we could have been there to attend the Science Fair. It's great that you did so much of it yourself, and that your Science Fair techie Dad helped out with it at the school.
Grandma Payne
Ahhhhhh...science fair. Good job in leting that board be HERS. Um. Yeah. Wow.
The opening line of this blog post is beyond classic. !!!!!!!!
Way to go, Allie!
Side note: Yesterday, at the field house, while running around with Peter, there was a little Allie! Age 4. Looked JUST like her. And she and Peter were joined at the hip the whole time. It was crazy!
Allie - you're joining a proud tradition of Payne science fair participants. You represented well!
Way to go Allie! I am impressed with your project and your board, especially that you did it all yourself.
What a little budding Scientist!!! I Love her board & her project. Also coming from a family of science project mania--this is the beginning of many fun BOARDS!! :)
GO ALLIE!!
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