Me. I was honorably mentioned. But it's not really very bad because there were 11 other people in my category. What my project was about was whether or not the amount of magnets in a Gauss rifle would affect its launch distance. A Gauss rifle is a series of magnets and steel ball bearings that work together through magnetic attraction and kinetic energy to shoot the last steel ball bearing out about one or two feet. It's not what you would think of a traditional gun at all. After researching, I found that the amount of magnets in a Gauss rifle did affect the launch distance and that the more magnets you had, the farther it would shoot.
Basically what we did was came in the morning and waited in a room for the time that we would go and stand by our projects to be judged. The judging wasn't how I expected it and a whole lot less stressful--I had originally thought that all the judges judged you at once, but it wasn't that way, they came individually.
I got really tired of standing, though. About three hours I stood beside my board and then about two hours later, after lunch, when it was open to the public.
The awards ceremony took forever though. TWO HOURS. Two hours of giving awards.
It was a long day, but it wasn't as bad as I had anticipated. I'm not exactly wanting to go back, though.
Greta! She got third place.
Emily's was Calming the Stormwater and she also got first place.
Celia. Her project was: Coccidiosis: Can You Ci Me?
She got first place in her category.
This was Terrance Lo. I don't really know him very
well because he's in the higher Challenge programs,
but he does the Science Fair a lot. He placed 1st overall in the senior
division and will be going to State.
This is Emma. Her project was titled: Got Electrolytes? And then some other
stuff that I don't exactly remember. :p But she got 2nd place in the Chemistry Category.
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Our awards.
Good job, Cailin. And you endured to the end...long day or not!!! We are proud of you.
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