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[Marvel]

That's awesome, Michael! Conratulations are definitely in order!

[Marion1336]

Excellent! Way to go.

[fun2dive]

Hopefully the science fair projects near us are as creative! I am a judge for ours in 2 weeks. Now I have something to compare them with!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[Funewgy]

Congratulations!! Congratulations!! MV, that is simply outstanding. The awards and accolades are well deserved. Again, I highly recommend puffing up your chest and telling the entire neighborhood, "Hey, that's my girl!!!"

[Walter]

That's great news! Give her my congratulations!!!!!!!!

[TheSassyRabbit]

That is TOTALLY awesome! I am so proud of your daughter (okay... we'll give you a little credit for contributing to the gene pool). KUDO's!

One side question.... I'm still hung up on the level of these projects... I'm not sure I would have done a project in middle school that didn't involve boys. Anyway... what the heck robbed her of first place? There couldn't possibly have been a topic better .... but am curious what the other kids did. No way she could have walked with less than 1st for creativity. Much deserved!

[mvillanueva]

That is TOTALLY awesome! I am so proud of your daughter (okay... we'll give you a little credit for contributing to the gene pool). KUDO's!

One side question.... I'm still hung up on the level of these projects... I'm not sure I would have done a project in middle school that didn't involve boys. Anyway... what the heck robbed her of first place? There couldn't possibly have been a topic better .... but am curious what the other kids did. No way she could have walked with less than 1st for creativity. Much deserved!

First place in physics went to her friend Melissa.

Melissa took one of those roller pans... you know the one where you put paint in, then roll your roller and paint? Well, Melissa took one of those pans and using a creative combination of popsicle sticks, sand, and molded plaster of paris sections, simulated an ocean beach. She then added water at different velocities and recorded the movement of the sand. She determined that the greatest erosion of sand at the beach occurs with low energy waves coming in at low frequency, and that high energy waves at high frequency erode beaches much less than one might imagine.

First Place overall went to a another girl who went to the supermarket with different sets of students and by altering simple variables such as hieght and lighting, determined how product placement affects a kids decision to make a purchase or not. There was more to the project than that, but that was as far as I could understand her work. All I knew was that little girl was going to make some marketing company a butt load of money

One boy designed a mars-type rover that demonstrated more flexibility in navigating rocks by the use of sound waves than the one NASA used. Of course, that was the kid's claim....

[WreckWench]

Incredible...to think that kids are this smart today! Thank you for sharing! And I hope your daughter finds more things to keep her intrigued and stimulated! -ww

[Cold_H2O]

Wow, What a great project. What a brilliant gal. Hope she keeps doing projects like this one. Yes, Michael you should be proud.

[TheSassyRabbit]

That is TOTALLY awesome!   I am so proud of your daughter (okay... we'll give you a little credit for contributing to the gene pool).   KUDO's!  

One side question.... I'm still hung up on the level of these projects...   I'm not sure I would have done a project in middle school that didn't involve boys.    Anyway... what the heck robbed her of first place?   There couldn't possibly have been a topic better .... but am curious what the other kids did.    No way she could have walked with less than 1st for creativity.    Much deserved!

First place in physics went to her friend Melissa.

Melissa took one of those roller pans... you know the one where you put paint in, then roll your roller and paint? Well, Melissa took one of those pans and using a creative combination of popsicle sticks, sand, and molded plaster of paris sections, simulated an ocean beach. She then added water at different velocities and recorded the movement of the sand. She determined that the greatest erosion of sand at the beach occurs with low energy waves coming in at low frequency, and that high energy waves at high frequency erode beaches much less than one might imagine.

First Place overall went to a another girl who went to the supermarket with different sets of students and by altering simple variables such as hieght and lighting, determined how product placement affects a kids decision to make a purchase or not. There was more to the project than that, but that was as far as I could understand her work. All I knew was that little girl was going to make some marketing company a butt load of money

One boy designed a mars-type rover that demonstrated more flexibility in navigating rocks by the use of sound waves than the one NASA used. Of course, that was the kid's claim....

Alright, I feel totally inadequate now. THIS is why I may not have children - I don't think I could live up to the expectations of the science fair!

Edited by TheSassyRabbit, 09 February 2005 - 09:56 AM.

[nextariel]

Wow Kudos! That is incredible, great project, great incite and it was recognized by the judges! And dive money to boot!

[Kriterian]

She did an excellent job, and you should get props too for having such a smart and mature daughter. Also, I think her science teacher should get some credit too, your daughter seemed to understand the scientific principles of experimentation very well.

I wish I had scuba diving when I was a child, it's the perfect combination of fun and science. For my project in middle school I demonstrated how flight worked by taking a paper airplane and tying it to a fan with string.

Here is an example of a smart 17 year old girl that won a $ 100,000 scholarship from Intel that's often considered the "junion nobel prize."

Viviana, who entered a computer science project in molecular computing titled "DNA-based Steganography," is the third youngest woman in the last seven years to win the top prize. Viviana studied steganography, a data encryption technique that embeds secret messages within large amounts of seemingly innocent information. She encrypted the message, "JUNE6_INVASION: NORMANDY," inserted it in the gene sequence of a DNA-strand, and flanked it by two secret "primer" DNA sequences. Then she combined the molecule with many other similar molecules. The hidden message could be retrieved only by someone knowing the two secret primer sequences - the keys to the code. Because the pair of primers provides a trillion trillion options, she concludes that the code is essentially unbreakable.