Calvin and the Science Fair

Calvin entered the school science fair and out of 300 kids at his school, only 17 were chosen to move on to district and Calvin was one of them! He was so excited! Calvin doesn't get too excited about really anything, well maybe catching big fish, so to see him so excited was a real treat. He went and competed at district with his best friend, Andrew, which made it really fun! The competition was a PG High School and they were interview by the judges and presented their projects. Then they announced the winners, who would be moving on to the State Science Fair at BYU. I have never seen Calvin this anxious and excited. Well he was one of the last names read but again out of almost 300 he was one of the 60 kids moving on. His friend got honorable mention, which was still awesome because only 30 kids received a medal who weren't going to state. So they were both excited, plus Andrew was relieved because he's a Utes fan and tries to stay as far away from BYU as possible. So a couple of weeks ago Calvin and I went to BYU to set up his project and the next day he got to miss school for an all day science fair. He had 2 hours when the judges come around and ask questions, with only the kids, they had pizza, and watched a space rover movie about landing on Mars, he got to try to shoot enemy planes in the BYU Airforce Flight Simulator, and saw a live show of the Mad Scientist, of which his two sisters got to be Mad Scientist Assistants. They had a raffle and fun science facts to learn about and did the awards ceremony. He didn't win anything at State but there were about 12 kids that advanced to the National level so that is his goal next year. The kids that go on try out for the semi finals and, if they make it, they go to DC for a week. This is a lot more than I ever knew there was to Science Fair. It was so fun and a great experience. Calvin already wants to start figuring out ideas for next years project. Let us know if you have any good ideas. Thanks Calv for letting your Mom continue to experience new things, even in her old age.