Bryce enjoys throwing things down from our loft. Therefore, we chose a parachute experiment for him. His question... Which shape of parachute floats the best? In case you are wondering, the hexagon shape floated the longest. The triangle shape floated down the fastest... yikes!
We chose an experiment with shapes and counting for Rylan. We love going to the lake in the summer, so his question was... What shape of boat will float the best? He used pennies and aluminum boats that we created to test this out. We were very surprised with our findings... we thought the triangle boat would float the best because that is the shape that we see the most of at our lake... row boat, sail boat, speed boat. However, the triangle sank first!!! The oval actually did the best. Our conclusion... the triangle shape must be better for speed but for floating it is better to have a shape with more of a surface. Great stuff :)
There were three moments that made me smile today in preparation for the judging. The first was with Rylan during our mock interview. I asked him to tell me how he made the boats and he said, "with foil." I told him that he needed to be more specific with his talking. He needed to elaborate more... so, I asked him again... tell me how you made the boats and his response "with ALUMINUM foil!" I just cracked up... he DID elaborate... LOL! The second funny moment of the morning was in the van on the way to school and I'm reminding the boys to talk as much as they can about their projects. I told them that they can't talk too much with this kind of thing. Bryce says with a cute little grin, "Wow Mom, I bet you did awesome in the science fair!" Why, I ask... "because you LOVE to talk... you talk ALL the time!" Both of my boys gave me giggles today :) Lastly, I practiced with the kids how to hold out their hand for a handshake and to say, "Hi my name is Rylan Hathaway, it is nice to meet you." This was awesome... Rylan kept getting the giggles. Both boys gave me wet noodle handshakes... oh my! So we practiced manly, firm handshakes. Oh yes, that was precious. I truly wish I could have witnessed them in action with the judges...
It was time to load up the van and head to school. I dropped them off and prayed for them on my way to work.
I was teaching a Parenting class at church this evening and was unable to attend the Science Fair Open House and Awards Ceremony. However, afterwards we had planned to meet at YoYo's to celebrate the hard work that they had put forth. I got out of the van and two little boys came running at me with medals around their necks and smiles from ear to ear! Yes, this was a significant moment in their life :) They were so truly proud! I couldn't wait to hear all the details...
Bryce was a Science Fair winner and will be taking his project to Science Central on Sunday, March 18th for an exhibit in the afternoon. Rylan was a Regional winner and will be taking his project to IPFW on Saturday, March 17th.
Although this was a beautiful day for my children... the highlight of my day was when I told the kids to put their medals in a safe place before bed and they could wear them to school tomorrow, Bryce says, "Mom, I am just going to take mine in my bag... I don't want to make the people that didn't win feel bad. I remember when Braydon won and I didn't and how sad I was." Wow Bryce... I'm more proud of you for your spirit than anything else! Yes, we are proud of ALL the kids that participated in the Science Fair this year. For all of those sweeties that have a heavy heart tonight... we truly believe that you are amazing! Congratulations Haverhill students... you are ALL winners :)
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