At Jackie's school, they hold a science fair every year. This year, they gave us about three month's notice to come up with an idea and create an experiment. Jackie had some interesting ideas, but each of them were studies that would take YEARS to monitor and follow through. Most of her ideas involved things that effect your health and growth rate...definitely NOT things you can monitor over a couple of months.
FINALLY, about a week before the entire project was due, Jackie decided upon the idea of testing people's taste-abilities. She set up an experiment with various foods in full-fat and low-fat varieties. Then she got some victims...'er TEST SUBJECTS and the tasting began. Ultimately, Jackie's goal, at this late stage, was to have something (ANYTHING) to turn in so she could get a passing grade.
The project (hypothesis, question, research, experiment, results, charts, graphs, conclusions, etc.) was due Monday, February 7, 2011. Jackie BEGAN this project Sunday, February 6, 2011...IN THE EVENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Needless to say, we were up until 1:30AM, completing everything.
Monday came and Jackie turned in her project. The Science Fair was TODAY (Tuesday, February 8, 2011). Imagine our surprise when Jackie brought THIS home from the Fair.
Of course, the fact that she changed her idea and experiment AT THE LAST MINUTE meant that we did NOT have the necessary paperwork for her to go on to the next level of competition. So Jackie and I spent this afternoon completing the paperwork so she could move on. That involved several trips to and from the school, getting consent forms from all the victims, and re-signing forms I had already signed for her previous project ideas. FINALLY, we're done and Jackie can move on to the next level of competition to be held at Utah Valley University on February 24, 2011.
We are very proud of our girl...last minute effort or not, she did a GREAT job!
A special thanks to her taste-testing-victims: Marnee, Joseph, and Matthew Price; and Dad,Mandy, and Grandma Webster (and ME!!). As well as Warren Price, who served as Jackie's lab-assistant.
Never have so many given so much for such a cause! We appreciate all of you, very much!
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