It was a busy day for me yesterday. My boss and I were judges for the Middle School Science Fair. She has judged in the past but this was my first time judging. We had to be at the school by 8:30 am for a short informational meeting. When I signed us up for this I told the 8th grade science teacher that I had a meeting at 2:00 and hoped that wouldn't be a problem. He scheduled us to be done by noon.
We had 12 teams to judge and they had their criteria that had to be met. First the kids had to have a hypothesis, then they had to show their work with dependent and independent variables and have their conclusion. The student had display boards that showed their work. In our group of 12 only 4 didn't have their display boards and we had one group that was a no show. One kid did come but his partner didn't come to school and the missing partner had the display board. We both felt bad for him but we had to give him a low score because he was missing this.
The kids we had all did a very good job and they chose interesting topics. Ranged from bacteria, mold, sugars, music, heart rates, plants, and cleaners. The ones who did bacteria did their experiment on the drinking fountains at the school. They both said they would never drink water out of those fountains again, drink bottled water. Some of the kids recognized me from tae kwon do. I had 4 that had taken tae kwon do from me that I judged. I was very fair.
The highest score the kids could have on their project was 90 points and we were fairly even staying in the 70 range. The ones who scored lower were the ones who didn't have the display boards. I enjoyed it and the kids were fun to work with. My boss and I then went out to lunch and we got back in plenty of time for our meeting that was in the afternoon.
After work, Gary and I headed to Billings to attend the Couple's Garage Party at the Harley Dealership. We had received an e-mail from the president of the chapter asking for volunteers to sit at the the chapter table at the event. Gary and I volunteered since we were going anyway and he was getting alot of denials. Our new membership officer also manned the table with us.
I have been to a few garage parties before so I know what to expect. We had some snacky type foods and adult beverages to drink along with soda. Gary ended up visiting with our friends while I stayed at the table. We did have a few come and ask us questions. I invited the people to come to our meeting on Sunday to see what we are all about. Handed out the calendar that we did last year to show them how much fun we have. Hope at least one comes.
I did get the chance to wander around. I did the dyna demo at Gary's urging. He wanted to see me get on a bike and start it up and run through the gears. I had done this once before, so I did. This time the bike that was used is the new softail slim, a bike made for people with short legs. Anyway I got all the way through 6th gear and up to 70 mph. Good thing that the bike doesn't move, it would be a whole different story otherwise. Gary even got on the demo bike and he wants one.
There was a photographer there that would take a 5X7 portrait of us on a bike for $5. We paid the $5 and had our portrait taken. We will be able to pick it up on Friday at the dealership. I got to thinking that with my photography class I'm taking, I should be good enough to do something like this and make a little extra money. The photographer didn't have any extra stuff, just a simple background, camera with external flash on a tripod and his computer to download the images. He just took one shot of people so not a hard job at all.
We didn't win any of the prizes this time. We left at 8:30 but stopped at McDonald's on the way home to get something to eat. The snacks didn't fill us up and they were some very fancy stuff that in my opinion didn't taste very well. We each did get a coupon for $10 off our next purchase.
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