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Science Fair Research Paper

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Growing up I knew one day I would be a part of a science fair. From watching television shows like Arthur, or The Magic School Bus, and reading dozens of books, it was always a dream of mine to be a part of one, and maybe even win. By the time I entered the third grade I was finally old enough to participate in an actual science fair. I titled, my project “Water You Saving?,” it explained how we as a community can save water, because at the time California experienced a massive drought, much like this year. I researched different methods about how people can save water, except the only example I can remember is that 90% of toilets are extremely inefficient and waste gallons of water everyday. My family and I took tours at the Lawrence Berkeley …show more content…

Out of the corner of my eye I saw the things nightmares are made of, the panel of judges, they were passing through and leaving dreams in their paths. When they arrived at my booth, my knees were shaking, yet somehow I answered the questions confidently and clearly. I felt on top of the world. After the judging process came the awards ceremony. My mom started filming as soon as the speaker began to announce the awards, we felt very confident that I would walk away with something. Third place went to a project about different types of dirt, obviously my project had to be better than that. Second place went to a project about plants that listened to music. At this moment I couldn’t control my excitement, I thought for sure I had won first place. But then the unthinkable happened, they announced first place and it went to a Coke and Mentos experiment. Stunned doesn’t really quite explain it, I thought there must have been some kind of mistake. Tears welled up in my eyes, my mom stopped filming and hugged me telling me how proud she was of me. I wanted to disappear, just leave the world

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