Yesterday was public viewing day at the 53rd annual State Science and Engineering Fair, sponsored by the Hawaii Academy of Science.
Since I hadn’t been to a science fair since high school, I thought I’d swing on over to the Hawaii Convention Center and see what it was all about.
I didn’t expect to see crowds there, but I wasn’t prepared for the dearth of viewers. I estimate there were 25 or fewer wandering the aisles during the two hours I was there, and a number of them were students taking notes at the exhibits (I presume for a class assignment).
There were a couple of exhibits on ants, which reminded me of my friend Richard’s and my entry in junior high. Ours wasn’t very scientific, just a display of ants, with no real purpose to the exhibit. We didn’t win anything, but it was pictured in the school annual that year.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had a table set up with handouts for the taking. I wanted a cloth NOAA shopping bag, but they said I had to be a teacher. Instead, they gave me a pen and four pencils, which were neat in and of themselves.
The yellow and blue pencils are made of recycled materials. The gray one is made of recycled denim cloth, and the brownish one is made of recycled old currency.
Tomorrow: Some projects that made the semifinals
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