Science fair 2012

 How the judges look at me when I'm presenting my science fair project. 

             
     No I'm just kidding but that would be extremely creepy. So this year for the science fair, I decided to do mine on multi-tasking. 


     
         I decided to do this project because I think the human brain is really interesting and I wanted to figure out if it's good to multi-task or not. After my project, I figured out it really wasn't good to.

This year was actually a lot better than last year because I actually knew what to do this year. It was a lot easier to get everything done and I think things were a lot more organized. Also, this year I had more time to do everything. Last year, I was sort of rushing around at the last minute trying to do everything. 

My reaction when I was finished.

    I had a lot of trouble with getting volunteers last year. This year it was a lot easier to get volunteers than it was last year. Plus, this year they were a lot more cooperative and actually willing to volunteer.

Sorry, I'm a Panemaniac.

    So enough about last year, let's talk about this year. I really didn't have that much trouble putting everything together. My experiment was relatively simple and didn't take long. The only thing that was really pestering was that I cannot cut straight at all so everything was a bit slanted. Also I couldn't use black font because my poster was black but that turned out being good because I used purple! Another bad thing was the printer didn't work so I couldn't get everything on the board till almost the day before!

This is what I felt like doing.

      The day of the science fair, I was really nervous about presenting to the judges. I was really scared they were gonna ask me all these questions with big words in them and I would be sitting there like....uh..what? But luckily, that wasn't the case. They were actually really nice and asked simple questions. Hopefully, they liked my project! 

  BYE!

P.S. I won second :)

      
      
    

Don't no about? (DNA)

     Dinosaurs never age? Dogs neglect ants? What exactly does DNA mean and what is it? I think we'll talk to a friend of mine. Double Felix.

Double Felix

      Me: Hello Felix, can you tell us a little about what exactly DNA is?

Felix: Deoxyribonucleic acid is what DNA stands for. DNA is what makes you, you. Each cell you have contains 23 pairs of chromosomes. DNA is located in these chromosomes. DNA determines your physical traits such as hair and eye color. 

    Me: How do we know about DNA today? Were there people who first contributed to the knowledge?

Felix:  Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, James Watson, and Francis Crick  were all a team of scientists. James Watson and Francis Crick used an X-ray to find out about the double helix (me!) of DNA. Rosalind Franklin originally thought of the idea.

        Me: What is DNA made up of?

Felix: DNA is made up of nucleotide. There are four different sections of nucleotides. They are adenine(A),thymine(T),guanine(G),and cytosine(C). Each one has a different shape.  They help proteins form and help your body grow too.

      Felix:Believe it or not, only 2% of DNA is useful and contains genetic material. The other 98% is unknown and called "junk DNA".    

As far as we know, the junk DNA isn't used for anything.

           Me: So how does there get to be more of you guys?

Felix:  Well DNA self replicates itself. Two strands of DNA go through a process and when the cell divides, it has its own replicate of the DNA. 
 
       ME: Ok so my last question is what are the similarities and differences between RNA and DNA?
Felix: RNA stands for Ribonucleic acid. Unlike DNA, which is double helixed, RNA has only one strand. Also RNA is allowed to leave the cell since it's sort of a messenger while DNA stays put. 

    Well bye from Felix and me and remember, ONLY 10 MORE DAYS!