Results from the Science Olympiad were disappointing, to those with ambitions. The high school team did not qualify for the state tournament, although the middle-school team (which had a full complement of experience competitors) did.
Tom reported that the Experimental Design event was set up differently from the way it was described, and the way it was done previous years, so he and his group had practiced the wrong way. He said he knew most of the Genetics information, which is good, but some competitors probably knew all of it. I haven’t heard from Elen about geology yet.
Also, Tom lost $20 I’d given them for expenses, sigh. A Random Act of Kindness toward whoever found it ...
Now it’s on to the next thing, “Envirothon,” a competition organized by the state Natural Resources department. Tom has learned all about North Carolina’s water resources, including those aquatic microorganisms you don’t want to know about when you’re near water!
Interesting.
There’s a free online wastewater some-sort-of-certification course for the state (TN) that I started going through in 2008, but that got lost in the shuffle of cross-country activities. Anyone who has taken micro looks at the world in a whole different way after completing the course, so I’m not surprised about little wiggly things in the water. (The artists’ renderings of Giardia were actually cute-looking.) That’s why we have ceramic tile and stainless steel throughout the house—as little carpet and upholstery as possible. After having read the description of a contract killer’s home environment, I decided to soften the decor up a little with some wood and tumbled slate. Since we’ve always had dogs and cats, I figured the place was germy enough without adding extra stuff, but you can’t be too careful w/all this profiling jazz going on lol!
You had a couple of typo’s back there......