Timeline of Events, Science Fair (Day 1)

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Well, it’s finally science fair! I’ve been looking forward to this day since … early September, so I’m going to make the most of it! Check out the funny timeline of events I’m tracking…

Saturday

9:30 PM – We only have to leave at 9:30 AM tomorrow! I can get more slides done!

10:24 PM – OHWAIT! We have to leave at 7:00! Orly? YARLY!

Sunday

5:45 AM – It’s time! iPod has awoken me with 1234, good choice! Woohoo!

5:53 AM – Eyes are burning! What?! Why is my light off? *turns it back on* Looks at all the bugs I have to fix on orange sticky notes…

5:56 AM – Erin struggles with the basic function of copy-paste while making this…

6:00 AM – Watch goes off! It sounds like a messed up cellphone ring, LOL

6:01 AM – I check COBA… Oh no! It’s down!!! I hope I didn’t forget anything that teachers would email me about >_<

6:05 AM – Checked science tech… Yay! The roof of the school is clear – no need to worry! Printed off 3 copies of the schedule

6:07 AM – Sleep’in the macbook to take care of the other things I have to do now…

7:30 AM – We were supposed to leave now… packing the car!

7:50 AM – Left the house, onto a journey of awesomeness!

8:30 AM – Arrived at the school hosting the event! They were cleaning the roof off even more!

8:40 AM – Checked in and received the table number! Set up the board . . . upside down (way to go Erin!) turned it around, set up the display, cables, battery pack & surge protector, macbook, written report!

8:45 AM – Realized the power is not working… Dad goes to speak to them

8:50 AM – Took several photos incase the project gets ruined, like last year

9:10 AM – Power is working! No more annoying beeping heard from my power pack throughout the gym

9:30 AM – The bamboo stick lady checked the measurements of the display board

10:30 AM – Introductory ceremonies – everyone is ushered into the auditorium

10:45 AM – Introductory ceremony begins

11:00 AM – Guest speaker talking about mainly him, and on the side, a few slides of immunology… (CD4-Fox3 Cells)

11:30 AM – Lunch! Had to grab my macbook from Dad, as he had to leave the gym for some reason…

11:45 AM – Ate my sandwich and fruit loops and cookies and chocolate!

12:00 PM – Hurried back to the gym

12:15 PM – Ran in to the gym (once they opened it) to check back on the display (it’s there, PHEW!)

1:00-1:30 PM – Peer evaluation! Was quite fun! The three projects I evaluated were about FerroLiquid, the emergency classification (like in Katrina), and stopping movie piracy using IR light

1:30-5:00 PM – Demonstrated Robbie to several people passing by… fun fact- when Robbie asks about hockey, 100% of the responses were Canadiens!

5:05 PM – Packed up the display and stuff, headed home!

6:00 PM – Home sweet home! Time to refine my presentation for the judges tomorrow and write my log book in my log book (I wrote my log in bad writing in my commonplace book – so I’m transferring it to a pink journal)

Well, that’s about it for Day 1! I’m exceedingly pleased. My booth is next to the one that won the big prizes last year, and next to the librarian at my school son’s project! I have to bring speakers tomorrow though, no one could hear Robbie! I’ll remember my keyboard tomorrow too, so the escape button is more accessible. The only problem, which isn’t really a problem, is that I have to wake up at 5:00 am tomorrow. My dad is a judge, so he has to be there early. I’m having SO much fun, I just want to spend as much time there as possible!

For now – I have to triple check my presentation and fill out my log book! I also have 9 survey results, so I’m crunching the numbers for them.

More timeline madness tomorrow! Enjoy these pics…

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