Science at work



Science at work, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent.

For his 7th grade science project, Sub-Evil Boy studied the effect of different kinds of wrapping (foil, wax paper, etc.) on protecting slices of bread from freezer burn.

One of my parental roles was to take photos that he could use as part of his display. I quite liked this one of various slices of bread fresh out of the freezer and waiting to be weighed, but it was deemed too “artsy” :-). So I get to post it on Flickr (and here on my blog)!

(Between my sister and I, he also got way more advice on data analysis, statistics, and graphing than any poor 7th grader should be subjected to. Makes for some very nice results, though.)

He did quite well at the local science fair in early January, and is headed off to the regional competition on Saturday. Huzzah!

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Victory!!!



Victory!!!, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent.

Or at least damn good news!

My dad IM’ed me in the office this morning to say that he’d just gotten back from his first major doctor’s visit since radiation treatment ended last month, and he got a clean bill of health. They didn’t see any signs of the cancer in his throat, so now it’s all about regaining his strength after the nasty rigors of the treatment.

They say that if this type of cancer is going to come back, it will almost certainly do so within two years. So now we wait. Today’s report, though, means that however it turns out, going through all that bought him something significant, and that really helps.

Whew…

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