Around here, science fairs are optional for 4th grade and required for grades 5th through 8th. Seven years old seems awfully young for this type of competition. I do have memories of the Boy Scout car derby and 1st grade dioramas to reference for your comments of products that are obviously not the work of the child!

Our area/county science fair was held yesterday. DS won the Best of 6th Grade, Engineering trophy and a $100 savings bond! We met one of the judges, a full time engineer and a part time college instructor, who told us that DS�s project was among the first they honed in on. DS is trilled. I hope his teachers will contact the regional science fair managers in time for entry since DS is talking about �nationals� LOL!