I have been thinking about Intel recently. D15 did a great insect collection (she won a trip to the state fair with 4H) this summer. I remember reading about a kid who won a top prize at Intel several years ago with a project where he discovered something unusual about the patterns on butterfly wings. I was especially impressed because he clearly did this work all by himself and under his own motivation, he wasn't working in a parent's lab or anything like that. I Googled to try to provide D with the info, but can't find anything... Does anyone else remember this, or know anything about it?
By the way, insect collecting is a GREAT activity for gifted kids. Although D doesn't love some of the "ickier" bugs, it is a very complicated and interesting hobby. She said at first she would only do it for this summer, but even though her collection is off at the fair now, she is still chasing after bugs with her net, and lamented that she didn't take her collecting containers on a recent vacation in another state because she saw some interesting insects.
Last edited by intparent; 08/10/10 08:28 AM.
