American Samoa Science Fair, Year 2

It's hard to believe a year has gone by since Emma's outstanding performance at the 2007 American Samoa Science Fair. Her topic this year delved into the world of behaviorial science. She conducted a study testing about 50 people on their memory skills. She was trying to find out if there is any link between memory and color. Emma created a list of words, in both black and red and then looked at whether people were more likely to remember the red words. Her hypothesis that people would remember the red words proved to be correct. Emma was once again selected as a representative from her school to compete in the island-wide competition. There were 137 kids in the elementary division (grades 1-8) at the Territorial Fair. Emma spent the morning waiting and then being interviewed by a few different judges. I am so impressed at her speaking skills and her ability to convey her knowledge to the adult judges. We then had to wait a few days until the award ceremony for the results.

Emma came in 2nd place in the Behaviorial Science division! She was competing in the upper elementary level, grades 5-8, so she beat out many kids much older than her. Here is a picture of her accepting her award and then a picture with the Director of the country's Department of Education.

Way to go, Emma! We are so proud to have such a smart daughter.