A Scientific Journey

I love going downtown. My mom is taking me downtown to the Outdoor Retailer Show today so I can find stuff to tell you about. My mom says that means I am “on assignment”. That’s newspaper talk for finding a story.

I learned a lot of stuff about science yesterday. I learned how to keep chocolate from melting when hiking. I learned how to keep people dry outside when it is raining. And I got to meet two girls from USA Today that were there looking for stuff to write about too. I’ll tell you what I learn later. I can’t right now because I am going downtown again.

Mom’s Notes: The Outdoor Retailer Show is a convention where stores who sale outdoor related products come to purchase products from manufacturers. I thought this would be a great time for McKayla to learn the science behind outdoor products but was pleasantly surprised about how much science she would actually be exposed too.

We spent quite a bit of time talking to the manufacturers reps. A few of them obviously didn’t know how to talk to a six year old, but most of them did very well at explaining things in terms McKayla could understand.

I’d especially like to thank the people at the 3M Corporate booth they spent a lot of quality time with McKayla explaining the science behind their products, and even fed her juice and muffins. They even gave her a bottle ScotchGard that she can use to experiment with as well. She is going to see if she can make some of her clothing more “hydrophobic.” She walked away from your booth saying, several times, “that was cool,” and I really liked that booth. She learned enough material to have plenty to talk about for a couple of weeks.

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