Home Student 2013 -

"Kid, who built this?"

Walking out of the gym, Leo felt the heavy spring air, smelled the exhaust from school buses, and realized he was no longer holding his breath. Maya was already designing a new poster in her head. "You know," she said, "if you're going to be a real scientist, you need to learn how to lose gracefully. And also how to talk to people without looking like you're about to faint." home student 2013

The fair was a circus. Other projects included a baking soda volcano, a potato battery, and a kid who grew mold on bread. Leo and Maya’s sensor was the only original thing there. Judges walked by, nodded, and moved on to the flashier projects—a remote-controlled car, a model of the solar system with glowing LEDs. "Kid, who built this