[blindkid] Seeking National Science Olympiad Advice

[DrV]

Awesome!
I hope the kids can meet up at the Challenge Finals in LA this June - It is 
a great event.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Debby B" <bwbddl at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 18:02
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Seeking National Science Olympiad Advice


> Congrats to Vejas! Sounds like some quick thinking, and lots of fun!
> Winona just participated in the FL Braille Challenge. We had a blast! If 
> any of you have the opportunity to, I encourage you to have your child 
> compete.
>
> Debby
> bwbddl at yahoo.com
> www.nfbflorida.org/parents
>
> Please support Braille literacy and programs for our youth by sponsoring 
> me in
> the Motor City March for Independence! Better yet, join the team of the FL 
> Parents of Blind Children!
> http://www.marchforindependence.org/goto/debbyb
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: DrV <icdx at earthlink.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" 
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> Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 7:21:48 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] Seeking National Science Olympiad Advice
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Vejas participated as part of his Middle School Team in our regional 
> Science Olympiad
>
> http://soinc.org/short_event_descriptions#write.
>
> He did the trajectory with his friend & they did well. He & his team are 
> moving on to the State Finals in April :-)
>
> My question is that most of the events seem pretty visually oriented & not 
> particularly accessible, at least from what I raed on them.
>
> I did not have a chance to actually see most of the events as they were 
> scattered around the university campus.
>
> Have any of you kids or students participated in the Science Olympiad & if 
> so do you have any pearls of advice?
>
> Is there another event that you might suggest as well that would be 
> accessible to a blind studnet?
>
>
>
> As a side note, we discovered a new creative use for the NFB cane. When we 
> got there, it turns out that to launch the catapult, the participants' 
> whole body had to be behind the boxed off area. Since their catapult, like 
> a number of others, had a side release that presented a bit of a problem. 
> On the spot creative solution: as the launching pin was attached to a 
> string, they tied that to the end of Vejas long white cane. Fortunately 
> the cane was long enough that he could knee behind the boxed off area & 
> then snap his cane to the right, pulling out the pin -> they hit the 
> targets on each of the allotted 4 tries :-)
>
>
>
> I look forward to any insights you may have to offer.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Eric V
>
>
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