I worried that choosing a project connected to the storm meant I was obsessed with it, but Dr.

Sethi said I was allowed to be curious about something that frightened me.

With help from my teacher, I designed a small supervised experiment using shallow trays, water, thermometers, and different surface materials.

It wasn’t a sophisticated study.

I measured what happened as temperatures dropped and wrote a report about why wet roads can become dangerous so quickly.

When the fair arrived, I stood behind a poster covered in graphs and crooked labels.

Colleen brought flowers.