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Good luck! And have fun! Forensics is a really fun event once you've got things down. And even then, it's still fun to be a CSI in a way.

Yeah, I would say our preparation for Boyceville (which is next week) at this point for Forensics is nil, but a lot of it is just remembering stuff from previous years. I just did our first chromatography today for the heck of it, and I still love watching the colors separate.

Also, no matter how many times you do a flame test, it is still as awesome as the first time.

haverstall wrote:Yeah, I would say our preparation for Boyceville (which is next week) at this point for Forensics is nil, but a lot of it is just remembering stuff from previous years. I just did our first chromatography today for the heck of it, and I still love watching the colors separate.

Also, no matter how many times you do a flame test, it is still as awesome as the first time.

Yo, haverstall...see you there! And Koko and Luo! PARTY TIME!

Hopefully we'll do the same thing as last year and have an music party in our homeroom.

Back on forensics though, (this mainly pertains to salcedam) maybe my memory is bad, but weren't there an inordinate amount of things to ID at last year's Boyceville meet for Forensics? I recall somewhere around 8 powders and a ton of plastics.

salcedam wrote:

haverstall wrote:Yeah, I would say our preparation for Boyceville (which is next week) at this point for Forensics is nil, but a lot of it is just remembering stuff from previous years. I just did our first chromatography today for the heck of it, and I still love watching the colors separate.

Also, no matter how many times you do a flame test, it is still as awesome as the first time.

Yo, haverstall...see you there! And Koko and Luo! PARTY TIME!

Yeah, see you all there!

Oh, and I seem to be doing Forensics now at Boyceville. Looks like I'll just be recycling resources from last year... last-minute cancellations are never fun.

haverstall wrote:Hopefully we'll do the same thing as last year and have an music party in our homeroom.

Back on forensics though, (this mainly pertains to salcedam) maybe my memory is bad, but weren't there an inordinate amount of things to ID at last year's Boyceville meet for Forensics? I recall somewhere around 8 powders and a ton of plastics.

Eight powders might be an inordinate number of powders to ID for an invitational, but that's about what you should expect at the state level (depending, of course, on the state) and almost certainly fewer than you'd see at Nationals.

Phenylethylamine wrote: Eight powders might be an inordinate number of powders to ID for an invitational, but that's about what you should expect at the state level (depending, of course, on the state) and almost certainly fewer than you'd see at Nationals.

Yeah, that's what I was referencing (that it was an inordinate amount for an invite). I've never actually competed at the National level, but from what I remember from doing it at state, 8 was somewhere around there.

haverstall wrote:Hopefully we'll do the same thing as last year and have an music party in our homeroom.

Back on forensics though, (this mainly pertains to salcedam) maybe my memory is bad, but weren't there an inordinate amount of things to ID at last year's Boyceville meet for Forensics? I recall somewhere around 8 powders and a ton of plastics.

I was looking for the Boyceville test from last year and I couldn't find it...but I do think there were a lot of things to ID. I know that I was particularly rushed last year with the powders and such because there was so much.

Congrats on the 1st place, Salcedam. I got completely owned by that test. Need to practice more and ID faster. I do admit some of those questions I wasn't expecting, especially the blood ones.

haverstall wrote:Congrats on the 1st place, Salcedam. I got completely owned by that test. Need to practice more and ID faster. I do admit some of those questions I wasn't expecting, especially the blood ones.

Agreed; congrats, salcedam! It also didn't help that the room was absolutely boiling. I was shocked at my medal.