24 The Winning Team

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Winning Team Results (noun). The detailed report of your data in a science experiment or inquiry. It might agree with or contradict your hypothesis. That's because in science it's okay to have a wrong hypothesis. Evidence always wins. "WE ARE SO HAPPY to announce the winners of our fifth grade science competition during our first annual STEM Night," said Ms. Daly. She stood up onstage in the multipurpose room. In my chair, my legs shook. I'm sure every molecule in my body was shaking, too. Next to me, Birdie bit her lip. Ms. Daly glanced at the judges who were sitting on seats up onstage. Dr. Caroline sat in between Mrs. Que and Mrs. Eberlin. Up onstage earlier, Dr. Caroline had already done a whole bunch of demos and they all were awesome. In one of them, she showed how static electricity worked by putting her hands on a silver globe called a Van de Graaff generator. Dr. Caroline's long dark hair was shocked into the air in a way that made it look like she had antenna on her head. In another one, a

第二十四章获胜队的成绩（名词）。 在科学实验或调查中你的数据的详细报告。 它可能与你的假设一致，也可能与你的假设矛盾。 这是因为在科学中，有错误的假设是可以接受的。 证据总是胜利的。“我们非常高兴地宣布，在我们的第一届年度STEM之夜，我们五年级科学竞赛的获奖者。” 戴利。她站在多功能厅的舞台上。 坐在椅子上，我的腿发抖。 我敢肯定我身体里的每一个分子也在颤抖。 在我旁边，小鸟咬着嘴唇。 戴利瞥了一眼坐在台上座位上的评委。 卡洛琳医生坐在柯夫人和埃伯林夫人中间。 之前在台上，卡洛琳博士已经做了很多演示，都很棒。 在其中一幅画中，她把手放在一个叫做范德格拉夫发电机的银球上，展示了静电是如何工作的。 卡洛琳医生长长的黑发被震到空中，看起来就像她头上有一根天线。 在另一个例子中，a

solution she had created went back and forth between blue and yellow. It was all awesome, and now the announcement part of the evening was happening. It was exciting, but also nerve-wracking. "I speak for the entire faculty and staff," continued Ms. Daly, "when I say that we're so proud of our fifth graders. You have stepped up and shown us your hard work. You've asked wonderful questions. Created hypotheses for your experiments and worked hard to create your projects from scratch. You've let nothing get in your way." That's when Birdie looked at me. And I looked at her. Because that part was true. The only thing that was going to get past us would be subatomic. "What impressed the judges is how unique all of the projects were, which reflects the diversity and interests of our awesome students here at Rosalind Franklin Elementary. Honestly, you kids made this really hard on the judges. It was a very difficult decision. You will notice that on all of your projects, we have placed yellow ribbons. These participation ribbons let each and every one of you know how awesome you are

她创造的溶液在蓝色和黄色之间来回移动。 这一切都很棒，现在晚上的宣布部分开始了。 这是令人兴奋的，但也伤脑筋。 “我代表全体教职员工发言。” 戴利，“当我说我们为我们的五年级学生感到骄傲时。 你们已经挺身而出，向我们展示了你们的辛勤工作。 你问的问题很好。 为你的实验创造假设，努力从零开始创建你的项目。 你没有让任何事情妨碍你。” 这时伯迪看着我。 我看着她。因为那部分是真的。 唯一能越过我们的只有亚原子。 “让评委印象深刻的是所有项目的独特性，这反映了罗莎琳德富兰克林小学优秀学生的多样性和兴趣。 说实话，你们这些孩子让评委们很为难。 这是一个非常艰难的决定。 你会注意到，在你所有的项目上，我们都放置了黄丝带。 这些参与丝带让你们每个人都知道自己有多棒

and how great all of your projects were." "I want a ribbon," Liam said in the chair next to me. "You'll get one," I answered. "When you're a fifth grader," said Birdie. He slapped his forehead. "That's in ten hundred years." "Okay, we're going to hand the mic back over to Dr. Caroline now," said Ms. Daly. Everyone craned their heads forward. There were hundreds of people in the room, but it was silent as Dr. Caroline hopped out of her seat. "Hi, everyone!" said Dr. Caroline, waving. Liam waved back. "I think she saw me!" "Okay, it's time to announce our winners," said Dr. Caroline. "I know, like me, you're very eager. But first I want to say that all of you in this room can be scientists." Squinting her eyes, she peered around the packed room. Liam tapped his chest. "Me?" "Yes, you," I said, and Liam cheered along with the rest of the crowd. "All of you can grow up to help make the world a better place," continued Dr. Caroline. "I want to make it better," Liam admitted.

你的所有项目都很棒。” “我想要一条缎带，”利亚姆坐在我旁边的椅子上说。 “你会得到的，”我回答。 “当你是五年级的时候，”小鸟说。 他拍了拍额头。“那是一千年以后的事了。” “好了，我们将把麦克风交还给Dr。 现在是卡罗琳，”戴利女士说。 每个人都把头向前伸。 房间里有好几百人，但房间里一片寂静。 卡洛琳从座位上跳了起来。 “大家好！”卡罗琳博士挥手说。 利亚姆也挥了挥手。“我想她看见我了！”“好了，是时候宣布我们的获胜者了。” 卡洛琳。“我知道，你和我一样，非常渴望。 但首先我想说，在座的所有人都可以成为科学家。” 她眯着眼睛环视着挤满了人的房间。 利亚姆轻拍自己的胸膛。“我?”“是的，你，”我说，利亚姆和其他人一起欢呼。 “你们所有人长大后都可以帮助世界变得更美好，”他继续说道。 卡洛琳。“我想让它变得更好，”利亚姆承认。

"Me too," I breathed. Because that was what it was really about. I wanted to use science to help people and our planet. "And I was impressed with every single project I saw here tonight." Dr. Caroline looked down at her clipboard. "But the winners didn't just have fantastic projects, they also understood the science behind their projects and were able to explain it to me perfectly. So, the third place winner is... Avery Cooper!" Avery jumped out of her chair and raced to the microphone. Dr. Caroline handed her a trophy and an envelope. "Avery's experiment was called Mind Your Beeswax and it was about the science of lip gloss." Dr. Caroline handed the microphone to Avery and she explained a little bit about her project. "And what will you do for the school community with the prize money?" asked Dr. Caroline. "I'm going to buy curtains for our theater," said Avery. "My dads can get us a discount." Everyone applauded. Okay, only two more opportunities to place. I squeezed my knees together and crossed my fingers. I couldn't look up.

“我也是。”我低声说。因为这才是真正的意义所在。 我想用科学来帮助人类和我们的星球。 “我对今晚在这里看到的每一个项目都印象深刻。” 卡洛琳医生低头看着她的写字板。 “但获奖者不仅有出色的项目，他们还理解项目背后的科学，并能够完美地向我解释。 那么，第三名得主是…… 艾弗里·库珀!”埃弗里从椅子上跳起来，跑到麦克风前。 卡洛琳医生递给她一个奖杯和一个信封。 “艾弗里的实验叫做‘注意你的蜂蜡’，是关于唇彩的科学。” 卡洛琳医生把麦克风递给艾弗里，她解释了一下她的项目。 “那你打算用这笔奖金为学校社区做些什么呢？” 卡洛琳。“我要给我们的剧院买窗帘，”艾弗里说。 “我爸爸可以给我们打折。” 每个人都鼓掌。好了，只剩两次机会了。 我双膝并拢，交叉着手指。 我无法抬头。

Dr. Caroline smiled so her whole face lit up. "The second place winner is Memito Alvarez for his project Tasty Leather, the science of fruit dehydration." A cheer went up and I could hear Memito's brothers whistling. Memito jogged up to the podium. Then he bowed as he accepted his trophy and his check. "I'd like to thank the Academy for nominating me for best actor," he joked. Birdie and I cracked up. Elijah called out, "Best actor in a cooking show!" "It's funny you should say that," said Memito, pointing at Elijah. "'Cause I'm going to use my prize money to start a cooking club." Dr. Caroline clapped. "I'm going to have to come back and test out some recipes." Memito made his way back to his seat with lots of people shaking his hand and slapping his back. Dr. Caroline said, "It's time to announce first place." My stomach felt hot, like something was starting to boil inside. "We have a tie for first place," said Dr. Caroline with a huge grin. "Two scientists who embodied the principles of teamwork and support. The winners are Kate Crawford and Brinda 'Birdie' Bhatt. Kate's project, a Rube Goldberg machine called Lemon

卡洛琳医生笑了，整个脸都亮了。 “第二名得主是Memito Alvarez ” “美味皮革” “水果脱水科学” 一阵欢呼声响起，我能听到梅托的兄弟们在吹口哨。 梅托慢跑着走上讲台。 然后他鞠了一躬，收下了奖杯和支票。 “我要感谢奥斯卡提名我为最佳男主角，”他开玩笑说。 伯蒂和我大笑起来。以利亚喊道：“最佳烹饪节目男主角！”“你这么说真有趣，”梅托指着以利亚说。 “因为我要用我的奖金创办一个烹饪俱乐部。” 卡罗琳医生鼓起掌来。“我要回来试一下一些食谱。” 梅托回到自己的座位上，许多人跟他握手，拍他的背。 卡洛琳医生说“是时候宣布第一名了” 我的胃很热，好像里面有什么东西在沸腾。 “我们在第一名的争夺上打成了平手。” 卡洛琳咧着嘴笑。 “两位科学家体现了团队合作和相互支持的原则。 获奖者是凯特·克劳福德和“小鸟”布林达·巴特。 凯特的项目，一个叫柠檬的鲁宾·戈德堡机器

Power, included multiple scientific principles and, after many moving parts, ended with a calculator being turned on. Birdie's project was Color Sleuthing, which looked at the wonder of ink chromatography." The audience cheered and thundered their applause. Birdie and I locked eyes before launching ourselves out of our seats for a big hug. I was glad for all that chemistry taking place to power our muscles. "They won not just for their projects," continued Dr. Caroline, "which were awesome, by the way, but because the two of them used what they knew about science and applied it to everyday life, and they helped each other make their projects better." As we walked up to the front, I knew there was a tiny part of me that didn't like sharing first place. But if I had to share it with anyone, it would be with my best friend Birdie. After we both got to share a little bit more about our projects, Dr. Caroline asked what we would do with our money. "I would like to make a mural on the brick wall facing the playground," said Birdie. "And I'll need lots of helpers." I could hear Liam's voice cheering—mine too.

Power，包括多种科学原理，经过许多移动部件，以一个计算器被打开结束。 Birdie的项目是Color Sleuthing，它着眼于油墨色谱的神奇之处。” 观众欢呼起来，报以雷鸣般的掌声。 伯迪和我对视了一下，然后从座位上跳起来，给了一个大大的拥抱。 我很高兴所有的化学反应都在为我们的肌肉提供动力。 “他们获奖不仅仅是因为他们的项目。” 卡洛琳，“顺便说一句，这很棒，但因为他们两个把他们对科学的了解应用到日常生活中，他们互相帮助，使他们的项目变得更好。” 当我们走到前面时，我知道我内心有一小部分不喜欢分享第一名。 但如果我必须和谁分享的话，我会和我最好的朋友伯迪分享。 在我们都分享了一些关于我们项目的信息之后。 卡洛琳问我们要怎么花我们的钱。 “我想在面向操场的砖墙上画一幅壁画，”小鸟说。 “我还需要很多帮手。” 我能听到利亚姆的声音——我的也是。