Cats

I did this project with a friend. We both love cats and had cats, and we thought it would be fun to examine how a cat's size affected the height of its jump. We weighed and measured our cats and did a pretty unscientific experiment where we used a laser pointer to get them to jump as high as we could. It was fun, but the methodology relied on the cooperation of four cats, and if you've ever had a cat, you can probably imagine how that went. Also, our exploration of math concepts was not very complex. That said, I think it's good to relate math to things you think are fun, and I learned a lot about how the math competition worked this year.