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There are as many ways to see the Utah State Fair as there are people who go there.

To some, it's a chance to eat fried food and then risk hurling it all back up on the dizzying rides. To others, it's a place to show off your quilting skills, or your jam-making prowess, or your prize steer. And to others, it's an opportunity to shop for anything from a vegetable slicer to a hot tub.

The Cricket spent Friday seeing the fair through some particular sets of eyes: Fourth-graders on a school field trip.

The class, from Salt Lake City's Open Classroom, got to see and touch (and, ew, smell) farm animals. They also saw crafts being demonstrated, and watched a wandering magician and high-diving athletes.

Click on the thumbnail photos at left to start a slideshow of the fourth-graders' day at the fair.