American Institute of Physics

Week 6: Planes, Spacetime, and a Push to the End

Monday, July 18, 2016

Samantha Spytek

I have completed my sixth week as an SPS intern. That's 60,480 minutes or 3,628,800 seconds. Aaaaaand, we're done! We're done we're done we're done! Our group has finished going through all of the the previous lesson plans, dotting all of the i's and crossing all of the t's.

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Week 6: Visits from Home

Monday, July 18, 2016

Victoria DiTomasso

NYC came to DC this week! In between reviewing teaching guides, I spent time with my parents and three friends from home.

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Week 5: Strep & Politics

Monday, July 11, 2016

Marissa Murray

The end of week five marks the halfway point of this internship which is crazy.  The weeks have been going by so quickly!

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Week 5: Fireworks and Fairs

Monday, July 11, 2016

Victoria DiTomasso

Fourth of July celebrations followed by a productive work week.

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Week 5: Fancy Food and Fireworks

Monday, July 11, 2016

Samantha Spytek

I have completed 5 weeks of being an SPS intern. That's 50,400 minutes or 3,024,000 seconds. This past week we made a lot of progress on our project, though it went a bit slower than we had hoped.

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Week 4: Failed at Fireworks

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Marissa Murray

Work-wise this week was spent mostly in the office - the first week thus far that has been.  But it was a nice change of pace and I got to travel to work with Isabel and Victoria pretty much everyday which was lovely.

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Week 4: The First Scientist Rediscovered

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Samantha Spytek

I have completed four weeks as an AIP intern. That's 2,419,200 seconds, or 40,320 minutes. This past week was very successful for our group, as we finished going through all of the lesson plans together.

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Week 4: Making Progress

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Victoria DiTomasso

A week of progress, in more ways than one.

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Week 3: A Sort-Of Trip to the Beach with Sand, Water and Ice Cream

Monday, June 27, 2016

Samantha Spytek

This is the third week of my internship. That’s 504 hours, or 30,240 minutes, or 1,814,400 seconds spent as an SPS intern. A lot of progress has been made on our project. Our group is mostly just plugging along, going through the lesson plans a second time.

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Week 3: Rainy Days and Baseball Games

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Victoria DiTomasso

Tales of mixing work and play.

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