Friday, July 27, 2018
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This past week has been a testament to how much I am going to miss working here.
In the last week so much has happened, it is hard to believe. We went on a tour of NASA and NIST. I also spoke at a high school summer camp on Thursday. My mentor took our whole team out to lunch at Busboys and Poets to commemorate the departure of a grad student. Even on Monday I went to a party with some of my friends from school and Wednesday some of the girls and I went out.
I have worked on finalizing my teaching guides and preparing for the AAPT conference this weekend and next week. I picked out teaching guided to use from the website and printed them up for the work shop Greg and I are running. I practiced my presentation for the panel on African-American Inventors throughout history. I am really excited to help and present what I have done. Micheal was even able to make our games look nicer, with a card backing like none other. Those will also get posted to the site by the end of my time here.
In the past few days it has really started to sink in that my time here is ending. We have had meetings to talk about how the internship went over all. And have invited people to our symposium the last day we are here. I invited some mentors from school. Even some of the office workers have made comments that they are sad I am leaving soon, and are encouraging me to apply again next year. I plan to. I hope I get it, but if i don't I know the next intern will have an amazing time here. I certainly have. This past week has been filled with all of the things I want out of my adult life: being involved in science, helping push the boundaries of diversity and education in the field, and hanging out with my friends. This internship has given me the chance to experience what living my adult life can be.
So starting tomorrow is the AAPT conference. I will be going to as much as I can, though I do need to rest. I will be helping with a workshop Sunday from NSF at an event they are doing, and a smaller one at the conference Monday. Amanda will be giving a talk on out reach materials and such Tuesday and I am excited to go to that, both for the content and to support her. I will also have to get my abstract finalized by Tuesday and begin working on my Symposium presentation. The end is going to be here before we know it.
Stephanie Williams