Intern Blog Postings

Week 4: Walking, Walking, Walking

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Kirsten Randle

This week, I continued with my code, which is building in complexity under the guidance of my advisor Dr. Chuss and a postdoc named Karwan.

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Week 4: Lesson plans!

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Simon Patane

Last week Jake, Sine, Sharina, and I made it our mission to finish up the bulk of our research and start on the lesson plans by the start of this week. We finished up the reading as planned and, without breaking a sweat, started on the lesson plans this Monday.

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Week 3: Exploration and Conversation: A Continuation of Week 2

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Benjamin Preis

This was quite the week! I continued my foray into writing the Physicist’s Guide to Washington, DC with continuous exploration this week. On Monday, I went to the Jefferson Memorial early in the morning. Someone had recommended it to me the previous week, and I wanted to visit before I forgot.

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Week 4: Lesson Planning

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Jacob Zalkind

Lesson Planning

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Week 4: "IUE"

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

On Monday, I woke up at 6:42, caught the 7:57 Metro train to New Carrolton, transferred to the 8:40 Prince George's County Bus, and arrived at Goddard at 8:58, a commute that had engrained itself in my head like clockwork. Since Dr.

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Week 4: Back to School

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Kearns Louis-Jean

This week we had a few more networking opportunities in house where we connected with people we hadn't met already. It is always good to meet new people and pick their brains about the work they do and what led them down that path.

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Week 4: A funny coincidence

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

After a meeting with Krystal, the APS's graphic design specialist, and the Education Manager for the AAPM (which is one floor up from us), it looks like our project for the summer is underway.

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Week 3: The Temple of Science

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Caleb L. Heath

Lincoln founded the National Academy of Sciences in the midst of the Civil War. Among its first tasks was to solve the problem of compass malfunction in iron-clad warships.

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Week 3: One more week! And crazy stuff!

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Mark Sellers

This week has focused on testing out new demonstrations for the SOCK, planning for our classroom visit, and lots of networking! Monday was mainly taken up with writing up some new explanations for our demos, as well as figuring out what to take to the 3rd grade outreach event.

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Week 3: All Men Must Die

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Benjamin Perez

This post contains spoilers about Game of Thrones.

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