Saturday, July 18, 2020
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I have a LOT to report this week.
The volunteers who have dedicated some of their time this summer to helping me out with demonstrations are doing an amazing job. I hope you look forward to eggs bending, lasers reflecting and refracting, and food coloring interacting with dish soap. One volunteer presented his first draft of a demonstration video on a laser beam reflecting and refracting in sugar water. I am eagerly awaiting to see the demonstration videos my other volunteers produce. In other good news, more volunteers have approached me to help with demos this summer. I am following up with them next week to see what demonstrations they have chosen to work on.
I am very grateful to have volunteers helping me out this summer because not only are they getting experience, but I am able to focus more on the SOCK demonstrations. Brad and I have planned to produce a good number of demonstrations that will be included in the SOCK, which means I'll be working on both writeup and videos for those. Portable oscilloscopes, dynamic and contact microphones, slinkies, tuning forks, soundscapes and more - get excited for the acoustic themed SOCK!! Photos are included below of testing I have done so far!
Dr. John Mather followed up with the interns this week and presented his talk on research and his past accomplishments with NASA. It was so intriguing to have the inside scoop on how famous satellites like the Hubble telescope were created and sent into space. I feel so honored and lucky to have been included!
This week for my move to Houston I ordered a shower curtain - big news! It has oranges on it and it's great. The move is coming up soon; the POD is coming next week on Thursday, so I need to start packing up. Wish me luck!
Until next week,
Holly Fortener