Society of Physics Students

Friday, July 12, 2013

Caleb Heath

It’s been a busier week than usual. On Wednesday, we went to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but I didn’t foresee sitting in on an address by the NASA Administrator (which is apparently the position of head honcho).

Week 5: Week of the Pyroclastic Rain

Friday, July 5, 2013

Caleb Heath

Today, we celebrate – our Independence Day!

Actually it was Thursday, but the virtues of a holiday should be celebrated every day. There are so many ways to exercise our liberty.

The third of Hu Jintao’s Eight Honors and Eight Shames says, “Follow science; discard ignorance.”

Week 4: Week of the Curious Transactions

Friday, June 28, 2013

Caleb Heath

Nicole and I visited NIST last Friday to get prepared for the upcoming Summer Institute. There was a fruitful discussion of ideas, some precipitous meetings, and then we got to unpack toys.

Week 3: Week of the Virulent Culture

Friday, June 21, 2013

Caleb Heath

We are on the move!

Our second outreach event of the season, at Tuckahoe Elementary, was scheduled for Tuesday. We had been planning ways to test a few of our activities. Three forty-five minute time blocks, about forty students in each block. Christine, Jamie, and Ro were coming out to help Nicole, Toni, and I; there would be a few teachers. Nice and manageable.

Give Counsel to the National Council

Join the conversation, influence SPS policy

Week 2: Week of the Singing Beam

Monday, June 10, 2013

Caleb Heath

When last I left you hanging in suspense, we were set to venture forth and bring science to masses of children at the HoCo STEM Festival. Demos would be set up, experiments would be performed, diffraction glasses would be worn! A new day! A red day!

Week 1: Week of the Falling Triangle

Monday, June 3, 2013

Caleb Heath

What a week of firsts: my first breath of DC air, my first day of interning, my first taste of goat. I’m tired but happy. I expect to continue enjoying myself, but I don’t expect the exhaustion to subside. There’s much work left to do. And if there were no work . . . the city calls out for exploration.

Retrospective: Through the Mirror Brightly

Monday, August 26, 2013

Caleb Heath

I didn't expect to go to Washington DC this summer.