Intern Blog Postings

Week 9: Politics, Astronauts, and all that Jazz

Friday, July 24, 2015

Hannah Pell

This past week was full of more exploring and activities; oh, and quite a bit of work too.

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Week 9: Teaching Teachers

Friday, July 24, 2015

Connor Day

I escaped intern life for a bit this past weekend. I spent Friday evening in Alexandria, VA (across the river from southeast DC) with my friend Olivia who is from there. We walked through Old Town Alexandria down to the waterfront; it’s a beautiful area.

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Week 7: Making Out of this World Connections

Friday, July 24, 2015

Shauna LeFebvre

Hello from the American Center for Physics!  I am back at the SPS offices after a wonderful two weeks working with the middle school science teachers at NIST.  On Monday we took a tour of the Capital with Drew and Elias.  It was a lot of fun to see the center of US politics!  We also learned a bu

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Max Torke

Week 8: Is Science Policy the Answer?

Friday, July 24, 2015

Max Torke

This weekend several interns made our way down to Georgetown. We walked around in the downtown, checking out the shops, bookstores, and nearby neighborhoods. We ended up wandering around Georgetown until dinner, eating at a restaurant along the main street. It was a pleasant day trip.

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Week 6: Playing Games at Work?

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Brean Prefontaine

I know that I mentioned this last week, but I cannot believe that I only have one more month in DC. This internship has really gone by so quickly and I will soon be leaving DC (although I will be happy to leave the humidity behind because it is the absolute worst thing about DC).

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Week 8: Lasers and Sisters

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Amandeep Gill

This week I discovered Georgetown. I heard so much about how cute the neighborhood is and had to go see for myself. Connor, Max, Katie (my roommate), Brean, Brean’s friend from school, and I went there over the weekend in pursuit of thrift shops and cupcakes.

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Week 8: NIST and other gems

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Rachel Odessey

I don’t know why it took me until one of my last weekends here to make it down to the DuPont Circle farmers’ market, but better late than never, right? I took a stroll down to 20th street on Sunday and was greeted by stands and stands of fresh fruits and vegetables and cheeses.

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Week 8: Eat, Work, and Repeat

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Patrick Mangan

Hello,

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Week 6: Goodbye NIST!

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Shauna LeFebvre

My last week with the middle school teachers was fantastic!  We started off the week by presenting more of the SOCK demos.  Hannah and I taught the middles school teachers how to use Slinkys to explain the different properties and types of waves.  Then we showed them the “Sound at a Distance,” “F

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Week 8: AutoCAD

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Veronica Martinez-Vargas

We had the NIST tour this week, which was very exhilarating and rewarding. Aside from touring our building, the PML (Physical Measurement Laboratory), we toured the CNST (Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology) Nanofab, and the Center for Neutron Research. At CNST, Dr.

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