American Physical Society

Week 8: A packed week

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

Looking back, I'm always amazed how much we manage to pack into each week. Last Tuesday, I ended up at Bill Nye's "The Lure of Europa" event; a talk he was giving at the Rayburn house office building, courtesy of the Planetary Society.

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Week 7: NIST Tour

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

While we visited NIST last week for an outreach event, this week we got to take a more thorough tour of the grounds and facilities.

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Week 6: A fantastic week for outreach

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

This was a fantastic week for outreach. Thursday afternoon, a few of the other interns and I headed to NIST, under Kendra's supervision, to talk to the children at the institute’s daycare about light and optics.

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Week 5: The Eggonauts

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

Work, this week, consisted primarily of writing copy for the website that we're going to be putting up to correspond with our outreach poster series, and writing a bit for the PhysicsCentral Physics Buzz blog. The highlight of last week, though, came after work on Tuesday.

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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: Benny and the Jets: How I Found Myself Inside Elon Musk's Latest Spacecraft

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

At a little past 7:30, just as the light of the day was beginning to fade, I walked up to the tables outside the Newseum in Washington, DC.

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Week 10: Best Summer Ever

Friday, August 9, 2013

Jamie Garrett

Museums, shopping, boat rides, walking, and a lot of food. I have had the best summer in DC working with SPS and exploring the city.

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Week 9: The End...But Not Really

Friday, August 2, 2013

Jamie Garrett

This past weekend I went to the Air and Space Museum Extension in Chantilly, VA.

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Week 8: Weak Ate

Friday, July 26, 2013

Jamie Garrett

The beginning of this week I started working on preliminary drawings for the Angular Momentum and Rotation. I have to send them to the Art Director at APS to have them professional drawn up for my activities.

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Week 7: Museums Galore

Friday, July 19, 2013

Jamie Garrett

Time is just flying by here in DC. Last weekend my friends flew up from Georgia and we went to a few museums on Saturday. We started off at the Holocaust museum, then journeyed to the Air and Space Museum, next walking to the National History Museum, and finally the American History Museum.

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