California Science Center Week 2
Hi friends!
My adventures at my internship continued this week as I kept learning my way around and finally got to work on the main task I have been asked to do as a Young Ambassador. Basically, I'm running point on recording survey data from the Science Center's summer camp. On Monday, I had to go to the main building where the camp takes place, stamp all the surveys with a different number, and then input them into an online form.
After doing this for a few hours last Monday and Tuesday, and in between I got to take a break from looking at the screen to go shadow a few of the stations we have all around the museum. So far, my favorites are the curator's lab food web activity where we look at moon jellies, the telescope cart in which we can build different telescopes and differentiate between magnification/reflection, and the touch tank where people can touch sea animals that can be found on a rocky shore. In this past week, I even got checked off at a couple of stations so that I am able to present them by myself, so that was a major highlight of the week.
Wednesday was my community outreach event (which was a lot of fun, in case you wanted to know), so I didn't go to my internship. When I came back on Thursday, however, everyone was rushing to prepare all the activities and interactive displays to celebrate the of 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing this past Saturday. On both Thursday and Friday, I spent time learning how to lead a few activities along with the teen interns, as well as helping to create photo booth props.
When Saturday finally rolled around, I came in an hour early to help stage one of the stations for a segment on KTLA about the Science Center's celebration. After that, we had our daily morning meeting and set off to participate in the "insanity of Apollo 11," as my supervisor called it. I had three stations I was placed at throughout the day, and all of them were very interesting. Out of the three stations I had to learn, my favorite was one called Orbiting Objects, where we used balls of different weights to represent the way gravity keeps the planets in our solar system in orbit around the sun. Aside from participating in these stations, I also helped out a marketing rep during the event by collecting photo release forms while she took pictures. This was at the request of my supervisor, who kept in mind that I'm going to be majoring in Communications and found a perfect way for me to incorporate that into this event.
At some point during the event, we were all given an hour to go talk to all the different organizations who were there, including Northrup Grumman, NASA, JPL, The Aerospace Company, and a few others. A fellow colleague and I talked to a few of these organizations, but that didn't really take more than 15 minutes, and we didn't want to take time away from the guests' experiences with these people. With the rest of our time, we decided to go see some of the permanent Science Center exhibits that neither of us had gotten a chance to explore throughout our time here.
The most memorable of all these was the Body Works show, which showcases a huge robot named Tess that is meant to teach children about the way the body maintains balance and homeostasis. This was a very silly show, and we were both very entertained.
Here are some random things I enjoyed in the past week: I touched a sea cucumber, I finally got to see the Endeavor in person, my side profile was most likely on local television, and I got to use the radio walkie talkies multiple times this week.
I hope all is well with you, mi familia.
Love, Emely
My adventures at my internship continued this week as I kept learning my way around and finally got to work on the main task I have been asked to do as a Young Ambassador. Basically, I'm running point on recording survey data from the Science Center's summer camp. On Monday, I had to go to the main building where the camp takes place, stamp all the surveys with a different number, and then input them into an online form.
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| This is most of what is included in the Telescope cart. In addition to the basic lenses, there is also binoculars and two periscopes for people to learn about. |
After doing this for a few hours last Monday and Tuesday, and in between I got to take a break from looking at the screen to go shadow a few of the stations we have all around the museum. So far, my favorites are the curator's lab food web activity where we look at moon jellies, the telescope cart in which we can build different telescopes and differentiate between magnification/reflection, and the touch tank where people can touch sea animals that can be found on a rocky shore. In this past week, I even got checked off at a couple of stations so that I am able to present them by myself, so that was a major highlight of the week.
Wednesday was my community outreach event (which was a lot of fun, in case you wanted to know), so I didn't go to my internship. When I came back on Thursday, however, everyone was rushing to prepare all the activities and interactive displays to celebrate the of 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing this past Saturday. On both Thursday and Friday, I spent time learning how to lead a few activities along with the teen interns, as well as helping to create photo booth props.
When Saturday finally rolled around, I came in an hour early to help stage one of the stations for a segment on KTLA about the Science Center's celebration. After that, we had our daily morning meeting and set off to participate in the "insanity of Apollo 11," as my supervisor called it. I had three stations I was placed at throughout the day, and all of them were very interesting. Out of the three stations I had to learn, my favorite was one called Orbiting Objects, where we used balls of different weights to represent the way gravity keeps the planets in our solar system in orbit around the sun. Aside from participating in these stations, I also helped out a marketing rep during the event by collecting photo release forms while she took pictures. This was at the request of my supervisor, who kept in mind that I'm going to be majoring in Communications and found a perfect way for me to incorporate that into this event.
At some point during the event, we were all given an hour to go talk to all the different organizations who were there, including Northrup Grumman, NASA, JPL, The Aerospace Company, and a few others. A fellow colleague and I talked to a few of these organizations, but that didn't really take more than 15 minutes, and we didn't want to take time away from the guests' experiences with these people. With the rest of our time, we decided to go see some of the permanent Science Center exhibits that neither of us had gotten a chance to explore throughout our time here.
The most memorable of all these was the Body Works show, which showcases a huge robot named Tess that is meant to teach children about the way the body maintains balance and homeostasis. This was a very silly show, and we were both very entertained.
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| This is Tess, which is short for Test Dummy. She is the main part of this Body Works show. |
Here are some random things I enjoyed in the past week: I touched a sea cucumber, I finally got to see the Endeavor in person, my side profile was most likely on local television, and I got to use the radio walkie talkies multiple times this week.
I hope all is well with you, mi familia.
Love, Emely
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