The Frost- Week 2
Dear YAP Familia,
Long time no see! Time for cafecito y chisme. This past week has once again been pretty nice. We had another group of campers which were middle school. They had some really fun activities like creating a model of Aquarius 2.0 with recycled materials as well as drones. They also had two road trips to Boeing and University of Miami. On Wednesday was storytelling day! Wait until you see with who I had the opportunity to do it with.
Every day these children shock me more and more. They have some of the most interesting questions and ideas they want to share with the world. They kind of remind me of us (2019 cohort) with our questions and faces of wonder when we had our guest speakers. I was so happy when Analisa Duran, Education and Outreach Coordinator at FIU, came to talk to the campers about Aquarius, the only undersea laboratory in the world. It is owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, and administered by NOAA's National Undersea Research Program, since I believe she achieved to open up the perception of the campers and exposed them to other fields of study that they might be interested in. In addition to that, I took the tools I learned in Washington Week to do networking and used them to talk to Analisa. In the end she gave me her card so that I could contact her for an internship with them! Needless to say, I might be coming back to Miami next summer.
Here's a picture of some of the middle school campers with their Aquarius 2.0
The campers also got the chance to create their own drones in which they absolutely loved but that didn't last very long since when we went to fly them outside, the wind was so strong, the drones flew away and landed on some train tracks. Never to be seen again. Although it sounds tragic, the campers and staff members could not stop laughing! It is safe to say that we all still had a great time even though we lost some drones.
Here is a picture of some campers flying their drones
Next up their road trips! Campers had the amazing opportunity to go visit the University of Miami to see some computer technology. They showed us everything, from the biggest computer minds in there, to how they work, their plans for the future, and how they make everything! We even got see some small 3D clips with special, semi fancy glasses. Needless to say the campers were shook! They loved it, the staff loved it, everyone loved it. After, they did go to Boeing but sadly I did not go to that one!
Here are some pictures of the campers in the University of Miami
Long time no see! Time for cafecito y chisme. This past week has once again been pretty nice. We had another group of campers which were middle school. They had some really fun activities like creating a model of Aquarius 2.0 with recycled materials as well as drones. They also had two road trips to Boeing and University of Miami. On Wednesday was storytelling day! Wait until you see with who I had the opportunity to do it with.
Every day these children shock me more and more. They have some of the most interesting questions and ideas they want to share with the world. They kind of remind me of us (2019 cohort) with our questions and faces of wonder when we had our guest speakers. I was so happy when Analisa Duran, Education and Outreach Coordinator at FIU, came to talk to the campers about Aquarius, the only undersea laboratory in the world. It is owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, and administered by NOAA's National Undersea Research Program, since I believe she achieved to open up the perception of the campers and exposed them to other fields of study that they might be interested in. In addition to that, I took the tools I learned in Washington Week to do networking and used them to talk to Analisa. In the end she gave me her card so that I could contact her for an internship with them! Needless to say, I might be coming back to Miami next summer.
Here's a picture of some of the middle school campers with their Aquarius 2.0
The campers also got the chance to create their own drones in which they absolutely loved but that didn't last very long since when we went to fly them outside, the wind was so strong, the drones flew away and landed on some train tracks. Never to be seen again. Although it sounds tragic, the campers and staff members could not stop laughing! It is safe to say that we all still had a great time even though we lost some drones.
Here is a picture of some campers flying their drones
Next up their road trips! Campers had the amazing opportunity to go visit the University of Miami to see some computer technology. They showed us everything, from the biggest computer minds in there, to how they work, their plans for the future, and how they make everything! We even got see some small 3D clips with special, semi fancy glasses. Needless to say the campers were shook! They loved it, the staff loved it, everyone loved it. After, they did go to Boeing but sadly I did not go to that one!
Here are some pictures of the campers in the University of Miami
Now, time for the part we have all been waiting for! "Who did Ana do the storytelling with?" *insert drum roll* it was Lina! Maybe all of you knew but I still think it deserved a dramatic introduction. On Wednesday we went to the Miami-Dade Public Library. It was very nice inside and the staff was very nice as well. We had the chance to read the book about Tito Puente in which Lina and I decided to organize ourselves by having Lina read the english part and I read the spanish part. It was pretty funny because we only had english-speaking children in which they constantly asked about my spanish. It was still really good to expose them even more to other people who speak a different language and come from a different background from them. There was one little girl who stood out to us the most since she would ask something about the book every two sentences which was awesome because we could see her interest and understanding of the book. I do believe their favorite part was making music and coloring their booklets. They were so excited and impressed with their own abilities! Aside from the activity, it was very nice to see Lina again and talk about what we have done since , about our internships, and life in general. I definitely felt that family feeling we all have. Hopefully one day we will make a reunion!
Here are some pictures taken by Lina's amazing supervisor, Cynthia, during storytelling.
This week has definitely been a joy and I am sure the weeks to follow will be just as exciting. I am loving all I have been learning during my time at the Frost and the amazing people I have gotten to know. Tune in next time for some more cafecito y chisme (shoutout to Melanie and Brian, cafecito y chisme is their ultimate thing. Maybe you should consider making it a logo? I'd vote for that).
Love ya'll (another shoutout to my Texas queens, maybe have ya'll as a logo as well? I'd vote for that too),
Ana Paula
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