Sunday, July 5, 2020
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Happy (belated) Independence Day! I am astounded that it is July. I knew this summer would go quickly, but it is nevertheless baffling to realize just how quickly it is flying by.
I spent this last week working on my third and final lesson plan, which introduces multiwavelength astronomy and highlights the biography of France Córdova, a truly exceptional scientist. I am now realizing how appropriate it was to write this teaching guide around Independence Day, given her contributions to American science, particularly through her work at NASA and the NSF.
The half-way point of the internship means that I will switch focuses slightly. For the next few weeks, I will concentrate on outreach with the Niels Bohr Library and Archives. Though I am not fully sure what this next project will look like, I am excited as the two halves of my internship are very compatible, pulling from the same body of historical and contemporary research (instead of one road ending, I envision it as two parallel paths). I look forward both to putting the finishing touches on the teaching guides, and presenting the fascinating stories I have learned in an outreach project, tasks that will not be exclusively independent!
Maria Stokes