Monday, June 15, 2020
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Week 2 on the virtual platform and things are still running smoothly. My mentor Mark and I are remaining in great contact even though we are a few hundred miles away. I can say I’m now pretty involved in a few projects including STEP UP, the summer AAPT meeting K12 lounge, and a physics related podcast. I’m really starting to get more into STEP UP by working with another AAPT staff member Anne, I feel like the STEP UP for women in physics will consume a lot of my time in a very good way. I will be meeting with high school student ambassadors to see where I can help them with expanding the network of ambassadors that will teach lessons to promote women to pursue a STEM career.
On the more urgent side, the AAPT summer meeting is coming up! I’m working with Justine to setup the virtual world we will have participants walk around in. I’m even going to have a presentation that I will give in the virtual physics lounge! Everything seems to be coming together, I will be making a flyer for promoting the teacher lounge using Canva. I have used this software maybe once before, but it is nice to learn it again. Scheduling is almost done, and it feels like we have a great backbone to work off of.
I got the go ahead from Mark and Justine to put some time into a physics podcast. Lucky for me they did a lot of digging for resources before I was an intern, so I have some really good material to use for the podcasts. I’ll be planning the first episode this coming week and will update next week with how it’s coming along.
Benjamin Petkie