I’m a bit late on this week’s blog post because I’ve been in Singapore (crazy!) studying their education system and I didn’t have much internet availability. More on that later! Because of my trip I’ve only experienced a little over
Curriculum Product Successes and Challenges
This week has been all about prepping my curriculum product – I don’t want to count the hours (but I guess I have to if I’m going to fill out my monthly activities log, don’t I?). On Monday I met
First day on the job!
Me preparing media with Dr. Nevzorov Today I finally started my internship with Dr. Nevzorov at NCSU. I started by being trained on making media by Dr. Deanna Tesch, who is the pHD student I saw presenting her defense a
Internship Goals
Although I don’t start officially in the Nevzorov lab until next week, as they stand now my three main goals for the internship are as follows: Find scientific articles written by members of the lab that I can use –
NCCAT Experiences
How to pick my favorite thing about NCCAT??? I can sum up my favorite things by saying that I simply enjoyed learning from fellow educators who are leaders in the field. My top activities were probably… PD sessions from past
Fellowship Experience Goals
What I am most hoping to gain from my experience this year is a better understanding of the applications of the content I’m teaching. I want to know more about what research scientists do on a daily basis so I can model
Meeting my Mentor
This past Wednesday I had the opportunity to meet my mentor Dr. Alex Nevzorov, be introduced to his colleagues, and listen to the pHD defense of one of them. Ms. Deanna Tesch (now Dr. Tesch) presented on using free radicals