During the last week of our externship, each team at the museum gave a talk in the super cool Daily Planet Theater, a three story globe shaped structure. It was amazing to give a talk in the theater, and I loved feeling like a real professional and scientist. Putting the talk together also really helped me to process all of… Read more »
When I worked at a summer camp during college, we always used to throw around the phrase “pack your suitcase full” when encouraging campers to spend their days forming relationships and developing skills that they could take with them when camp ended. In a lot of ways, I have felt like a kid at summer camp during my time at the… Read more »
Each Friday at the museum, we have “Lunch with Liz,” a two hour period in which the 12 teachers participating in the Students Discover program meet with Liz Baird, the Chief of School and Lifelong Education for the Museum of Natural Sciences. For the past two weeks, I have been impressed with the way that Liz can just rattle off… Read more »
Before I started this experience I honestly didn’t care much about ants. I didn’t really even know that there were many types outside of red ones (avoid these) and black ones. However, after meeting my scientists and learning more about the great diversity of ant species, they’re growing on me just like the fungal pathogens growing on my petri dish… Read more »