Wednesday July 20
- Team meetings for research project:
- Entered in more skynet observations, but found one completed but the 2 entered are still waiting to be run
- Ran 2 more of same object because we were told to see if the observation time changed the way the plot looked
- Entered in more skynet observations, but found one completed but the 2 entered are still waiting to be run
- GBT Design Challenge:
- We attempted to construct something that would hold a pan filled with some amount of sand with spaghetti, gumdrops, mini marshmallows, and toothpicks
- Ours failed but we managed to meet the height requirement
- We attempted to construct something that would hold a pan filled with some amount of sand with spaghetti, gumdrops, mini marshmallows, and toothpicks
- Electronics lab tour:
- There is some maintenance going on at the GBT, so we got to see parts that were taken off or unneeded and we got to see the control room where there is one telescope person watching all of the telescopes at Green Bank including the GBT
- There is some maintenance going on at the GBT, so we got to see parts that were taken off or unneeded and we got to see the control room where there is one telescope person watching all of the telescopes at Green Bank including the GBT
- Rec Area Again:
- So close to catching a minnow again, this time a student caught one before the mentor did so tonight we are playing ninja and we hiked back to the camp from the rec area
- We also saw a salamander! And there are little ‘creek lobsters' (crawfish)
- So close to catching a minnow again, this time a student caught one before the mentor did so tonight we are playing ninja and we hiked back to the camp from the rec area
- We Played Ninja:
- It was so cool, because we all got together in a big circle and played ninja, i am not particularly fond of ninja because there is no real interaction but it was still fun because it was with all of the students and mentors