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- [REThink 2018, Week 1](https://newscienceteacher.com/2018/07/02/rethink-2018-week-1/) - For this iteration of the RETHINK Program, I believe I am going to try weekly blogs instead of daily blogs. I am fortunate enough to be working with Dr. Mark Zarella again. Here is my experience for week 1: Monday: Believe it or not, I still had school. So I had to miss the first
- [REThink 2015 Day 20- Terrible PATCO commute, Posters, MATLAB Functions](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/27/rethink-2015-day-20-terrible-patco-commute-posters-matlab-functions/) - So this morning was perhaps the worst PATCO commute, due to 2 broken down trains, and the fact that there's only one track to get across the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. We were delayed for 47 minutes, so I ended up being super late this morning. As per usual, we did our weekly check-in, and I
- [RETHINK 2015 Day 18 and Day 19, Long Lab Meeting, Now to learn the next part of MATLAB](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/24/rethink-2015-day-18-and-day-19-long-lab-meeting-now-to-learn-the-next-part-of-matlab/) - I finished analyzing the pictures that were sent yesterday, so I figured we could talk about that at lab meeting. Kathy was in a bit early, and we were trying to get her Gazepoint eye tracker to talk (a la socket programming), but she was having problems. Turns out it was just Windows Firewall blocking
- [REThink 2015 Day 15, Day 16, and Day 17- Super Busy](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/22/rethink-2015-day-15-day-16-and-day-17-super-busy/) - I didn't get a chance to blog the last couple of days because a lot has been going on here with the project. Monday Morning- We had our typical "Progress Report" session, in which we go around and share what we have accomplished, and what we need to accomplish. We then spent some time talking
- [REThink 2015 Day 14, Work from Home, MATLAB Images](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/17/rethink-2015-day-14-work-from-home-matlab-images/) - This one is going to be (even) shorter than yesterday, as I'm about to get out the door to drive to Massachusetts. I'm trying to fix the same issue that I was having yesterday. We tried the MATLAB functions: cd('Images'); imagearray = evalc('ls *.svs') [FILENAMES]= strsplit(imagearray); FILENAMES = sort(FILENAMES) FILENAMES = [FILENAMES] So we're taking
- [REThink 2015 Day 13, Meeting and Project Update, MATLAB](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/16/rethink-2015-day-13-meeting-and-project-update-matlab/) - I'm going to keep this one brief today. Kathy and I went to the Med School. We presented our current project details. Here's where we are: Me: I have the program (mostly) working, but it's still not as "generic" as I'd like. I took out many of the hardcoded locations, but some are still a
- [REThink 2015 Day 12, Machine Learning, Arduino, More MATLAB](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/15/rethink-2015-day-12-machine-learning-arduino-more-matlab/) - Today started off by talking about Machine Learning. In fact, we started using the WEKA program to begin our machine learning about Iris plants, and classifying them into groups. The University of California Irvine, has quite a repository of machine learning datasets, available here. I've attached the powerpoint on what we did (more like a tutorial): Weka_a_tool_for_exploratory_data_mining
- [REThink 2015 Day 11, Major Breakthrough in MATLAB, Program about 70% complete](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/14/rethink-2015-day-11-major-breakthrough-in-matlab-program-about-70-complete/) - Today I had a big breakthrough in MATLAB. Late yesterday, I was able to get my for loop working, and started working on fixing certain aspects of the program. The version I was given had many of the files hardcoded- this is a bit sloppy, as the directories will not be the same on everyone's
- [REThink 2015 Day 10, "How did my phone get so smart?," DUCA, and some MATLAB](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/13/rethink-2015-day-10-how-did-my-phone-get-so-smart-duca-and-some-matlab/) - We spent this morning with Jeff providing our weekly update in regards to our projects. Everyone is at that part of their research where they may have hit a wall- there have been a lot of problems and it's difficult to find exactly how to fix the problems. It's very helpful to have such a
- [REThink 2015 Day 9, I still can't write a "For Loop" that works](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/10/rethink-2015-day-8-i-still-cant-write-a-for-loop-that-works/) - I don't have much in the way of progress today. I spent maybe a few hours trying solutions, and the rest of the day reading search results on Google of how to write a "For Loop" correctly in this MATLAB program. I'll try again next week!
- [REThink 2015 Day 8- Project Debrief, Obtain MATLAB files and begin](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/09/rethink-2015-day-7-project-debrief-obtain-matlab-files-and-begin/) - We began today by taking the Dragon Shuttle to the Med School, which is a bit more difficult than you would imagine. Last week, we went to the wrong stop on 33rd (we were at 33 and Market)- and the stop was moved to 33rd and Ludlow. By the time we realized our error and
- [REThink 2015 Day 7, Welcome DUCA students, more MATLAB](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/08/rethink-day-6-welcome-duca-students-more-matlab/) - We spent this morning with the students involved in the Drexel University Computing Academy, which I'll now refer to as "DUCA." I provided a link in the first sentence, and this looks like a great programs for students. From the website: DUCA is a five-week, residential, summer computing program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA
- [REThink Day 6, Learning MATLAB](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/07/rethink-day-6-learning-matlab/) - Today I spent the day learning as much as I could in MATLAB. I went through the built-in tutorials, and ended up figuring a lot of the commands out. Take a look at the above image- it's for 3 different fake patients. The first two are from sample data, while the third is the
- [REThink 2015 Day 5, Big Data](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/06/rethink-2015-day-5-big-data/) - What is Big Data? From below powerpoint by Jeffrey Popyack and William Mongan We spent this morning talking about Big Data. Big Data is such an integral part of computing, and will essentially revolutionize how we live as a species. Never before have we stored so much information, and we're now figuring out ways
- [REThink 2015 Day 4, Meeting at Hahnemann, Finishing up Project Proposals](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/02/rethink-2015-day-4-meeting-at-hahnemann-finishing-up-project-proposals/) - Kathy and I went over to the Drexel Medical School in Center City (Hahnemann) to talk about our projects and meet with our laboratory. It was a pretty full house, and everyone in the lab was really knowledgeable. Kathy will be using Gazepoint Eye Tracker to obtain (X,Y) coordinates of eye movement and saccades. Here's
- [REThink Day 3, Binary, Hex, and Project Proposals](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/07/01/rethink-day-3-binary-hex-and-project-proposals/) - We spent this morning as a group covering intro to Computer Science. Many of the people here teach computer science, so they completely understand these concepts. For me, it was a day of a lot of learning. We used Dr. Jeffrey Popyack's website as reference material for the learning. I learned about binary numbers, hex,
- [REThink Day 2, ISTE 2015 Conference in Philadelphia](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/06/30/rethink-day-2-iste-2015-conference-in-philadelphia/) - Day 2 of the Drexel University REThink program was spent as ISTE 2015, which was in Philadelphia at the Convention Center. This was a great opportunity, as I had always wanted to attend this conference, and I was glad to have it paid for by Drexel. I arrived earlier than usual, so that I
- [Drexel REThink Program 2015, Day 1](https://newscienceteacher.com/2015/06/29/drexel-rethink-program-2015-day-1/) - Today was my first day of the Drexel REThink Program, offered by the Computer Science department of Drexel University. This program focuses on putting teachers in computer science laboratories to complete summer research, and infusing that summer research into our practice as a teacher in the classroom. The project I will be working on is
- [NWABR Bioethics, Day 6](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/25/nwabr-bioethics-day-6-2/) - Stickleback Tanks at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Today, we started early at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, being a part of a research laboratory meeting. We had general conversations about the week at the start of the day, and learned about a really cool discovery that was discovered at Fred Hutchinson Cancer
- [NWABR Bioethics, Day 6](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/24/nwabr-bioethics-day-6/) - Planaria using computer usb microscope On Wednesday, we spent the entire day at Amgen in Seattle. We started out the morning by debriefing our site visits. I’m not going to type out the reviews of the places where I went, so if you’re interested, check out day 4 and day 5. We were then lead
- [NWABR Bioethics, Day 5](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/23/nwabr-bioethics-day-5/) - Benaroya Research Institute Laboratory We spent the morning of the today talking about human subjects in research at Amgen. Specifically, we focused in on the Belmont Report and how it related to four case studies, the most famous involving Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa cell line. The conversation focused on principles related to benefits to
- [NWABR Bioethics, Day 4](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/22/nwabr-bioethics-day-4/) - A rat from our “research” study Today we started out at Amgen in Seattle, talking very specifically about NWABR’s research in animals topic. This topic was specifically focused on the ethics of Animal Research. We began with the thought “How can we talk about difficult issues in a civilized manner?” We then learned about the
- [NWABR Bioethics, Day 3](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/21/nwabr-bioethics-day-3/) - Picture of Mount Rainier Today started out with a delicious American breakfast of homefries, eggs, and sausage. I hate to admit it, but the coffee here is absolutely amazing. I might have slipped back into my old ways of drinking a lot of coffee, but when in Rome… We started out the day by reviewing
- [NWABR Bioethics in the Science Classroom, Day 2](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/20/nwabr-bioethics-in-the-science-classroom-day-2/) - Giant Tree in Pack Forrest Woods Today we started out by looking at a ton of resources that are useful for both Bioethics and general Biology topics. The list is posted below: Northwest Association for Biomedical Research http://www.nwabr.org Bioethics.net http://www.bioethics.net Ethics Updates (University of San Diego) http://ethics.sandiego.edu Genetic Science Learning Center http://learn.genetics.utah.edu High School
- [Cheung Lab, Day 9](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/17/cheung-lab-day-9/) - UMass College of Natural Sciences Research Greenhouse Today started out by visiting the growth room on the 12th floor and selecting plants to collect seeds from. We were collecting the T0 seeds from both arabidopsis wildtype and the feronia line. The seed collection process uses newspaper and shaking the seed pods to release the seeds
- [NWABR Bioethics, Day 1](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/19/nwabr-bioethics-day-1/) - I made it out to Seattle around 8:30 pm last night, and was picked up at the airport by Jeanne Ting Chowning, who is the senior director of the NWABR Bioethics Program. She pointed out some of the sights along the way, including the Cascades, the Olympic Mountains, and Mount Rainier. The drive took a
- [Cheung Lab, Day 8](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/16/cheung-lab-day-8/) - Analyzing Gel results Today started off with a lab meeting, so I was able to head in late after cleaning my house and starting to get ready for my trip to Seattle. I started in the laboratory by reviewing the procedures for running gels (gel electrophoresis). The lab meeting ran late, so I was able
- [Cheung Lab, Day 7](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/15/cheung-lab-day-7/) - View from 11th floor, Lederle Graduate Research Center Day 7 of working in Dr. Alice Cheung's laboratory started with us setting up a GUS assay. GUS is a gene that we put in to visualize where something is being expressed. In our case, we were using the plates we set up on 7/2, put
- [Cheung Lab, Days 5 and 6](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/12/cheung-lab-days-5-and-6/) - Leaf discs after being transferred to new medium This week was a hectic one with my Nanotechnology Class, but I was still able to work in the lab a couple of days, Monday and Friday. It was similar to other processes that we completed earlier, so it was relatively easy on the “learning” side. On
- [Nanotechnology Institute, Day 5](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/12/nanotechnology-institute-day-5/) - Gel Diffusion lab, red food coloring Day 5 was a good conclusion to the excellent experience that I’ve had at the UMass STEM Nanotechnology Institute 2013. We reviewed our crystal and Gelatin Diffusion experiments with the ADI software that I learned about at STEM Digital. It was powerful to be able to analyze the results
- [Nanotechnology Institute, Day 4](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/11/nanotechnology-institute-day-4/) - Completed Solar Cells Day 4 of the Nanotechnology Institute started with the group learning about solar cells from Professor D. Venkataraman. It was interesting learning exactly how solar cells work, and the different work being conducted on different solar cell materials. It was also great to learn about the current solar cell research that is
- [Nanotechnology Institute, Day 3](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/10/nanotechnology-institute-day-3/) - Geobacter Setup in Morrill at UMass Amherst We started day 3 of the Nanotechnology Institute by touring labs in Hasbrouck in which research involving nanostrucutres happens. The process of lithography was explained, which I have experience in the Class-100 clean room at the BU Biophotonics Building. One of the highlights of touring the laboratories was
- [UMass Nanotechnology Institute, Day 2](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/09/umass-nanotechnology-institute-day-2/) - Our atomic force microscope protoype The second day of the UMass Nanotechnology Institute started off with Mort Sternheim talking about why size matters. I currently teach the importance of why size matters when it has to deal with cell size. When we are talking about very small items, they have a larger surface area:volume
- [UMass Nanotechnology Institute, Day 1](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/08/umass-nanotechnology-institute-day-1/) - Our diffusion experiment, as of 4 pm on Monday Today started Day 1 of the UMass Nanotechnology Institute 2013, a partnership between UMassK12 and the UMass Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing. This program started off with introductions, and an overview of Nanotechnology by Dr. Mark Tuominen and Dr. Jonathan Rothstein. Part of the powerpoint talked about
- [STEM Digital, Day 5](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/06/28/stem-digital-day-5/) - Leaf Leaching experiment, before purification STEM Digital, Day 5, started out reviewing water quality and purification processes. Earlier in the week, we had set up leaves for a leaf-leaching experiment. We were now use this water to analyze the matter that had leached into the water. We then tried different purification methods, and rated the
- [Stem Digital, Day 4](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/06/27/stem-digital-day-4/) - Arsenic Test Strips laid out with key Day 4 of the STEM Digital class at UMass Amherst dealt with Dr. Julian Tyson’s work on Arsenic. Arsenic is of major concern in both rice and drinking water supplies. We talked at length about arsenic contamination in rice due to previous use of arsenic in fertilizers and
- [STEM Digital, Day 3](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/06/26/stem-digital-day-3/) - Infrared image outside the Integrated Sciences Building at UMass Amherst We started out the day by learning how to use Movie Tracker. Movie Tracker is much like the ADI software. Movie Tracker was really interesting to use, and would be particularly interesting for a physics classroom. We analyzed different items, including calculating acceleration due to
- [STEM Digital Day 1](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/06/24/stem-digital-day-1/) - The first day of STEM Digital was a great experience. Mort Sternheim greeted us, and there was a lovely breakfast provided for us during registration. We started the day with John Pickle explaining how to use the ADI software to analyze a leaf, using basic measurement and area techniques. I became excited, because I believe
- [STEM Digital, Day 2](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/06/25/stem-digital-day-2/) - Our Bromo-thymol blue setup, graded by amount of Carbon Dioxide. Today is the second day of this week long course, and again it started with a variety of breakfast items. We started right at 9 am, analyzing color, which was a great review of the biology of the eye and how it relates to digital
- [Cheung Lab, Day 4](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/05/cheung-lab-day-4/) - Arabidopsis prepped for dipping with Agrobacterium On Day 4, our final day of the first week, we finished up learning about transformation methods. We had a four day week because yesterday was July 4th, and the lab was closed to celebrate the holiday! We started out the day by transferring our leaf-discs from co-cultivation medium
- [Cheung Lab, Day 3](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/03/cheung-lab-day-3/) - Preparing tobacco plants for a leaf transformation On Day 3 of working in Dr. Cheung’s lab, we worked on starting a leaf disc transformation. We used leaves from tobacco plants and cut out small discs using a leaf borer, tweezers, and scalpels. These discs are going to be growing for about 5 weeks, using a
- [Alice Cheung’s Lab, Day 2](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/07/02/alice-cheungs-lab-day-2/) - Our seeds, which will be ready in about five weeks. Today, we started out the day by editing the procedure, which was different than the actual procedure that I described yesterday (and that lab members have taught us.) We started by doing a seed screening, this time with many different genes, which we will compare
- [Alice Cheung’s Lab, Day 1](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/06/30/alice-cheungs-lab-day-1/) - A lab bench with containers and seeds, Ethanol and Bleach Wash in Background. Today, I started my first day of working for my first day in Dr. Alice Cheung’s Pollen Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We started the day meeting with Dr. Cheung to discuss the schedule for the summer. The schedule is
- [Weather & Climate- SESS #1](https://newscienceteacher.com/2013/01/26/weather-climate-sess-1/) - I participated in the UMass STEM Saturday Engineering & Science Seminar this morning. The description of this seminar was as follows: “January 26. Air Pressure, Clouds and the Weather. Laura Schofield, Ipswich schools. Predict the weather by understanding air pressure and clouds. Participants will be presented with content to strengthen their own understandings as well
- [Day 21- Hours of Work Come Together](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/31/day-21-hours-of-work-come-together/) - Today was an incredibly long day- I got to work for 7 am and started working on fixing the code that wasn’t working. I was still having problems, but I knew that around 9 am I would be able to get some help. I worked on doing final soldering and hot gluing of our circuits,
- [Day 23- Balloon Recovery #2](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/08/02/day-23-balloon-recovery-2/) - I started out today early because I wanted to beat traffic into the city. So I was into the Photonics center at BU around 7:30 am. I happened to check out the map and see that our balloon was still transmitting it’s GPS location, so that was an awesome sign. We had a follow up
- [Day 24- Pedagogy/Starting Wrap Up](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/08/03/day-24-pedagogystarting-wrap-up/) - Today started off great because it was the first day that I didn’t arrive at 7 am, so I was able to sleep in!. We met in groups with teachers from our subject areas, and talked about our lesson plans. It was great and reminded me of grad school; we used a rubric and thoroughly
- [Day 22- Balloon Launch & Recovery Attempt](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/08/01/day-22-balloon-launch-recovery-attempt/) - Today we launched our 1200 gram balloon from Mt. Greylock State Reservation in Lanesborough, MA. We launched right near the visitors center, in a big field. We started the day by loading everything into my car, while the other cars took the passengers. Here’s a picture to show you how crowded it was. It took
- [Day 20- Writing Code/ Building Boxes](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/30/day-20-writing-code-building-boxes/) - Today I spent a majority of the day writing code for our Arduino, which had the sole job of saving the temperature sensor data. I spent hours reading articles about how to save to an SD card, but it wasn’t working as expected, and I had 5 different temperature sensors that I needed to save
- [Day 19- Labs with Teachers/ Lesson Plans](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/27/day-19-labs-with-teachers-lesson-plans/) - Today started off with running the laboratories with running the temperature sensor laboratory as well as the Monte Carlo Method laboratory with the teachers. The temperature sensors that were built were hot glued together and will be flown on our high altitude balloon next Wednesday. The Monte Carlo method is a way of predicting, using
- [Day 18- Lab Prep and Interview](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/26/day-18-lab-prep-and-interview/) - We spent most of today getting ready for doing the laboratories with the RET teachers tomorrow. This included printing a gigantic map of the state of Massachusetts, buying pushpins and setting up and testing 5 different laboratory kits meant to be used by each group to build their thermocouples. We were a little late for
- [Day 17- Filmed and Edited Lab #2,](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/25/day-17-filmed-and-edited-lab-2/) - Today we finished filming how to go through laboratory #2, and edited it using iMovie. Lab #2 Temperature Sensors We finished that up right before lunch, and ended up resoldering some of the breakout boards we had created, because they weren’t making great contact. Chris taught us how to use continuity testing to test, a
- [Day 16- Lab 2, Cleanroom Part 2](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/24/day-16-filmed-lab-2-cleanroom-part-2/) - During our time in the lab this morning, we worked on completing laboratory #2 and revising our lesson plans so that we would be able to start filming very soon and ultimately make a video that accompanies laboratory 2 about making temperature sensors. We had a brown bag lunch with Selim Unlu, and it was
- [Day 15- Art Supplies and Building](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/23/day-15-art-supplies-and-building/) - We started today off by editing our first film and posting it on Youtube. This means that we finally finished everything associated with laboratory #1. Laboratory #1- Introduction to Electronics We headed to Blick Art Store in the landmark center, and bought entirely too much foam. We had a brown bag lunch with BUSAT,
- [Day 13- Frustration with Code!](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/19/day-13-frustration-with-code/) - Fjodor and I started out Day 13 by starting again on the lab, hoping to go through laboratories #2 and #5, the labs we will be running with our group of teachers next week. We started our the day going to the laboratory and working on Laboratory #2. When we started Lab #2, our Temperature
- [Day 14- Problem Based Learning](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/20/day-14-problem-based-learning/) - Today we had a pedagogy session with representatives from the New England Board of Higher Education come make a presentation about Problem Based learning to our group of RET teachers here at Boston University. Fenna Hanes and Nick Massa were the two representatives. We talked at length about problem based learning, and creating meaningful experiences
- [Day 12- Working in the lab!](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/18/day-12-working-in-the-lab/) - Day 12 started out again with us finishing up the first revision of the laboratories. Fjodor and I finally put them into a form that makes sense to us, and all we need to do now is edit them as we are completing the labs as a student would. This took until lunch time, but
- [Day 11- Clean Room Activities!](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/17/day-11-clean-room-activities/) - Day 11 started off like a typical day, where we edited some laboratories for a couple of hours. The labs are now very close to being done their first revision; after we complete the labs for ourselves we will re-edit them! We had a brown bag lunch, where Professor Thomas Bifano talked to us about
- [Day 10- Almost done labs!](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/16/day-10-almost-done-labs/) - Today started off pretty well- I drove in from Sunderland, like I do on Mondays. It only took 2 hours and 20 minutes. I should have left a little earlier, but it happens to the best of us on Mondays. Fjodor and I started working on our Mask templates, as we are going in the
- [Day 9- Typical day so far!](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/13/day-9-typical-day-so-far/) - This week’s pedagogy session was more self-directed, so Fjodor and I have more time to edit laboratories after we finish that. We spend the beginning of the morning reviewing the required pedagogy materials, and then started editing labs. I do have some questions to answer for this weeks lab. What is the hypothesis you are
- [Day 8- Editing labs, rejoicing with BUSAT undergrads](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/12/day-8-editing-labs-rejoicing-with-busat-undergrads/) - Today was again pretty uneventful in our world; we’re making the laboratories better/ easier to understand for high school teachers/ high school students. We’ve almost finished 2 labs right now, with work done to the other 3 (4 really, we’ve yet to start writing our test balloon lab). The cool thing that happened towards the
- [Day 7- Waiting for Supplies](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/11/day-7-waiting-for-supplies/) - We’ve been editing laboratories for our Near Space components without the materials; we’re still waiting on the shipment to come in. It gets tedious editing laboratories all day long, so today I learned a few different skills. The first of which will come in handy for when we take video of all of the laboratories:
- [Day 6- Lab revision, being a good presenter](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/10/day-6-lab-revision-being-a-good-presenter/) - Today’s commute started out much better than the day before, 52 minutes door to door, which is probably my best time so far. It’s crazy how sometimes the trains arrive much earlier, and sometimes they arrive much later. My trip usually averages to about 63 minutes door to door. We started out revising labs again.
- [Day 5- Revision, Revision, and More Revision](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/09/day-5-revision-revision-and-more-revision/) - Monday started out very hectic, as I there was a huge accident on I90 near Framingham, and the usually 2 hour (with traffic) commute took me about 3 hours and 35 minutes. Fjodor was also running late, as he had went home to Worcester for the weekend, and was also stuck in the traffic. When
- [Day 3- Supplies and Camera Hacking](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/06/day-3-supplies-and-camera-hacking/) - Fjodor and I started the day a little slow, as we were both exhausted from the Fourth of July. We started out today like we have started out the last couple of days; planning on what to cover over the day. The first thing we started to work on was to continue editing our first
- [Day 4- Teacher Pedagogy First Week](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/06/day-4-teacher-pedagogy-first-week/) - Today, we’ve started out the day by starting the first of our teacher pedagogy settings. It reminds me of the technology class that I took in graduate school with Ruth-Ellen Verock-O’laughlin. We spent the morning talking about different types of technology tools, and demonstrating how we use technology in each of our classrooms. It was
- [Day 2- We’re ahead of our schedule!](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/04/day-2-were-ahead-of-our-schedule/) - Day 2 started out with me taking the train in, and getting there an hour early. I worked on some catch up reading until the lab opened at 9 am. Fjodor and I decided that we are going to start each day setting our daily goals. Our daily goals were to finish figuring out what
- [Day 1- Learning the Ropes](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/07/02/day-1-learning-the-ropes/) - So today was the first day of my summer RET program at Boston University. If you’ve been following my last post, you know I’m working on a Biophotonics research experience for teachers with BUSAT. I ended up driving in from Sunderland and made it to BU around 8:15 am. I hung out and read some
- [Pre-Workshop Training- Day 2](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/06/28/pre-workshop-training-day-2/) - Day 2 of the pre-workshop training started with a continental breakfast, similar to the one I had on the first day. I took the Red line to Park Street, and the BU Central Stop is We met in the Photonics building, in an amazing conference room on the 9th floor. The first part of the
- [Pre-Workshop Training- Day 1](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/06/27/pre-workshop-training-day-1/) - As I said in my first post, I am completing a summer RET in photonics under Professor Theodore Fritz at Boston University. Start reading there if you want the story from the beginning. I hit awful traffic driving from Sunderland, MA to Warren Towers Garage at Boston University, in the form of a major accident
- [First Meeting Professor Fritz’s Lab](https://newscienceteacher.com/2012/06/22/first-meeting-professor-fritzs-lab/) - I am completing a summer research experience for teachers through the Boston University Photonics department (http://www.bu.edu/lernet/ret/index.html) this summer, and thought it would be worthwhile to document the entire experience for anyone interested in learning more about science. Today we had our first meeting with Professor Theodore Fritz’s lab at Boston University. The lab I will

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