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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The first official meeting
of the Lincoln-CERN team was a great success. Excellent progress! Meetings will be held di-weekly after school every Tuesday and Thursday until further notice. Rock on.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Nathaniel, Kaitlin, and Tyler
If you get this in time, bring passports tomorrow (those who have them). Also, last 4 digits of your social security #. Please do not post this info (duh).
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Sunday meeting
In order to get the project moving as quickly as possible, let's gather at the following coordinates at noon tomorrow. We'll discuss some pressing details pertinent to the three to fly to CERN as well as some delegation of project responsibilities. If you can't make it, Monday we'll bring you up to speed.
30°26'28.33"N
84°12'51.03"W
30°26'28.33"N
84°12'51.03"W
Friday, February 22, 2008
Meeting this weekend
I'd like to meet this weekend with any and all students interested in working on the project. Comment below if you can meet for lunch Saturday or Sunday.
-LaMee
-LaMee
The Lincoln group has been chosen to cover the LHC!
Due to an outstanding school-wide effort, the Lincoln team has been chosen to cover the CERN Open Days, April 2-7. Kudos go out, not only to the three students flying to CERN, but also to the many others who played vital roles in coordination, editing, image design, web design, French culture ideas, audio engineering, and anything else I can think of. You all should be proud.
Now, the real work begins!
Now, the real work begins!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Be patient ...
I just received an email stating that over 60 applications were submitted and the fine folks at Quarknet are still in deliberations. Think happy thoughts. Lamee, out.
P.S. Go to bed.
P.S. Go to bed.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Introductions
So this week has been quite hectic--the proposal was being prepared (we hit submit this afternoon...wish us luck!) and the University of Florida sent out its admissions decisions. Nathaniel and I both got accepted!
In all the chaos, we never really introduced the three people that would actually be making the trek over to Switzerland, so here's a rundown of their accomplishments/special skills:
Kaitlin:
Kaitlin is a senior who has loved physics since she first took the class. She wants to major in physics at the University of Florida, and pursue graduate studies later on. She would like to become a professor or a researcher (at CERN!) and is very interested in particle physics. One of her favorite hobbies is photography, and she will be documenting our entire trip in photos, if we're selected. Kaitlin took French from 5 years and would love to further her knowledge of the language in Switzerland. She is very creative and comes up with many ideas for ways to relay our CERN information back to the public. She has public speaking skills, and would be an excellent person to interview physicists. Kaitlin is fairly tech-savvy (she created/maintains this blog) and plans to utilize her knowledge of computers to make our CERN-related activities/articles/information widely accessible.
Nathaniel:
Like Kaitlin, Nathaniel has a passion for physics. He will attend the University of Florida in the fall and major in physics, with a minor in mathematics. A true renaissance man, Nathaniel has an affinity for writing and would play an intergral part in relaying our information via articles, this blog, etc. He has a keen interest in linguistics, and has been using the "Rosetta Stone" French language software religiously. Nathaniel is a great leader, and would be an excellent video director, as he is precise and realistic. So realistic, in fact, that he often takes Kaitlin's crazy ideas and molds them into something do-able.
Tyler:
Tyler is a future engineer who will be attending Florida State University in the fall. An avid musician, Tyler has already taken an active role in this project by composing an intro song for our videos. Tyler is skilled in web design and has a large network (no pun intended) of friends who are near-experts in that area. Tyler is a diligent worker and will stay on task to help produce astounding results. His contributions to the proposal foreshadow his future of diligent work on this project.
In all the chaos, we never really introduced the three people that would actually be making the trek over to Switzerland, so here's a rundown of their accomplishments/special skills:
Kaitlin:
Kaitlin is a senior who has loved physics since she first took the class. She wants to major in physics at the University of Florida, and pursue graduate studies later on. She would like to become a professor or a researcher (at CERN!) and is very interested in particle physics. One of her favorite hobbies is photography, and she will be documenting our entire trip in photos, if we're selected. Kaitlin took French from 5 years and would love to further her knowledge of the language in Switzerland. She is very creative and comes up with many ideas for ways to relay our CERN information back to the public. She has public speaking skills, and would be an excellent person to interview physicists. Kaitlin is fairly tech-savvy (she created/maintains this blog) and plans to utilize her knowledge of computers to make our CERN-related activities/articles/information widely accessible.
Nathaniel:
Like Kaitlin, Nathaniel has a passion for physics. He will attend the University of Florida in the fall and major in physics, with a minor in mathematics. A true renaissance man, Nathaniel has an affinity for writing and would play an intergral part in relaying our information via articles, this blog, etc. He has a keen interest in linguistics, and has been using the "Rosetta Stone" French language software religiously. Nathaniel is a great leader, and would be an excellent video director, as he is precise and realistic. So realistic, in fact, that he often takes Kaitlin's crazy ideas and molds them into something do-able.
Tyler:
Tyler is a future engineer who will be attending Florida State University in the fall. An avid musician, Tyler has already taken an active role in this project by composing an intro song for our videos. Tyler is skilled in web design and has a large network (no pun intended) of friends who are near-experts in that area. Tyler is a diligent worker and will stay on task to help produce astounding results. His contributions to the proposal foreshadow his future of diligent work on this project.
Goodnight, everyone!
-Kaitlin
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Fun!
Hello Again!
Our official website is in the making--we're working on it this very second. Hopefully there will be enough there so that it is fully presentable by Friday. If not...it's still a work in progress. If selected for the trip to CERN, it will be our team's hub; you'll find links to our videos, to this blog, fun activities, articles, webcams, and more.
Speaking of fun activities, Joy found this awesome CERN simulator:
http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/masterclass/Acc_sim2/simulator.html
Not quite sure who made it, but they did a great job and if I find out who I can credit this to, I'll post the name.
EDIT: This game was found on the Particle Physics UK website.
A fun tidbit:
Today we found out that there are sheep at CERN, eating the grass above the detectors. Way to save on lawnmower fuel!
Speaking of farm animals...
Our official website is in the making--we're working on it this very second. Hopefully there will be enough there so that it is fully presentable by Friday. If not...it's still a work in progress. If selected for the trip to CERN, it will be our team's hub; you'll find links to our videos, to this blog, fun activities, articles, webcams, and more.
Speaking of fun activities, Joy found this awesome CERN simulator:
http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/masterclass/Acc_sim2/simulator.html
Not quite sure who made it, but they did a great job and if I find out who I can credit this to, I'll post the name.
EDIT: This game was found on the Particle Physics UK website.
A fun tidbit:
Today we found out that there are sheep at CERN, eating the grass above the detectors. Way to save on lawnmower fuel!
Speaking of farm animals...
Check out more cartoons like this one at http://th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/cartoon.html
--Kaitlin
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Testing, Testing, 123.
Hi, Kaitlin here.
I just set up this blog, and I'm testing it out.
A little background information:QuarkNet has decided to present the wonderful opportunity for a few teams from the United States (consisting of 3 students and a teacher) to travel to Switzerland to explore CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and report on the coming start-up of the Large Hadron Collider. This information will be relayed back to students all across the United States through a variety of mediums. Our team, if selected, will act as news reporters and present the information through a series of videos targeted at all grade levels, podcasts, this blog, and a working website.
We'll be back later with more updates, but for now, enjoy a few physics jokes:
-A student recognizes Einstein in a train and asks: Excuse me, professor, but does New York stop by this train?
-Why did the chicken cross the road? Issac Newton: Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest, chickens in motion tend to cross roads.
-Heisenberg is out for a drive when he's stopped by a traffic cop. The cop says 'Do you know how fast you were going?' Heisenberg says 'No, but I know where I am.'
Until next time,
Kaitlin
I just set up this blog, and I'm testing it out.
A little background information:QuarkNet has decided to present the wonderful opportunity for a few teams from the United States (consisting of 3 students and a teacher) to travel to Switzerland to explore CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and report on the coming start-up of the Large Hadron Collider. This information will be relayed back to students all across the United States through a variety of mediums. Our team, if selected, will act as news reporters and present the information through a series of videos targeted at all grade levels, podcasts, this blog, and a working website.
We'll be back later with more updates, but for now, enjoy a few physics jokes:
-A student recognizes Einstein in a train and asks: Excuse me, professor, but does New York stop by this train?
-Why did the chicken cross the road? Issac Newton: Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest, chickens in motion tend to cross roads.
-Heisenberg is out for a drive when he's stopped by a traffic cop. The cop says 'Do you know how fast you were going?' Heisenberg says 'No, but I know where I am.'
Until next time,
Kaitlin
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