Stephanie Kelley's blog

The highlight of my week was when I traveled to Astoria to visit the MERTS center that houses PHOEBE.  I was able to learn in detail how PHOEBE works and what exactly PHOEBE does.  I was and still am impressed by the fact that the glider moves by utilizing the properties of density, and because of that she is able to spend more time out collecting data on each mission. 

     I have been familiarizing myself with the CMOP website, specifically the data observations section.  My goal this summer is create activities and curriculum which will use the CMOP knowledge and research as its learning target.  I will be the "vehicle" for transporting CMOP's research to students.  Initially when Antonio said he wanted me to be the "vehicle"  I nodded my head and thought to myself "ok, sounds good I can get started right away" and at the time didn't think very much of it.  As the week progressed