And you thought I’d just leave…
Actually don’t feel too bad, I thought I would just leave too but apparently I am becoming “The Mars Girl” in my small Idaho community. A month ago I packed a very small house, a cool TechShop-ish place called Gizmos in Coeur d’Alene (CdA) ID where a bunch of people came to hear me talk and ask me questions. I did it as part of a Science on Tap program that the University of Idaho does and I was honored to have been selected and totally blown away by the turnout and the great questions. I know its a loooooong video but you’re welcome to check it out on youtube here:
Ohhhh my goodness, I look soo funny!
Anyways there have been some good works going on since I got out of the dome. I talked to a local school full of super smart kids doing coding (North Idaho STEM Academy), I spoke at the University of Idaho’s Women in Engineering Day, and just recently a group of us domies (homies but from the dome) got together in Indiana and had a great time at another outreach event that Jocelyn put on. There were over a thousand kids that came through and it we taught them about In-Situ Resource Utilization and sustainability by having them build their own slow sand filters. We also taught them about cratering on the moon, my personal favorite!
Coming up next in my life is a trip to Canyon Elementary School in Cataldo ID where I will be attending Dinner with a Scientist on March 17th where I just now (no literally, as I was writing that sentence!) decided what my new and improved demonstration was going to be. 🙂 You’ll have to wait for pictures on what that is going to be
I guess really, the point of this is to say that I’m back, I’m sorry I’ve been away but now that I’m back I’ll try to keep this totally up to date and keep you all informed of my goings on.
As I send this missive out into the world, I hope that somewhere out there my Baba is proud of my work and knows that even a slacker like me 🙂 can change her ways and give back to the world she’s finally accepted as her own.
Until the next time
Your dome-in-heart Two Step
domesoph 