JULY 22, 2010

WRITING SESSION

TIMECARDS

Due today!! Include all time you worked last week and

estimate for today and Friday Include writing session time from 7/15 Include UMC meeting if you attended

Let me know now if you can’t log in to timecard system

UMC MEETING

Jack Fellows: man behind microphone UCAR Vice President for Corporate

Affairs Runs UCAR Community Programs

(E&O, meaning me, Raj, Rebecca, and more, are in here!)

IMPORTANT DATESDate and Time Location Details

July 8, 20109 am – 1:30 pm

ML Damon Project details are presented. Meet SOARS proteges

July 15, 20109 am – 1:30 pm

ML Chapman Time to work on Posters

July 15, 20103:15 pm – 4:00 pm

Meet in CG1 Lobby UMC meeting(Optional)

July 22, 20109:00 am – 1:30 pm

ML Chapman Time to work on Posters and Essay

July 30, 20109:00 am – 1:30 pm

CTTC, CG2Meet in CG2 Lobby

Complete Poster rough draft, work on Essay

August 4, 20109:00 am – 3:00 pm (as needed)

CTTC, CG2 Poster completed, Essay completed

August 5, 20103:30-5:00

CG1 Center Auditorium

Poster Session

MORE POSTER STUFF

Word Limit—OOPS! 200-250 words PER SECTION Bottom line: don’t scare people with a ton of text

to read. Title should be in sentence case. NOT

ALL CAPS and Not In Title Text Please talk with your mentor about the

poster Get their affiliations correct!

Allow yourself to be creative. The 4 column look that I showed last week is not required.

POSTER SECTIONS

Introduction Methods Results Discussion

INTRODUCTION

Why is this study (your work) of scientific interest and what is your objective? Some background information. Keep it short End with objectives

METHODS

Official definition: “details that would allow a scientist to replicate your work” Probably not going to happen on a poster

General overview of equipment used, flow chart of steps taken, etc.

How did you go about answering the question you had?

RESULTS

What did I find out?

Might have to pick and choose what gets included or excluded for the poster

DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION

What does it mean? Interpret Data

What is new understanding of problem (as described in introduction)?

Next Steps

MORE POSTER STUFF

Acknowledgement section on poster “This work was performed under the auspices of

the UCAR High School Internship Program. The program is managed and funded by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.” Edit the name?? Brainstorm coming later…

Literature Cited (if any) Contact Info (optional)

“For more information:”

FOR TODAY

Acronym 3-5 sentence summary of your work and

your title to be featured in SOARS Publication ASAP to Rebecca, absolutely no later than next

Friday rhaacker@ucar.edu

Up for discussion… Head shots

MORE STUFF FOR TODAY

Write Introduction, at the very least, for your poster HS Internship staff is happy, happy, happy to

read your text and give you feedback (especially Nancy and me) You don’t have to come up with this all by yourself! We

don’t expect that! Starting other sections would be a good idea

Begin work on reflective essay.

ACRONYM/NAME Brainstorm time:

IONHIARS (Andy) REHSS, RIHSS (Kyle)

How to pronounce? HiSRI (Kyle)

Pronounced His-ree IROS (Kyle)

Pronounced “eye-rose” INSPIRE (Nancy)

Internships at NCAR in Science that are Practical and Informational within Research and Education 

Science Snapshot (Nancy) Science at NCAR About People Students Honors and

Other Things HSIP (what we kind of called it before you got

here) Pronounced H-sip?

PARTY!PLEASE GIVE INVITE TO PARENTS