Today we went to the NIH, again. It was awesome. First, we did chemistry. It was
fun. We mixed and measured chemicals and made colors. Our story, "my" story was
about a forbidden love.
Next, we did the whelmer challenge, in which we presented our"whelmers." We all
did very well and got to touch elephant snot and fly on a broom.
We also did a mold expirement at thr NIH. In this expirment we collected and
analyzed mold samples while wearing EXTREMELY uncomfortable suits and using
amazing equipment.
After that, we did a virtual colonoscopy (no comment) and we studied bloodless
zebra fish. :P
OH SNAP!
THIS IS ANTHONY (& Nolan)FOR SOMETHING NEW AND UNPRESIDENTED!!
DEUX BLOG POSTS IN A DAY!
TA-DA TA-DA TA-DA
Oh Snap, we just finished the Cosmeo workshop at DCI. Soon we'll start
rehearsing for the dinner and presenting our posters. I think that we all have
excellent chances for winning the team work award and three of us for the
scholarships. I can't wait to find out.
Aight. This is Nolan speaking now. We're all more or less excited about
tonight, but are kind of disappointed that the week is ending already. As much
as we detested those 5:00 wake-up calls, the challenges were really addictive.
I guess it's sort of a bittersweet trip. Luckily, we met some really cool kids.
Later.
Sorry-
Didn't do an update last night because we only had around 15 min. back at the
hotel before the Odssey Dinner Cruise(I don't care about spelling right now, my hashbrowns are waiting). That was fun and we got to see alot of stuff on the river. Their was a dance floor and Amy made the most of it. However, for guys
like Phillip(Blue T.), Jason(Green T.) and myself it wasn't our kind of music at
all. We are strong in ballroom dancing instead. So about the challenges. 1st we
had the Lab Tech Relay. We didn't do as well as we did last time but still we
got(if you add it all up) around 7 1/2 done. Not bad. We did all get sorta angry
at each other. Amy appeared stressed and irritated too. Too many things not
enough time. Then we had a 3 hour lunch break. We hanged with(INSERT LOW MOVIE
ANNOUNCER VOICE)THE WIZARD, JAKE
We did a dime in a balloon and tried to reach it's harmonic frequency to make it pop and did a few funny
tricks that anyone could play on their superiors. We did something in the air
next. That was quite fun. Nolan and Amy did the Epidemiologist and Mayor roles.
Shillipi and Nick were the doctors diagnosing the patient, joe Plastic and I was
the viralogist and I got to wear a suit that portected me from the H5N1 virus.
We did a press confrenece in the end. We did the mold one next and that was fun
too. The Avian Flu one was my favorite though.
We just came back from the awards ceremony. There were some really exciting awards such as a trip to Mexico, a team prize to Alcatraz, and trips to various camps.
The last prizes announced were the big ones... third, second, and first. Jake came up to announce those, and he would say the finalist's school and then their name.
For second place, Jake announced the finalist was from Robert Frost Middle School. That narrowed it down to two - me and Scott. Then, Jake said that he went by a nickname: pi.
I'll let first and third reveal their own identities through blogging, but I won second place. I was interviewed by WTOP and another with WUSA (DC's CBS) will be next week.
It was a very fun week getting to know everyone, and everyone is a winner for getting this far. I hope everyone enjoyed their time in DC!!!
Hey, hope ya'll have been reading these! I have been having a lot of fun and i hope you guys are having fun also! Any ways today we got to sleep in till 7:00! Finally we got some sleep! We went to the school today and got to help the kids get ideas on what they are goign to do their science experiment on. It was awesome and i got nick so bad we got Glow Germ from Jack and we (Me and Jack the kid not judge!) we got him by putting that in his hoodie and then Jack put it on his head and then he looked like Jack frost his hair was as white as snow! Literaly! lol... ummmm........... Also today was the awards ceromony and it was awesome! The lights were blue and there were a lot of camaeras there... o ya and i lost my voice and i got interviewed and so it turned out really bad! Any ways not to give the surprise out or any thing but nolyn won first prize and Pie won second and Amy won 3rd! Then we ate after words and it was good! Then we are having a dance tonight tonight at 9:00 to midnight! So ttyl!
Well, I wasn't planning to write anything, but they told me to blog something in the journal - so I guess this is probably my last entry. All of us really had a good time on this trip, and I hope to stay in contact with all of the cool guys and gals I met in D.C.
The real win? The experience and knowledge that we can take away from this. I can't put into words how much fun this has been, and that I will miss all the Luigi's and late night dances. So for all the finalists reading this entry, I hope to hear from y'all soon.
WOW! What a day! We went to ketchum elementary and helped mentor kids with science projects! We totally helped alot of kids! We feel very proud!
After that we came back and had like some time to change and get down to get on our Odessy cruise. Lot of pics!! Dancing was the best ever. Food eehhhhh prety good! Great Drinks. Ummm Tenesee and Aron were like at the bar the whole cruise until aron decided to take over the dance floor. The cruise was the best ever and I think we gotta go. Sorry its such a small blog but we want to get our rest for the award ceremony is tomorrow! Wanna be up and at em! well wish the grey team luck!
