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Wow, only now just writing about Monday, day 6 of the workshop. It has been one crazy week and a half…! During the first week of the workshop, my modules had been pretty well fleshed out beforehand. But as week 2 approached, time to focus on my two day 6 modules (microscopy and EECS) wasContinue reading “1/13, Day 6: Microscopes and Arduinos”

My module on Day 4 was like my baby… I was super excited to teach about biology, DNA, and bacteria! After hoisting 100 petri dishes and some colorful bacteria to the school, we began the lesson for the day with a discussion about what it means to be alive. The kids had some good ideasContinue reading “Day 4: Bacteria, DNA, and Scratch, oh my”

The past few days have been a whirlwind.  As the member of the group with the most negligible Korean or Chinese skills (my Korean is essentially limited to hello, goodbye, excuse me, and “I’m sorry, I don’t speak Korean”) I’ve quickly occupied the role of the clueless English speaker. The words 한국말 못해요 (the mostContinue reading “Day 3: Drones, 3D Printing… 3D Printing Drones?”

Hello world! I’m Lexi. After several days in Korea, jet lag has been a blessing and a curse. Today at 6am we woke up with fresh faces and hours to go before any legitimate obligations. Taking advantage of our proximity to nature, we layered up and headed out to Namsan mountain, a short 5 minuteContinue reading “January 3rd, 2020”