Maybe I shouldn't have started this blog now, not with everything that's been going on.

Today is the second day of the Science Summer Camp. They’re having their biology experiments in the morning and their math activities in the afternoon. Tomorrow morning is chemistry and in the afternoon to evening is physics. Saturday morning is the closing ceremonies.

I’m trying to figure out the exact timeframe for the physics session in the afternoon. There will be an interfacing demo, followed by a software/higher physics lecture. This whole affair is allotted three hours from 1-4pm. The room for the pre-stargazing lecture is reserved for 4-6pm with the stargazing itself from 6-9pm.

It doesn’t leave the students any time for rest, so I’m thinking of starting my lecture at 5pm, which also gives enough space in case the two events before it, both of which I’ve seen, runs overtime.

I’m also thinking of splitting the 57 students into two groups, since so far I’ve only used the roof deck for a maximum of 40 participants. That would leave the students with about an hour and a half of the 6-9pm schedule free. The only problem there is, for half of the students, they wouldn’t get a break until after six and a half hours. And for the second half, they would be dismissed an hour and half earlier than the 9pm ending time stated.

So maybe I’ll just squeeze them all in the 6-9pm slot, unless I can find a bigger venue. Or have the six groups in rotation going up and down the spiral staircase between the roof deck and the lecture room for the whole three hours.
In the orientation yesterday I passed out their waiver forms, and put the signed form as one of the required things for them to bring tomorrow. I put the star map down on the list, but I didn’t distribute it in the event that most of them forget to bring them tomorrow. Of course I also asked them to bring a flashlight to read their star map in the dark.
Optional for them to bring are a camera, binoculars, snacks and a blanket to lie down on in case they don’t want to strain their necks looking straight up. One guy even asked if he can bring in his own telescope. The other organizers and I agreed, as it would be easy to process the permit for that.