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Another successful GRASP Camp was held last week

June 16, 2016

Another successful GRASP Camp was held last week

GRASP

image of 2016 GRASP participants and staff
The 9th annual GRASP summer camp took place June 6-10, 2016.  Pictured here are the campers and the many volunteers that helped make this week a success.

GRASP(Girls Reaching to Achieve in Sports & Physics) was created in 2008 and is designed to teach middle school girls the physics of various sports and to encourage them to consider a career in STEM.  The camp is designed and led each year by co-directors, Lindsey Thaler and Robin Patterson, along with support from the Department of Physics.  A huge thank-you to the following:

·        Dr. Nancy Santagata, Tori Boggs, OSU Jump Rope Club, and Jump Company USA for helping the campers learn about the physics of jumping rope

·        Dr. Annika Peter for discussing the physics of badminton

·        SWiP members Kaeli Hughes, Khalida Hendricks, Hanna Lafranconi, and Oindree Banerjee for teaching the girls about the physics of ice skating

·        Dr. Mike Lisa for showing the campers lots of fun demos and discussing the physics of swimming

·        Dr. Richard Hughes for teaching the campers how to build and program Arduino robots

·        Grace Calhoun for running a fun and informative planetarium show

·        Katie Ferrell and Allie Woodford for hosting an exciting physics demo show

·        Terry Bradley for helping with hardware and IT needs

·        Harold Whitt, Chris Healy, Katie Ferrell, Allie Woodford, and Mitchell Grose for helping set up demonstrations throughout the week

·        All of our student volunteers

For a full list of camp volunteers and activities, go to: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/undergrad/GRASP/GRASP_2016.html