May Project Update #2

Day three of my May Project began with more sorting and filing of inventory, which I have learned to become accustomed to and I have gotten pretty good at it at this point.  Around 10 'o clock, a large group of first and second graders came for a class visit, so I helped them at each of the three stations.  Because there were so many, we opened up the "Planetarium" as the third station.  The Planetarium is an inflatable hemisphere that holds around 20 people inside.  There is a projector in the middle that displays the sky onto the sphere, providing a surprisingly immersive experience.  There is a 45 minute presentation that takes place inside that explains the stories behind some of the constellations like Orion and the Big Dipper.

After each group went through each of the stations and I had finished my lunch, my job was to prepare kits for the summer classes, which include all the things that are used for one of the projects in a bag for each kid.  It's time-consuming and a little boring, but there are worse ways to spend your time.

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My fourth day started out with an unusual task: drill a hole through the diameter of 150 tennis balls.  However, the drill press doesn't move down far enough to make the hole in one motion, so I had to make one hole on both sides.  This took about 1.5 hours, and another 10 minutes to clean up.  The remainder of the day consisted of stripping wires and making more kits.