by Cameron Kleiman When Christian and I decided we wanted to teach high schoolers about the novel programming language Julia, I knew we would need a certain amount of infrastructure in order to support our students. One particular interest of mine was making sure our solutions scaled. We opened the class to 50 students, withContinue reading “How we’re teaching high schoolers to code, online”
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Dipping My Toes into Online Learning
by Arianna Krinos In step with the random extra Shark Week TV specials we’ve been blessed with as an unintended positive side effect of the quarantine, this year’s shark-flavored HSSP was an atypical venture into extracurricular education for high school students. With serendipity, my area of study also happens to be Biological Oceanography, and myContinue reading “Dipping My Toes into Online Learning”
Predatory Zooms
By Eda Erdogmus What does distance learning (or, virtual learning–depends who you ask) and sharks have in common? Is it a one-way respiratory system, also known as gills? Is it the limited accessibility (i.e. sharks are limited to their respective layer of the marine ecosystem, and distance learning is limited to when in-person is tooContinue reading “Predatory Zooms”
Evil Dolphins? I Think Not!
by Gauri Kumar Sharks. Yeah, those animals that look like evil dolphins. I’m just speculating here, but they could just be mutated dolphins, right? Like how narwhals are mutated unicorns. Unfortunately, sharks are part of a different family and are not closely related to their less evil look-alike, the dolphin. So if sharks aren’t justContinue reading “Evil Dolphins? I Think Not!”
The Sharks at HSSP
By Rohini Josh When I first heard about HSSP’s shark theme, I thought it had nothing to do with the actual program. To me, ‘Highly Self-similar Sharks on a Plane’ just seemed like a funny acronym with no real significance. However, I’ve come to realize that HSSP students have a lot in common with sharks!Continue reading “The Sharks at HSSP”
How the Ripple came to be
by Zawad This is a tale about blogs, bonds, and boba. To be more specific, it’s about how I got roped into making this blog exist. It was the first day of October. I was a wide-eyed frosh, blundering my way through MIT. On that day, I’d been lured once again to the ESP Office,Continue reading “How the Ripple came to be”
ESP Art Through the Ages
by Janice I’ve never blogged before, but I’m going to give it a shot. I have been making art and am currently one of the ESP historians so I have decided to combine my experiences for this ~virtual tour~ That wraps up our virtual tour! What are your HSSP backronyms? I challenge you to illustrateContinue reading “ESP Art Through the Ages”
Wandering Through The Tunnels (And Why You Should Too)
by Nathaniel Waterman It was the second day of Splash, and I was staring up at the dome of building 7. I had some time to kill before my first class, so I began to wander. I came across a some papers taped to the wall, which claimed to be an unconventional tour of MIT.Continue reading “Wandering Through The Tunnels (And Why You Should Too)”
LaTeX applications for the STEM-uninclined
by Yassie Every year I, as much of a Humanities person as the year before, show up to Splash and take a bunch of STEM classes. This year, intro to LaTeX joined the mix. I have next to no coding experience, and I’ve honestly forgotten what a Boolean is by now. I also have noContinue reading “LaTeX applications for the STEM-uninclined”
Why Dumb Stuff is Good
by Blaise ok so ya boi went to splash right, lots of us did, and if you recall, many popular classes were Certifiably Dumb. why, you ask, is dumb stuff so popular? well you see, dear reader, there are a few things that children truly love, chief among them being food, competition, learning, and laughter.Continue reading “Why Dumb Stuff is Good”
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