Internship #12

Collaboration! This is just me in the picture.. but Katie, Dr. Simovich and I all went out to do sample testing.. and I thought that would have been a good example of collaboration because we all worked together. It was a mighty long hike in so we all carried everything in and then we all worked together on recording all the data and collecting the samples and we also kept each other company as well which was a good thing when we're out in the middle of no where on a trail working. 

On a usual day I directly work with Katie who is Dr. Simovich's assistant. Then there are also 3 students who come in and work in the morning and then 3 other students that come in the afternoon. So I am here for both shifts.. or at least parts of both shifts to see about 6 other students everyday. Theres probably about 10 students that work every week.. there might be a few more but I'm pretty sure its 10. Different people work on different days and not everyone works everyday.. most do but some just work a couple day of the week. Each of us are working on our own thing when we are in here together.. but we keep each other company. I am working on my blog in the lab right now as everyone else in here is working and there has been constant talking between everyone for the past 2 hours. The collaboration that I usually deal with every day is keeping each other company and talking with each other when we are working on our samples in the lab. This keeps our work more enjoyable. I've been in the lab when there are 3 students in here as well as me but there is no one talking AT ALL. And when that happens the work is not enjoyable and it's just kind of trying to get it done. When everyone is keeping each other company the time goes by way faster and working on samples is definitely more enjoyable. For the future I know that while at work talking when its appropriate can make the work that we're doing easier to get done.