FS2021 Pointless Prize: STEM

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Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics. It was hard to get the sign through the fence. Originally Benjamin Franklin HS in East Harlem.

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Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science (MS)²

The Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science (MS)² is a public charter school committed to academic excellence, focusing on mathematics and science for grades 6 – 8. (MS)² is a high-performing charter school, created in partnership with Howard University, designed to deliver programs to help students reach their goals and develop the skills needed to succeed beyond the classroom.

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A man that needs no introduction

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This historic Pump House was the City of Rockville’s first public water system and supplier of electricity for street lights and private homes. The Pump House is most infamous for a faulty well which resulted in a typhoid fever outbreak during the winter of 1913-1914. The Mayor and City Council then took measures to establish a state-of-the-art sewage system to prevent another outbreak.
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The Pump House is now used as a community center. It has a cute birdhouse that is a miniature version of the building.

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine building in Chinatown. Apparently the National Academy of Sciences was formed first and then later Engineering and then Medicine to provide objective policy advice. This building houses the National Academies Press bookstore for all three Academies on the right and also has sphere on top which I think represents GPS or satellites circling the globe.

[bikedavid]

Always fun riding by the castle on MacAurthur Blvd. According to Atlas Obscura this is the symbol of the Army Corps of Engineer and is also where the water from the reservoir enters the tunnel to the filtration system before being piped to our homes. I suppose if you can build anything for the gate then it might as well be a castle!

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While riding around looking for purple I found another place that teaches young kids about Science.

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The new GW Science and Engineering Hall. It’s a pretty impressive building. Hard to see from the reflection but if you walk up to the windows you can see a 3-story high bay for testing large structures to be more earthquake resistant.

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Capitalsaurus Court by 1st and F St SE. DC has its own unique dinosaur nicknamed Capitalsaurus. This street commemorates where it was found.

[JoM]

Edmonston Pumping Station

The Edmonston Storm Water Pump Station is located in the town of Edmonston, Md., in Prince George’s County. For years, the existing pump station had been unable to keep up with high-intensity storm flows reaching the station’s retention pond and transfer them to the Anacostia River. As a result, nearby homes and properties had been subjected to flooding caused by pond overflow.

Following severe flooding in 2004, the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) commenced the Edmonston Storm Water Pump Station improvements project. The station upgrade included three new Archimedes screw pumps, each 46 ft long and 10 ft in diameter and capable of pumping 133 cu ft of water per second.

https://www.estormwater.com/sites/sws/files/pumpitup.pdf

[JoM]

Anacostia River Wetlands

Science: water, climate, habitat, ecosystem, birds

[Sophie CW]

#STEM – This lab just celebrated its 25th anniversary for continuing to make achievements in research in improving the safety of the nation’s blood supply.
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[JoM]

College Park Airport – The World’s Oldest- Since 1909

Science, Technology, Engineering & Math are all important in running an airport.

The College Park Airport (KCGS) was established in 1909 after Wilbur Wright came to the field to train two military officers to fly in the government’s first aeroplane. The facility is now the world’s oldest continually operated airport, and is the site of many significant aviation firsts. College Park Airport, known as the “Field of Firsts,” remains an active airport serving the needs of aircraft pilots, and is also a site for history buffs and aviation enthusiasts.

The airport was purchased by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in 1973 and operates as one of the gateway airports to Washington, DC and Prince George’s County. They have a 2,600’ x 60’ runway and offer both tenant aircraft parking and transient aircraft parking. There is aircraft parking for more than 100 planes, fueling services, weather briefing capabilities, and a pilot lounge. Located just steps away from the College Park Metro Station which provides easy access to Washington, DC and surrounding areas. On the field is a historic hangar where the first airmail operations were based and is home currently to the Prince George’s County Police – Special Operations Division.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science. According to Wikipedia it is the world’s largest general scientific society. I didn’t realize that it is the publisher of the scientific journal Science and is located in DC, on New York Ave.

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An electrical substation. Electric grids have been in the news lately. In order to get electricity from the generator to consumers the electricity gets transmitted to substations at high voltages which then gets transformed to a lower voltage for distribution to buildings in the area. You would also want multiple transmission loops and substations for redundancy in case one goes down. This is the Champlain substation in Adams Morgan which is apparently 110 years old! The equipment looks newer and has probably been upgraded over the years whereas the building is likely older.

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