Today was a very special day. After an exhausting week of camping, building a massive "ShadCity" sandcastle at the beach, rescuing a tipped-over canoe, cheering wildly at a Hamilton Tiger Cats football game, performing at a "Coffee House" talent show, playing sports and participating in various drama and dance workshops... we got the opportunity to SLEEP IN to an astounding twelve o' clock!
On top of that, we celebrated a spirited Pyjama Day.
Finally free from our normally sleep-deprived states, we set out on a new day. We soon discovered that this new day involved eight hours of general project time. First of all, for the past few days, we had been participating in McMaster's Honours Integrated Science program called iSci. In two teams of thirty students each, we worked to complete proposals for both manned and unmanned space missions to Mars.
And so, this afternoon, four hours were dedicated to researching the medical, physical, mathematical, technological and ethical aspects of such missions and presenting our findings on a professional poster. Later in the evening, another four hours were then spent working in our house groups, developing prototypes and writing up business plans for our main RBC/Shad Entrepreneurship Cup projects. After such an intense day (whew!), we settled down to sleep... and we all look forward to the rest of our MacShad experience!
Florence Chan
Shad Valley McMaster
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
