Students complete a polymer lab in Honors Biology. They analyzed the chemical makeup of different polymers. In the end, they engineered their own biodegradable polymer cups!
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When students first arrive in this country, they take SEI physics/engineering with Ms. Helen Harlan or Ms. Sarah Benat. The class is designed to teach physics, engineering, science skills and serve as an introduction to science vocabulary for the students. These pictures are of students in Ms. Harlan's classes. After only one day students are well on their way! Above a student has complete a leg of her robot. Below students have made progress building a sustainable energy solution!
After a year of working hard to prepare for the MCAS exam, Ms. OJ's students celebrate by building robots. Students are building walking robots, solar powered robots, roller coasters, bridges and circuits. Special thanks to MLSC for funding these projects! Updates will follow as the projects progress.
In chemistry today students learned about molecular structure. They built models of molecules and also tested the properties of different types of slime. They were able to connect the macroscopic properties they observed to the properties of the molecules.
Students focused on engineering today in physics. They learned about the amazing technologies that were engineered so that humans could go into space. Then they became the engineers when they were challenged to build a tower out of tape, string, and spaghetti that would hold a marshmallow on the top. AP Physics 1 and AP Chemistry students spent two full days at the Umana Academy working with 6th grade students on the topic of heat. The 6th graders learned some heat basics and then applied their skills with an engineering challenge – who could build the best container to keep heat in and who could do it while spending the least amount of money? The high schoolers had spent days preparing informative heat stations and getting ready to help their mentees with the challenge. In chemistry today students learned about phase changes – how does a gas become a liquid, how does a liquid become a solid, and can a solid go directly to being a gas without becoming a liquid first? Students investigated the solid to liquid transition and liquid to gas transition by measuring the temperature of water as it heats up. Friction was the topic of the day in physics. Students learned about how the roughness of a surface can affect how much friction it has. We rolled cars across many different surfaces and figured out which one had the most friction. The chemistry lesson today dealt with figuring out what matter really is. We discussed what atoms are and that all matter takes up volume. Students then observed different materials to investigate their properties. In physics we learned about magnets! Students explored the many properties of magnets and also got to visualize magnetic fields using special magnetic field viewers. Ms. Amanda Dillingham's Honors Biology classes recently completed two engineering projects: a water filter and an edible cup. It's always exciting to see engineering in biology classes!
Ms. Reid's physics class had a great time at the Museum of Science! |
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