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Science Lab – Creating a Spirit of Wonder & Inquiry

September 27, 2019

Memorizing facts and recalling equations have their place in learning, without a doubt. But seeing those equations and facts, the talked about theories come to life. That’s what we’re excited about in our science labs!   Middle School science teacher, Jenny Wallace’s 8th-grade class collaborated in groups this week to measure the mass and volume […]

Little Scientists Learn About the Letter “O”

September 13, 2019

Mrs. Haugh’s Kindergarten class explores the letter “O” by dissecting owl pellets in the Lower School Science Lab.   With lab coats on and tweezers in hand, students pulled apart owl pellets (sanitized and preserved for scientific use) in search of tiny bones. They learned about what owls eat and how to identify bones from […]

STEM Activities at The Lower School

September 06, 2019

JELLYBEANS, ICE CREAM CONES, AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WERE ALL A PART OF TODAY’S STEM ACTIVITIES IN KINDERGARTEN. Students wrapped up their week of learning with hands-on activities and exploration. Students have been studying the letters I, J and K this week so teachers used items like jellybeans to conduct a science experiment that looked at […]

Anatomy 101: An Introductory Lab

August 30, 2019

In the lab this week, Anatomy & Physiology students interacted with anatomical models to get a broader picture of the systems that make up the human body.   Seeing inside the human body in their lab this week allowed our students in A&P to orient themselves to the various systems they will be studying in […]

Discovering decomposition outside during lab

April 03, 2019

In this activity, students studied the process of decomposition through exploration and discussion outside of the classroom.  Students then had to create displays of actual decomposition in nature and present them to their peers.

Silver grows on copper wire this week in lab

December 01, 2016

“We have been learning how chemical reactions require certain ratios of reactants and produce certain amounts of products, much like a recipe for a cake or cookies,” Travis Bunger said. “We went into the lab to observe what happens when you place a copper wire into a silver nitrate solution. Initially the wire turns black […]

Dissecting Pigs in Biology

April 15, 2016

To augment their understanding of body systems, Pre-AP Biology students dissected fetal pigs.  The students were introduced to basic anatomical terms and gross anatomy of internal and external structures during the lab. Afterwards, we recapped what we learned and discovered in the classroom as we went through our diagrams and findings.    

Investigating Fingerprints in the Biology Lab

March 04, 2016

Dual Credit Biology students were science sleuths this week as they sought to identify a crime scene suspect.  DNA samples from the crime scene and suspects were loaded into a gel plate and separated into DNA fragments by running a current through the gel.  This process, electrophoresis, allows for the visualization of a DNA fingerprint […]