Science Happenings

What's Happening in Science

All Science classes are very active with hands on, experiential learning.  In AP Physics, students performed a stress test to determine the breaking force of wooden dowels. The students hung weights from the dowel placed over the edge of a table until the dowel snapped. They repeated the experiment at different distances from the table's edge and demonstrated that the torque required to break the dowel was roughly constant no matter where the weights were hung. They had a blast breaking stuff, even though it was under controlled conditions.  

 In AP Chemistry, students worked on collecting data from a colorimeter

Vernier Colorimeter

in order to determine concentration of a certain dye in sports drink.  Chemistry students are getting their hands on chemical reactions. Chemistry classes conducted their Green Chemistry Reaction Lab, which tied together the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 12 Principles of Green Chemistry and the fundamental chemical reactions students studied. Students were required to select between two procedures, at four different stations. with various lab apparatus. 

Biology students evaluated their pulse rate, rates of respiration and carbon dioxide production as it relates to physical exercise. - Lauren Jordan