What is the future of the Florida Panther?

The ENS and ESY classes are investigating the current situation of the Florida Panther and the students will be making predictions for this species based upon their research. This is an on-line ill-structured question based upon the information found on the Everglades Site found in the Exploring the Environment website.

The pictures are from one of the ESY classes which is working in groups to complete the task and the ENS students are working indpendently to complete the same task.

The IB ESY 12 exam has been written!

The students of ESY 12 breathed a collective sigh of releif as they finished two years of study with their final paper of the exam.

Now they will be practising their slide shows for the ESY 11 classes, and engaging in fieldwork as they make their posters depicting "various views of nature".

Seed Germination and Acid Precipitation

This week both ESY 11 classes investigated the effects of acid precipitation upon the germination of a variety of food seeds, such as; corn, wheat, and beans. Here are pictures of seed counting, sorted seeds, and data collection.