Science Sketch Book Sample Entries

Here are some sketches from the science sketch books of MY and KYW.

Labs for the Ponds

All classes are currently completing their lab reports for the pond ecosystems. The IB format is proving to be tricky for some and not so tricky for others.

ENS at the Ponds

The ENS students have begun the sampling of two freshwater ecosystems near the school. The students are testing the physical factors as well as catching and observing the animals that are found in the ponds.

A New Year for ESY 11, ENS, and not for ESY 12

The new ESY 11 and ENS students have arrived and are settling into their courses and learning the difference between a backswimmer and a whirligig beetle. There is no ESY 12 course this year due to low enrollment numbers, but if you are in ESY 11 please check the past posting for what next year's ESY 12 could be like.

Evolution on PBS website

The ENS and ESY classes have been studying natural selection and here is a good link for this study.

ESY and ENS

Students went to the woods and took time to record in words and pictures what they saw and heard while sitting quietly in one spot. All year they have investigated the ecosystems around them through a scientific lens and now they have the chance to use the lens of artists and natural historians to examine the local ecosystems.

ENS Microclimates Lab

The ENS class ventured out into the frosty winter weather Thursday to collect data around campus for the microenvironments lab. One picture was taken as the class moved across the frozen tundra of the sports field and the other pictures are from the exciting task of graphing and processing the data back in the toasty warm classroom.

ESY 11 Trout and Water Quality Investigation

Here are some images of the classes working on the ESY 11 trout and water quality investigation using on-line data. The groups' presentations will be posted Feb. 5.

ESY 12 and Productivity in Aquatic Ecosystems

The students of the ESY 12 class have completed the data collection for the aquatic productivity lab. The students placed water samples containing an algae population in several water bottles. There were light bottles, dark bottles, and several bottles with mesh screens to partially block the sunlight. The image shows the students testing the oxygen levels of each bottle using our new oxygen probe. The oxygen data will be used to determine the productivity of each bottle's algae.

Trout and Water Quality Investigation

The ESY 11 students have begun their group investigations into the cause(s) of trout deaths in the Bear Creek watershed. During the next two weeks the student groups will discover the cause(s) of the fish deaths and propose solutions to Mr. Taylor of Taylor's Trout-a-rama.