NYSUT "What We Do" Profile of Justine Davies

Follow this link to see NYSUT article on Justine Davies' Living Environment Class and their field work studying the Bronx River Ecosystem

NYSUT "What We Do" Feature

John Boy Ubaldo's Bloomberg TV Interview about GMOs

John Boy Ubaldo is the farmer from Cambridge NY, from whom we purchase our pork, beef, and this summer we are participating in his CSA. In a CSA we get a box of vegetables and fruits from him each week. John raises hormone, antibiotic and GMO free Berkshire pigs and Black Angus cattle. Here he is talking about why we should insist on labeling of GMO products.

AP Biology 4th Quarter Projects

The Juniors in the AP Biology class were given an open assignment for their fourth quarter project. They were asked to examine any topic in biology that interested them and was not covered in detail in the course of our studies this year. Most of the students chose to concentrate on Human Anatomy, Physiology and Diseases. Most of these topics were somewhat covered in much less detail in the revamped curriculum. These presentations are "uncorrected or edited" by the teacher. They are as originally submitted by the students.

D. Borcich - Honey Bees

E. Choi - Circulatory System

Choi Gee-Young Circulatory System by Charles Ippolito

A. Chrappa - Norovirus

M. Chrisanthopoulos - Human Brain

T. Donohue - Melanoma

J. Dougherty - Sickle Cell Anemia

M. Foley - Epilepsy

A. Jones - Cerebral Palsy

M.Laurence - Cognitive Neuro Science and Music

H. Lilly - Tuberculosis

E. McGough - Color Blindness

G. O'Toole - Stem Cells

S. Past - Huntington's Disease

A. Petnuch - Human Body Systems

N. Petnuch - Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata

N. Weiens - Down Syndrome

APES Students Visit Sixth and Eighth Grade Classrooms

Dr. Ditullio's APES students paid a visit to Mr. Viggiani's Sixth Grade and Mrs. Windel's Eight Grade classes. The sixth graders'  lesson and hands on activity was on renewable energy sources. The specific example they examined was how to build a more efficient wind turbine. In the eight grade the APES students explained air pollution contributes to acid rain.

  

  

 

Environmental Science Presentations on Energy Consumption

As the culmination of their study of energy, the environmental science students prepared short presentations on the energy consumption, energy production and the use of alternative energy sources in a country of their choice.

Argentina by J. Lugo

Brazil by A. Khan

Russia by L. O'Reilly

Norway by L. Marrone

Spain and Australia by C. McGonigle & C. Macmillan-Bell

Sweden by J. Moustakis

Haiti & Germany by E. Tubridy & E. Law

France by N. Bardin

France by J. Jiampietro

India by S. Morrison

Italy by A. Aridi

Morocco by N. McFadyen

Portugal by P. Licursi

Singapore by J. McDermott

South Africa by C. Hagen

United States by A. Adrian

Environmental Science Class Build Wind Turbines

The non-AP Environmental science class designed their own wind turbines by choosing the blade material (balsa or plastic, blade shape and size, blade angle, and number of blades. Each team had three chances to change their design to see which design would result in the largest voltage production.

 

Sarah Lawrence College Science Poster Symposium

Sarah Lawrence College Science Poster Symposium

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013

Location: Campbell Sports Center (gym) @ SLC (off Kimball Ave.)
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm 

Meet college students as they present their own research from semester and year-long projects in an interactive forum.

See your science teacher about the possibility of earning extra credit for attending this event.

 A brief sampling of some of the exiting topics to be presented include: 

• Modern Agriculture v. Traditional Agriculture
• Women and Herbalism
• Hemophilia B on the Gene Therapy Horizon
• Fish Populations of the Lower Hudson Valley
• Eutrophication in the Gulf of Mexico
• Social Settings, Language Style & Behavior
• Ionic Liquids and the Production of Biodiesel
• Permaculture: A Return to Nature
• ADHD Explained
• Genetically Modified Foods
• Is Gliese 581d Habitable?
• GMO Foods and the Effect of Bt Maize on Humans
• A Comprehensive Look at Depression Treatment 

and my personal favorite...

• Toxoplasma Gondii: A Biological Basis for the Crazy Cat Lady