Historical and Current Explanations
- CFCs, HFCs and Their Casualties: Lia D.B. ('17) wrote this paper investigating the history of CFCs and HFCs, for her organic chemistry class.
- The Enigma Machine: Rob V. ('17) explains the historical context of the Enigma Machine.
- When Ebola is Cured but Not Over: Abby W. ('18) wrote this paper on Ebola, for her advanced chemistry class.
- Endangered Chimpanzees: Katie L. ('18) wrote this paper on endangered chimpanzees for her advanced chemistry class.
- Untitled: Hawthorne R. ('18) wrote this assignment for extra credit.
- The Causes and Effects of Global Warming: Samuel T. ('18) wrote this article on global warming for his advanced chemistry class.
- El Niño's impact on Weather Patterns: Eden V. ('18) explores the effects of El Niño in 2015 for his Chemistry class.
- Recent Developments on Black Holes' Observations: Audrey A. ('18) describes current discoveries on black holes and stars in this paper for her advanced chemistry class.
- Preserving Cuba: The Relationship between Science and Politics: Hannah M. ('18) explores the consequences of Cuba's economic embargo.
- Summary and Analysis of the Warming Pacific Ocean: Natasha Brecht ('18) explores the effect of global warming in a response to a New York Times article she read in her advanced chemistry class.
Mathematical and Scientific Explorations
- How To Count Cards: Rufus S. ('17) explains how to count cards.
- Sixers: A Cool Math Game: After playing Sixers during math class, Justin H. ('17) wanted to figure out the best way to play the game.
- Flipping Coins: Cecilia M. ('16) investigates a puzzling problem involving coins.
- The Price we Pay to Sleep at Night: George B. ('16) investigates the costs of living.
- The Birthday Problem: Sam H. ('16) investigating new mathematical teaching methods.
- 2015, Year of the Black Hole: Aidan A. ('18) wrote this paper on black holes, for his advanced chemistry class.
- Are Self Driving Cars Ready for the Real World?: Ivan F. ('18) wrote this paper on the danger of Google's driverless cars for his advanced chemistry class.
- Bristlemouth Fish: Theo E. ('18) wrote this paper on the bristlemouth fish for his advanced chemistry class.
- Secrets of The Ancients in DNA: This article summary by Ethan N. ('18) explains new developments on human genomes.
- Our Manifest Destiny in the Twilight Zone: Reese K. ('18) read a New York Times article on the bristlemouth fish.
- An Age of Resistance: Katie P. ('18) explores the importance of bacteria in this article for her advanced chemistry class.
- Fractals in Nature: Sasha M. ('17) explores the concept of geometric fractals.
- A Statistical Analysis of the Packer Boys Varsity Basketball Team: Victor A. ('17) conducted a statistical investigation of the boy's basketball team.
Scientific Research
- How Do Axolotls Learn?: Ellie O. ('17) proposes a new project for her research involving axolotls.
- Identifying Cancer Using Cone Snail Venom: This research paper details Joseph B. ('16)'s research involving cone snails and peptides.
- Growing Semiconductors Using Molecular Beam Epitaxy: This is Giancarlo S. ('16)'s research paper detailing his research involving spectroscopy and molecular beam epitaxy.
- Treating Asthma: Nadia G. ('16) wrote this research paper on her research involving asthma and airway smooth muscle cells.
- BMI and Cognition in the Elderly: Cecilia M. ('16) was interested in investigating the relationship between BMI and cognition in the elderly. This research paper details her work.
- Prader-Willi Syndrome in Mice: Gabi H. ('17) proposes a new project for her research involving Prader-Willi syndrome, in mice.
- Building Solar Cells with Graphene and Pthalocyanine: Ben B. ('16) made this poster summarizing his chemistry research to compete in NYCSEF 2016, a science competition.
- Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury: Will S. ('17) wrote this submission for her science research class.
- Nuclei of Dictyostelium Discoideum Cells: Ella D. ('16) wrote this submission for her science research class.
- Nautilus: Ned E. ('17) tells us a bit about the nautilus, and his research with them.
Reactions and Responses
- The Carbon Underground: Jojo A. ('18) wrote a response to a New York Times article he read in his advanced chemistry class.
- Girls Who Don't Code: Mikayla K. ('18) wrote this piece, with assistance from Jordan A. ('16), on women in technology.
- The Fallacy of Numbers: Zoe E. ('16) investigates the nature of statistics.
- Response Bias Study: Zoe E. ('16) explores the bias surrounding where we get out information.
- Reaching Pluto, and the End of an Era of Planetary Exploration: Mateo P. ('18) wrote a response to an article for his advanced chemistry class.
- Phenomenon of the Self-Driving Car: Liam D. ('18) questions the positive and negative consequences of self-driving cars.
- Strength in Numbers: after learning about the bristlemouth fish for her advanced chemistry class, Ruhi S. ('18) considers the greatness of the ocean.
- Event Horizon Telescope response: Stella S. ('18) responds to an article she read on black holes and the Event Horizon telescope.
Artistic Creations
- Coloring Patterns: Diana S. ('17) looked into the difference between periodic and nonperiodic patterns.
- Fraction Rectangles: Ms. Couto's 3rd Grade class investigated fractions by representing them as colors in rectangles.
- As It Seems: Ben S. ('17) wonders about the assumptions we make when doing math.
- Vi Hart and Math Doodles: Diana S. ('17) was interested in math doodles, and decided to explore some two Vi Hart videos, "Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant," and "Snakes + Graphs."
- Counting Shapes: First grade students' work with exploring numbers and patterns.