Historical and Current ​Explanations

  1. CFCs, HFCs and Their Casualties: Lia D.B. ('17) wrote this paper investigating the history of CFCs and HFCs, for her organic chemistry class. 
  2. The Enigma Machine: Rob V. ('17) explains the historical context of the Enigma Machine. ​
  3. When Ebola is Cured but Not Over: Abby W. ('18) wrote this paper on Ebola, for her advanced chemistry class.
  4. Endangered Chimpanzees: Katie L. ('18) wrote this paper on endangered chimpanzees for her advanced chemistry class.
  5. ​Untitled: Hawthorne R. ('18) wrote this assignment for extra credit.
  6. The Causes and Effects of Global Warming: Samuel T. ('18) wrote this article on global warming for his advanced chemistry class.
  7. El Niño's impact on Weather Patterns: Eden V. ('18) explores the effects of El Niño in 2015 for his Chemistry class.
  8. 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.​
  9. Preserving Cuba: The Relationship between Science and Politics: Hannah M. ('18) explores the consequences of Cuba's economic embargo. 
  10. 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

  1. How To Count Cards: Rufus S. ('17) explains how to count cards. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Flipping Coins: Cecilia M. ('16) investigates a puzzling problem involving coins. 
  4. ​The Price we Pay to Sleep at Night: George B. ('16) investigates the costs of living. 
  5. The Birthday Problem: Sam H. ('16) investigating new mathematical teaching methods.​
  6. 2015, Year of the Black Hole: Aidan A. ('18) wrote this paper on black holes, for his advanced chemistry class.​
  7. 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.
  8. Bristlemouth Fish: Theo E. ('18) wrote this paper on the bristlemouth fish for his advanced chemistry class.
  9. Secrets of The Ancients in DNA: This article summary by Ethan N. ('18) explains new developments on human genomes.​
  10. ​Our Manifest Destiny in the Twilight Zone: Reese K. ('18) read a New York Times article on the bristlemouth fish.
  11. An Age of Resistance: Katie P. ('18) explores the importance of bacteria in this article for her advanced chemistry class.
  12. Fractals in Nature: Sasha M. ('17) explores the concept of geometric fractals.
  13. 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

  1. How Do Axolotls Learn?: Ellie O. ('17) proposes a new project for her research involving axolotls. 
  2. Identifying Cancer Using Cone Snail Venom: This research paper details Joseph B. ('16)'s research involving cone snails and peptides. 
  3. Growing Semiconductors Using Molecular Beam Epitaxy: This is Giancarlo S. ('16)'s research paper detailing his research involving spectroscopy and molecular beam epitaxy. 
  4. Treating Asthma: Nadia G. ('16) wrote this research paper on her research involving asthma and airway smooth muscle cells. 
  5. 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. 
  6. Prader-Willi Syndrome in Mice: Gabi H. ('17) proposes a new project for her research involving Prader-Willi syndrome, in mice. 
  7. 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. 
  8. Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury: Will S. ('17) wrote this submission for her science research class.
  9. Nuclei of Dictyostelium Discoideum Cells: Ella D. ('16) wrote this submission for her science research class. 
  10. Nautilus: Ned E. ('17) tells us a bit about the nautilus, and his research with them. 

Reactions and Responses

  1. The Carbon Underground: Jojo A. ('18) wrote a response to a New York Times article he read in his advanced chemistry class.
  2. Girls Who Don't Code: Mikayla K. ('18) wrote this piece, with assistance from Jordan A. ('16), on women in technology. 
  3. The Fallacy of Numbers: Zoe E. ('16) investigates the nature of statistics. 
  4. Response Bias Study: Zoe E. ('16) explores the bias surrounding where we get out information. ​
  5. 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. 
  6. Phenomenon of the Self-Driving Car: Liam D. ('18) questions the positive and negative consequences of self-driving cars.  ​
  7. Strength in Numbers: after learning about the bristlemouth fish for her advanced chemistry class, Ruhi S. ('18) considers the greatness of the ocean.
  8. Event Horizon Telescope response: Stella S. ('18) responds to an article she read on black holes and the Event Horizon telescope. 

Artistic Creations

  1. Coloring Patterns: Diana S. ('17) looked into the difference between periodic and nonperiodic patterns. 
  2. Fraction Rectangles: Ms. Couto's 3rd Grade class investigated fractions by representing them as colors in rectangles. 
  3. As It Seems: Ben S. ('17) wonders about the assumptions we make when doing math. 
  4. 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."
  5. ​Counting Shapes: First grade students' work with exploring numbers and patterns.