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44th CONNECTICUT JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANTIES SYMPOSIUM

On March 4th and 5th Oskar Vasquez and Willysthssa Pierre-Louis have been selected to attend the Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at the University of Connecticut . The purpose of the symposium is to bring students from different schools across Connecticut to listen to fellow students and scientists present their scientific research on various topics. Willysthssa will be presenting her research on environmental factors that influence the growth of coral. In addition to presenting their own work, students will attempt to solve a crime during a Forensics Murder Mystery Dinner, and they will take a tour of various science labs at the college.

LASER CAMP

New London High School Students will be able to attend a laser camp on 3 consecutive Saturdays. The camp will take place at Three Rivers Community College on April 28, May 5 and May 12 from 8:00 am until 1:00pm. Students will make holograms, use a laser etcher, and build a pinhole camera. Also the last day of the program will feature a field trip to Boston to tour various laser facilities. The MIT hologram museum and the Boston Museum of science are under consideration for the field trip. There is no charge for the camp, and a bus will be provided for transportation to
Three Rivers and to Boston.
Interested students who can commit to the camp should contact Mr. Kondracky. For more information on laser manufacturing jobs check out the science web page.

WATER AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT

In December the chemistry in the community classes toured New London’s waste and water treatment facilities. Students videotaped the tours and then made power point presentations of the material.

CARBON DIOXIDE AND GLOBAL WARMING

Plans are underway to bring in Dr. Herster Barres into various science classes to work with students on determining how much Carbon dioxide the high school produces by using electricity and fuel oil. Students will mathematically determine how much CO2 is produced and investigate steps to sequester global warming gasses through reforestation.

Butterflies and Lasers?

What do butterflies and lasers have in common? Not much, except NLHS has been awarded two grants from Pfizer for a butterfly and laser projects. Teachers Barbara Cogoli and Mark Kondracky have both won the grants. Ms. Cogoli’s grant involves expanding the butterfly garden at the high school her students built last year. Also High school students will then learn about the life cycle of the butterfly, and grow them from larval stage. These same students will also work with elementary students as they grow larvae also.
Mr. Kondracky’s grant involves high school students learning about fiber optics and lasers. Once these high school students have the basics they will work with Mr. K to perform laser demonstrations and teach science concepts to middle and elementary school students.
Congratulation to both and THANK-YOU PFIZER!

CAPT ACADEMY

Sophomores are preparing for the CAPT science test in March. Students work after school in the CAPT academy studying important strands in science. Some of these strands include energy use in Connecticut, Biotechnology and Matter transformations. To check out questions from previous CAPT tests go to the NLHS science web page.
Also you can check out the names of outstanding students who passed the science CAPT last year at the web site.