Mr. Roberts was asked to sign his books at the Robert F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore
APES students visit the Chicago Botanical Gardens
Brandon Reynolds, a '96 HF graduate, speaks to HF Microbiology classes about his career with the Metropolitan District of Water Reclamation, where he works as a microbiologist.
APES Students work with Zoobot students, planting bulbs for the organic garden
Above: The Dexter Graves memorial 'Eternal Silence'. is green due to oxidation. Below : Louis Henri Sullivan was known as the 'father of skyscapers.
Top: The monument of Potter Palmer and his wife Bertha, of the Palmer House.
Bottom: The monument of Marshall Field of Marshall Field's and Co. and the Field Museum
Above: The monument of George Pullman, of the Pullman district and the Pullman railcar.
Below: The monument of Dr. Christopher Manuel, a Rush University Medical Center anesthesiologist.
Honors MIcrobiology and AP Art students recently visited Graceland Cemetery and the Chicago History museum to learn about epidemics, architecture, Chicago history, and controlling lichen growth on different types of monuments and surfaces.
Top: The monument of Henry Honore and his wife, Eliza. His daughter Bertha married Potter Palmer, and his other daughter married the son of President Ulysses S. Grant
Bottom: The top of the Goodman mausoleum, of Goodman Theatre. The Theatre was built to honor the memory of Kenneth goodman, a WWI officer who died of the 1918 flu.
Top: The Egyptian Revival style mausoleum of brewer Peter Schoenhofen is on the National Registry of Historic Places.
Below: Chicago Daily News publisher Victor Lawson's monument was sculpted by Loredo Taft, creator of 'Eternal Silence' and the 'Alma Mater' sculpture at U of I.
Chemistry students test a variety of peppers to determine if pH, size, and color affect hotness of the pepper.
AP Chemistry students perform an anion and cation identification lab
Fermilab's 'Mr. Freeze' a superconductor physicist visited chemistry classes to talk about the properties and uses of liquid nitrogen.
Microbiology students recently participated in a fish pathology exploration at the Shedd Aquarium.
Aquarium sculpture made of garbage found on beaches
Biology Students and community members learn about Henrietta Lacks and how her immortal cells were used to make medical history. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks movie was shown on February 12, organized by Ms. Watkins
Microbiology students visit the Black Art exhibit and the Extreme Ice exhibit after viewing a live Aortic Valve transplant at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Science Department and honorary member college counselor Mr. Coy, countdown to winter break in holiday style.
Microbiology students met with a zoo scientist to learn about preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases between zoo animals, people, and wild animals.
Math teacher Mr. Chapel helps a few students working on their truss
Mr. Svozil's College Engineering class builds trusses for competition at U of I at the end of November.
Honors Microbiology students learn about differential media and how to distinguish E.coli from other bacteria based on cell wall composition and metabolic characteristics.
Microbiology students tour the Museum of Science and Industry, visiting the tornado and other exhibits after viewing the open heart surgery.
Robotics club in the process of planning to build their robots for competition later this year. Mr. Suarez and Mr. Svozil are sponsors for this club that meets in B13 after school on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Mr. McCarthy's Physics class met with Fermilab Scientists, including HF grad Dr. Thomas Junk, at Fermilab on 10/31.
Mr. Anderson's AP Physics 1 class performs a centripetal force lab
Mr. Pavinato blows up a balloon in his chemistry class to demonstrate the properties of different elements on the periodic table.
Mr. Bonges' IB Physics 1 class prepares to test their mousetrap cars.
Mr. Banasiak's Forensics class practices making dental impressions.
Ms. Kozik's Forensics class collects data from a simulated crime scene set up in the library
Mr. Banasiak's Forensic's students compare fiber samples from different types of Material
Microbiology, Zoobot, and APES students recently visited the Morton Arboretum to study lichens, fungal diseases, abiotic and biotic factors, and succession
Microbiology students recently learned how to gram stain bacteria to determine their cell wall composition
Mr. Gibson's Biology classes simulate protein assembly from polar and nonpolar amino acids using a protein modeling tool.
Mr. Knoepke shows off the fresh pig ovaries that he acquired from a meat packing facility at 5am to his interested IB Students (at left).
At right, anxious AP Biology students cannot wait to start dissecting the ovaries.
Microbiology students perform a gram stain and a spore stain of bacteria that they collected from a boiled carrot this week.
Mr. Gibson and former physics teacher Mr. Dvorkin, from Computer Services, both set up telescopes so that students could safely and indirectly observe the solar eclipse on 8/21/17. Mr. Gibson set up his telescope outside the cafeteria while Mr. Dvorkin's scope was put to use between E and G buildings.