Science Activities and Trips

Mr. Evan Roberts signs books in Baltimore

Mr. Roberts was asked to sign his books at the Robert F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore

AP Environmental Science

APES students visit the Chicago Botanical Gardens

Microbiology

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.

AP Environmental Science

APES Students work with Zoobot students, planting bulbs for the organic garden

Microbiology and AP Art

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

Chemistry students test a variety of peppers to determine if pH, size, and color affect hotness of the pepper.

AP Chemistry

AP Chemistry students perform an anion and cation identification lab

Chemistry

Fermilab's 'Mr. Freeze' a superconductor physicist visited chemistry classes to talk about the properties and uses of liquid nitrogen.

Honors Microbiology

Microbiology students recently participated in a fish pathology exploration at the Shedd Aquarium.

Aquarium sculpture made of garbage found on beaches

Biology celebrates Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells

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

Honors Microbiology

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 shows its holiday spirit

Science Department and honorary member college counselor Mr. Coy, countdown to winter break in holiday style.

Honors Microbiology

Microbiology students met with a zoo scientist to learn about preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases between zoo animals, people, and wild animals.

College Engineering

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 studies culture....of E.coli

Honors Microbiology students learn about differential media and how to distinguish E.coli from other bacteria based on cell wall composition and metabolic characteristics.

Honors Microbiology students visit MSI to observe heart surgery

Microbiology students tour the Museum of Science and Industry, visiting the tornado and other exhibits after viewing the open heart surgery.

Robotics Club

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.

IB Physics Meets the Fermilab Scientists

Mr. McCarthy's Physics class met with Fermilab Scientists, including HF grad Dr. Thomas Junk, at Fermilab on 10/31.

Mr. Anderson celebrates the Day of the Dead

Mr. Anderson has a suit for every occasion. Here he shows of his day-after-Halloween suit. In the background is Chicago's Graceland cemetery, near Wrigley Field. Last year Microbiology studied lichen growth on monuments here.

Science Department Halloween

Chemistry

Ms. Watkins shows off a t-shirt made by one of her students about an element from the Periodic Table

AP Physics 1

Mr. Anderson's AP Physics 1 class performs a centripetal force lab

Chemistry

Mr. Pavinato blows up a balloon in his chemistry class to demonstrate the properties of different elements on the periodic table.

Physics

Mr. Bonges' IB Physics 1 class prepares to test their mousetrap cars.

Forensics

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 AP Environmental Science

Microbiology, Zoobot, and APES students recently visited the Morton Arboretum to study lichens, fungal diseases, abiotic and biotic factors, and succession

Microbiology

Microbiology students recently learned how to gram stain bacteria to determine their cell wall composition

Biology

Mr. Gibson's Biology classes simulate protein assembly from polar and nonpolar amino acids using a protein modeling tool.

AP Biology

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.

Physics

Mr. Bonges' Physics students work on a constant velocity lab in the hallway using motorized toy cars.

Microbiology

Microbiology students perform a gram stain and a spore stain of bacteria that they collected from a boiled carrot this week.

Solar Eclipse

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.

Coming soon...The month of Holiday attire competition.

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