SHS students attend 2018 Summer Science Institute

Over the summer, students from SHS spent a week attending the 2018 Summer Science Institute at Syracuse University. During this time, students were able to participate in various investigations, working with their peers to draw up conclusions on various projects.
 
Throughout the week, students learned about animal development. This included many different project areas, such as looking at animals through dissecting microscopes, growing zebra fish embryos and exposing them to ethanol to see the effects, looking at proteins and watching them change. Additionally, students learned how to use micropipettors, mass spectrophotometers, and centrifuges, and learning how it related to diseases like ALS. They also measured their own body proportions to see if they matched Leonardo da Vinci's original proportions in his "Virtruvian Man," while also learning about their lung capacity before, during, and after exercise. Finally, students generated a poster documenting their research findings with the zebra fish and shared them to an audience of parents, researchers, and their peers in the program. 
 
The week was a successful one of science exploration, filled with novel and exciting experiences for the students of the Solvay UFSD.