EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? Looking back at my essential question, I think it’s safe to say that I have answered it to the best of my[…]
Category: Science Research
Julia CR #6
My Essential Question was “What does the future of engineering look like as our environment changes?” with a sub question of “Can I get a better understanding of the design[…]
Jaquie’s CR 6
EQ: How are various healthcare facilities around the world dealing with COVID-19, and how can understanding this help make the healthcare system more fair and equitable for all? Throughout these[…]
Elisabeth CR 6
Elisabeth 5/18/20 Senior Project CR #6 EQ: What is the science of cooking? Throughout the six weeks of senior project I found that my essential question ended up not having[…]
Julia Week 6: Blog #2
This last week wasn’t the last push that I thought it would be, but I’m proud of the work I did. There was no feeling of culmination, it was more[…]
Michelle- Week Four Reflection
EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? In week four, I spent a lot of time watching “Babies” a Netflix docuseries explores the groundbreaking science that reveals how infants[…]
Michelle- Week 6 Reflection
5/16 EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? I am still finding it hard to believe how fast these past six weeks have been, and though I know we[…]
Jaquie’s Week 6
Throughout my final week, I started to put everything together, organized everything into a final document, and started to put them into paragraphs along with some notes. Although my original[…]
Week 6 Elisabeth
This week I made croissants. It was definitely one of the more stressful things I’ve made because I felt like there were many things that could go wrong very easily,[…]
Alex Pearlroth – Critical Reflection #5
The past six weeks have been interesting. At first, my plan was to take a bunch of classes that were sort of related to my project, hoping that the answer[…]
Alex – May 13th
I don’t know if I just had a breakthrough, if my project just fell apart, or if I’m way too hopped up on coffee. Either way, I have an idea. […]
Michelle- Critical Reflection #5
EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? During these six weeks, I have learned quite a bit about the brain and its complexities, but I think the most learning[…]
Julia CR #5
I’ve written many times about the sort of split nature of my essential question so I’ll spare you the definitions and just get right into it. In terms of research[…]
Jaquie’s 5th CR
EQ: How are various healthcare facilities around the world dealing with COVID-19, and how can understanding this help make the healthcare system more fair and equitable for all? Over the[…]
CR 5 Elisabeth
Elisabeth Seiple Critical Reflection #5 5/11/20 Throughout the process of my senior project I’ve noticed that the most effective process for me and for successfully working on my project is[…]
Week 5 Reflection Elisabeth
I spent the majority of this week catching up on week 4 week like writing the posts for my blog and finishing up research. I also spent some time trying[…]
Julia Week 5: Blog #2
This week mostly consisted of textbook work again. It’s been about fluid power systems. There were no new revelations this week. Although I do notice that I’m getting better at[…]
Michelle- Week Five Reflection
May 9th This week it feels like I have spent more time reading and watching videos than I have in the past few weeks. Though falling into an endless spiral[…]
Michelle Critical Reflection #4
May 6th EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? Throughout my research, I’ve encountered some texts and papers that have failed to answer my essential question, yet allowed me[…]
Jaquie’s week 5
This past week I was tying off the loose ends to topics that I wanted to learn more about or didn’t know that much on. Due to Coronavirus being in[…]
Alex – Critical Reflection #4
The core of my project is looking at psychology and psychiatry; how they’re similar and different, and how they relate to adolescence. Finding an article that encompasses the main[…]
Julia CR #4
The first, Civil Engineers and their Role in Adaptation in the face of Climate Change (link), was a bit more like an exclamation of what should be done. It felt[…]
Jaquie’s 4th CR
EQ: How are various healthcare facilities around the world dealing with COVID-19, and how can understanding this help make the healthcare system more fair and equitable for all? The[…]
Elisabeth CR 4
Elisabeth Seiple CR 4 5/5/20 The two outside sources I chose throughout the senior project process are somewhat similar in that they both explore fundamentally the same idea, that cooking[…]
Julia Week 4: Blog #2
I’ve never really officially worked with circuits, so I was ready to get to this part of the textbook. I learned a lot, but what I’m most proud of is[…]
5/3 Reflection Elisabeth
This week I ran an experiment to see how I could make the scientifically fluffiest cake. I baked four cakes (technically five because I accidentally made two controls), each had[…]
Jaquie’s Week 4
After finishing the paper from the survey, I started to continue my research. My mentor sent me a zoom event on The Roles of Racism & For-Profit Healthcare in Pandemic[…]
Jaquie’s #4 update
This week I started to look into the survey I conducted in mid April and decided that I would write a research paper based on the answers. I asked about[…]
Michelle- Critical Reflection #3
April 29th EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? As I’ve continued to conduct research these past couple weeks, it has become easier for me to answer my essential[…]
Julia CR #3
Theres two facets that address each part of my essential question separately. The reason being that going through the process of designing a whole building sustainably is not where my[…]
Elisabeth CR 3
Elisabeth CR 3 2/28/20 Writing on your essential question: What have you learned about your essential question so far? What further questions do you have? and/or Has your essential question[…]
Alex – Critical Reflection #2
In the summer between sophomore and junior year, I took a psychology class at NYU. I was told that it would be a class of other high school students so[…]
Alex – CR #3
It still baffles me that I’m three weeks into this project, it feels both longer and shorter at the same time. On the one hand, I wish that I had[…]
Jaquie’s CR #3
Before the COVID-19 breakout, my essential question was to look into the different structures of the healthcare system in NY to help find a solution to make our healthcare system[…]
Michelle- Week Three Reflection
April 25th EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? This week I let my curiosity steer most of my studying. Now that I have a pretty basic understanding of[…]
Julia Week 3: Blog #2
This week textbook work wasn’t too exciting so I’ll opt out of talking about it for this blog post. Research, however, has been weirdly engulfing. I found good sources on[…]
Elisabeth Reflection 2/24
This week I made macarons. They don’t really look like macarons at all, and I realized after making them it might have been useful to have had a macaron before[…]
Jaquie’s week 3 post
Going into my third week, I decided to look into specifics of what is happening to our country and the economic toll that this pandemic has taken on us. I[…]
Michelle- Critical Reflection #2
April 21st EQ: How does the infant brain structure work? At the beginning of this week, I thought I’d challenge myself by putting together a puzzle I put together a[…]
Julia CR #2
I’ve spent a lot of time these past few weeks willing the pandemic to slowly ebb. I’m not suffering as much as others, but most of the time is spent[…]
Elisabeth Critical Reflection 2
Elisabeth Critical Reflection 2 4/21/20 This week I was trying out that trendy whipped coffee recipe seperate from my project, just for fun. After I made it I realized it[…]