Project by: Nika Marohnic (12th Grade), Sophie Kielian (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Daniel Li Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peggy and Shafeiq We wanted to continue our study of psychology and neuroscience that we started in our honors project last year. We wanted to study why individuals often perform below their abilities when they are under pressure. We […]
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How the Brain Remembers? – Nika M. & Sophie K.
Project by: Nika Marohnic (11th Grade), Sophie Kielian (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Daniel Li Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shafeiq, Peggy During the 2nd trimester, we did extensive research about the anatomy of the brain, specifically, how the brain processes information and memories. We learned how to create a scientific experiment by defining variables and ensuring that the […]
The Art Of A Portrait – Nika M. and Anna F.
Project by: Nika Marohnic (11th Grade), Anna Faulkner (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Susan Now Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shafeiq Baksh (Nika’s advisor), Peter Heinz (Anna’s advisor) We started off with a broad idea: we both just wanted to explore what it means to take a portrait. Our initial idea was to take portraits of people during the […]