June 11, 2020 Academics, Humanities & Arts, Literary Corner
Science Academy Takes 2nd Place at Battle of the Books
Science Academy Team Takes 2nd Place at First-Ever Virtual Battle of the Books by David Tang On Saturday, May 16, 2020, the Science Academy STEM Magnet took part in their first Battle of the Books competition in our school’s history! The ranks in the image above represent their placing in the local competition, which took place at the Science Academy, competing with the other Academy...Read MoreJune 10, 2020 Global Research, Health & Medicine, Sciences, Student Life, Tech
A Guide To The Coronavirus: Origins, Genetics, Vaccine Testing and More
by Suren Grigorian Following the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus resulting in an increasing number of infected people, we are entering a new era filled with fearful projections of the future. A large majority of that fear appears to originate from fear of the unknown, specifically from the fact that among the individuals representing the statistical majority of the public, a small...Read MoreMay 28, 2020 Student Life
Make Your Own Mask
Making Masks At Home By Frederick Ernst Due to the coronavirus, it can be difficult to find masks in stores or on-line. CDC recommends the wearing of a mask when outside the home and when it’s difficult to remain 6 ft away from others in order to contain the microdroplets that can potentially carry the coronavirus. It’s important that we not buy and hoard the N95 masks that medical workers...Read MoreMay 19, 2020 MakerSpace, Robotics, Sciences, Tech
Rube Goldberg Machines Compilation
document.createElement('video'); [video src="https://www.thescienceacademystemmagnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rgm_compilation_low.mp4" /] by Suren Grigorian and Daniel Svediani The name of Rube Goldberg has become synonymous with the word “mechanism,” with his machines connoting images of complex chain reactions which accomplish a minor and relatively routine task at their end. However, the...Read MoreMay 18, 2020 Humanities & Arts
Artist of the Week by Apollo Colligan
Born in Nancy, France on June 26, 1725, Joseph Ducreux may have trained with his father, who was also a painter. He went to Paris to be taught by the famous pastel artist, Maurice Quentin de La Tour. When the French Revolution broke out, he fled to England. Here, he made the last portrait ever of King Louis XVI before the king’s execution. Joseph is most famous for his uncanny self portraits,...Read MoreMay 18, 2020 Games/Puzzles
There’s always got to be that one kid who reminds the teacher to collect the homework!
Thank you to all who submitted captions and to those who voted. The winner was submitted by Leah Rosenthal, Gr. 10. Read MoreMay 14, 2020 Uncategorized