Worcester Academy Science Week 2015

SCIENCE 20 WEEK 15

PHYSICS CHALLENGE This is the 12th annual Worcester Academy Physics Challenge! In our year-end physics project, students create a 15-minute presentation on a physics concept of their choice.

Presentations are designed around a specific experiment (including data collection) and conducted in small groups.

Student experiments are designed to approach a testable subject and produce results that can be discussed. Groups propose design projects, laboratory exercises, or theoretical investigations and complete a thorough analysis of the physics involved and prepare a presentation of their findings.

A panel of judges consisting of WA faculty, WA alumni from the scientific industry, local college professors and professionals will hear presentations and judge projects based upon the content of experiments and the professionalism of presentations.

PHYSICS CHALLENGE

SEGESDY’S HONORS PHYSICS

TUES MAY 12th

Jesse Park and Karen Ha - Spongebob and Physics Motion Ben Ushman, Bradley Waddell, Aaron Kline - Sports Science® William Huang & Lillian Li - Physics of “Egg Drop” Kishan Singh, Arpan Bose, Brian Quistberg - Newton’s Cradle Anh Truong and Timary Malley - The Physics of Pouring Ice into a Glass Sepeedeh Azizi, Sumedha Mitra, and Andy Wang - The Fluid Dynamics of Vasoconstriction

PHYSICS CHALLENGE

SMITH’S HONORS PHYSICS Daniel Wang, Judy Wang - Building the Best Parachute Hannah Lowe, Andranik Markaryan - Creating illusions with Sound and Water Maeve Foley, Vicky Xu - The Science of Skating Max McArthur, Ahmed Hussein - “The Gauss Rifle:” Exploring Magnets and Magnetic Force Fields Madison Steele, Alex Poluha - “Cones and Currents:” How Speakers Work Riley Doherty, Harsh Deshmukh - The Miniature Hot Air Balloon Martha Kebeh, Vanessa Jones - Orbital Motion of the Solar System in Scratch Gina Liu, Una Zhang, Alice Martynova - Rubber Band Aeroplane Michael Liu, Vernon Gu - How a Microscope Works Nick Barris, Nell Fitzgerald - Good Vibrations: Standing Wave Patterns of Chladni Plates Emma Carter-LaMarche, Daisy Chen - How Elastic Energy Works as a Boat Engine J.R. Suyemoto, Natalia Dorogi, Qiyuan Zheng - Lethal Weapon - The Coilgun Experience Garrett Kasper, Barry Feng - Electromagnetic Spinning Motor Nicole Fleming and Troy Hansen - Potato Boy Flies: The PVC Potato Launching Trebuchet Achint Singh, Anthony Zhang - The Physics Behind Sound Sam Waxlax, Katie Eppinger - Big Slingshot Jonathan Crimmin, Muzo Koksal - Discharges of a Van Der Graaf Charles Chiang and Nathan Geurkink - Physics of Music Max Sadlier and Caleb Dimenstein - Magnetic Launcher

PHYSICS CHALLENGE

ASTRONOMY DIY Astronomy gives you freedom to explore the Universe in a way unique to the individual. This freedom can lead a student to study and learn the use of ancient astronomical techniques, deeper study in the use of modern tools of study, to proposing a mission process to explore a question they hold. The DIY project will allow the students the opportunity to devise, design, practice, and explore their universe.

Each group of students will have a DIY presentation that will express a topic of their choosing, a 10 minute presentation that will include use of a tool they created or have learned to use. They will demonstrate its use and show off some of the techniques they have learned.

Tanzosh Astonomy Class Morgan McSweeney, Brian Eddy, Jono Crimmin - Using a Nikon D5200 to Take Images of the Night Sky Kevin Lagasse, James Harizi, Rob Mulholland - Building a Simple Refracting Telescope Connor McVey, Katie Drapkin - Determining Direction and Position During Night Time Travel Clare Stevens, Jennifer Manning, Gianna Polito - Human Space Travel: Affect on the Human Body Tarek El Sehrawey, William Parmlee, Bobby Ivatts Development of Home Rocket Fuel Caroline Eberhard, Calum Hepburn - Recording Phases of the Sky Using the iPhone Stanislav Zanevevsky, Yitian Gao - How to Find Local Latitude at Night Using a Simple Sextant

ASTRONOMY DIY

COMPUTER SCIENCE GAME DESIGN The students in AP Computer Science have spent the past 2 months of school working with partners to create their own versions of classic and current computer games. At the showcase, their amazing games will be on display. The Game Design Project teaches students three important aspects of software design: taking on a large programming project as part of team, creating an interesting user experience and, finally, making something a marketable product. Groups will have two computers set up so you can play their games as well as materials to advertise their new game. Between the 3 classes, there are 24 different games to play! The types of games include: Pac Man, Pinball, Flappy Bird, Frogger, Temple Run, and Plants vs. Zombies.

COMPUTER SCIENCE GAME DESIGN

AP COMPUTER SCIENCE McAvoy - A

Nicholas Bernier, Keith Carroll, Emma Carter LaMarche, Yixin Chen, Virginia Courtney, Jonah Glickman, Lukas Jaklitsch, Julia Kelleher, Madi Kusmanov, Max McArthur, Michael Papetti, Alan Phung, Weizhong Shi, Benjamin Ushman

McAvoy - B

Nazaire Arcand, John Chase, Rong Cong, Madelyn Evangelous, Nicole Fleming, Yin Hu, Shuyang Liu, Hannah Lowe, Liz Polanco, Yessengeldy Rakhimbekov, Sidharth Sadhujan, Lauren Sullivan, Anh Ngoc Truong, Kin Wai Wong, Allison Young

McAvoy - C

Mackenzie Baker, Rajveer Dhillon, Riley Doherty, Collin Duffley, Christopher Gibson, Thomas Gow, Peishan Li, Shihyu Liu, Ximing Liu, Amir Miller, Robert Mulholland, Hoang Minh Nguyen, Carmela Pijaca, Jake Scumaci, Madison Steele, WanTing Su, Matthew Topa, Jianing Zheng COMPUTER SCIENCE GAME DESIGN

INVENTION CONVENTION “We are here to put a dent in the Universe.”

—Steve Jobs Every year our Sixth Gradeers are presented with a challenge in their Science class. What would you invent that will make our world a better place? How will you put a dent in your universe?

The Invention Convention fosters curiosity; discovery; innovation; collaboration; analytical problem solving; and critical thinking skills through creation and presentation of original work.

The students: • Identify problems.

• Design solutions to the problems.

• Write proposals outlining their solutions.

• Share proposals to the class.

• Build inventions in the class.

• Brainstorm/collaborate with peers during the building process.

• Reflect daily on what went well, what did not go well, what they would have done differently, and decide a plan of attack for the next class.

• Write one-page research papers on aspects of their inventions.

• Assemble posters for the presentations.

INVENTION CONVENTION

WED MAY 13th

6th GRADE CLASSES Anderson - A Christopher Consigli - Magic Wand Lauren Gray - The Quad Brush Angela Hooker - WPS Samuel Levenson - Las-Ear Darius Lomax - Beaming Path Maxwell Mallett - Aquarium-Muiraqua Alison Miller - Drinking the Sky Juliette Noel - The Flaming Orange Elias Perez - Quickie Buffer Anthony Petrone - Bright Path Alana Saucier - Book Shower Victoria Tirado - Oil Vac

INVENTION CONVENTION

INVENTION CONVENTION 6th GRADE CLASSES Plickert - B Gio Cino - The Slip on Hand Sammy Feldman - The Remoldable Shoe AJ Guimbard - Solar Powered Phone Charging Hat Hunter Hutchings - The Wheelchair Escalator Anaya Kaul - The Soil Compost Merger Mathieu Legault - The Super ML Slider Step Anna LeClerc - Emotions Book Forest Ma - Pillight Devin Perry - HydroElectro Tyla Puryear DeMeulenaere - Light-up Cane Sleeve Allie Yanco - The Completely Green Greenhouse Adam Zivny - Lightning Toss Mallett- D Michael Berberian - Shaker Bottle Faith Eteng - Soccer Aimer Zach Girardi - Hot Hand Stella Gray - The Conveyer Bench Devin Lomax - Rain Catcher Lauren Kirk - Dog scents Cole Keeler - Clean Energy Owen McCarthy - Dog Stilts Tyler Ojerholm - Dynamic Pitchback Maddie Platzman - The Crage Selena Shen - Grill on the go Alec Zhu - Solar Solutions INVENTION CONVENTION

BIOLOGY

FRI MAY 15th

FETAL PIG SURGERY Students in the biology and fundamental biology classes at Worcester Academy will be tasked with developing a plan to perform surgery on a fetal pig.

In this project the students will be responsible for the care of their fetal pig from start to finish. The students will have to develop not only a step-by-step procedure for the surgery of their choosing, they will also have to develop a pre-operation and post-operation plan to insure that they surgery on the pig is a success. One of the biggest parts of this project will be the understanding of the anatomy of the fetal pig. You cannot become a great surgeon without knowing what you have to cut through and fix.

Another big part of this project is going to be the research and procedure packet. This will be in the form of a formal research paper. It will have a written pre-op and post-op plan along with the step-by-step procedure of the surgery.

This write up will have colored pictures and descriptions of anatomical features that the surgery will involve.

Lastly, the students will film and produce a documentary film of the surgery. This will include actual surgical footage and an interview that will focus on reflecting on how the surgery went and ideas on how to improve future surgical procedures.

BIOLOGY - FETAL PIG SURGERY

BIOLOGY GROUPS AND PROJECTS Morgan Mordini, Sam Odjidja - Cholecystectomy James Barry, Caitlin McNamara - Lung Transplant Pramod Metra, Caroline Gow - Aortic Aneurysm Taylor Brown, Jack Steele - Liver Transplant McKenna Grey, Devin Lannan, Louis Scumaci - Arthroplasty Casey Sullivan, Tad Nguyen - UCL Reconstruction Mickey Sindoris, Andrew Crowthers - Nephrectomy Jahssyr Addo, Georgianna Angelis - Heart Transplant Ethan Student, Jake Drapkin - Appendectomy Regina Milkani, Jess Perro - Hip Replacement Zach Zides, Daryan Mcdonald - Arthroplasty James Topa, Jack Baker - Heart Transplant Mia Conte, Tanya Singh - Lung Transplant Ben Fahey, Michelle Moina - Liver Transplant Kelley Reynolds, Julia Blum - Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement

BIOLOGY - FETAL PIG SURGERY

BIOLOGY GROUPS AND PROJECTS Thomas Bolstad, Troy Tran - Craniotomy Michaela Brady, Adriana Rochelle - Kidney Transplant Sydney Kennedy, Anastasia Parafestas - Epilepsy Surgery Katie Yarber, Gunnar Siegel - Knee Replacement Dan Martin, Jack Rodman - Heart Transplant Courtney Mili, Ryan Finn, Max Levenson - Whipple Jordan Chagnon, Alan Torres Guiza - Antireflux Surgery Sam Deng, Conor Coghlin - Lung Transplant Shelia Gadbois, Chloe Zhang - Appendectomy Duncan Lavine, Evan Lee - UCL Reconstruction Sofia Polletta, Rachel Perro - Liver Transplant Hannah Michelson, Suzy Ewings - Lumbar Fushion Laney Szczygiel, Ilyana Stuart - ACL Replacement

BIOLOGY - FETAL PIG SURGERY

BIOLOGY 20% PROJECT Passion. Passion drives us. Passion keeps us interested.

Passion inspires us.

This is the goal for our 20% Project time this year; to inspire within students the desire to learn. Since the beginning of January, Honors Biology students have been provided 20% of class time to investigate a topic that they are passionate about and relate it to Biology. These passion-based projects will be presented during the WA Science Night.

The goal in doing 20% Time with students is to provide them with the time and resources to pursue a topic of interest and dig deep into how it relates it to their life and Biology. These are projects that they have modeled after their own passions, created their own questions, formed their own conclusions, and chosen how they will creatively communicate their work.

These presentations should not be seen as the “end” of a long project but just as a “draft” of a much-longer process in life-long learning. Prepare to be amazed!

BIOLOGY - 20% TIME PROJECT

HONORS BIOLOGY CLASSES Crowthers - C Andrew Alper, Devin Barresi, Courtney Haley, DuKyung Kang, Michaela O’Brien, Lauren Revene, Isabelle Samko, Stanislav Zanevskyi, Zhao Fei Zhou Crowthers - D Xuezhen Chen, Max Glickman, Tara Knoblock, Emily Ledoux, Nicholas Lennox, Lillian MacLean, Gabriela Ohl, Sebastian Ortiz, Daviana Perez, Raymond Reeves, Nina Rusk, Cyrus Salmassi Crowthers - F Olivia Johnston, Ximing Liu, Justin Meininger, Tea Qatipi, Margaret Reiter, Jared Smith, Daniel Sullivan, Lucas Vining-Recklitis, Kin Wai Wong

BIOLOGY - 20% TIME PROJECT

THANK YOU Sincere gratitude goes to the Guest Judges, Parents, Students and Faculty who made Science Week possible.

“Once a student creates work of value for an authentic audience beyond the classroom— work that is sophisticated, accurate, important and beautiful—that student is never the same.

When you have done quality work, deeper work, you know you are always capable of doing more.”

— Ron Berger

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