Thank you to all the families who came to STEM Night to learn from students – and for bringing your curiosity and questions! The evening was full of lively inquiry as families toured student-made displays and talked with students about their projects and research – check out the video on Instagram to hear the buzz!

STEM at the Upper School

STEM at the upper school goes beyond core math and science classes and also weaves through Aperture classes, Electives, and Panoramas. Students had the option to choose an area of learning from any Hyla STEM class to highlight the intersection of that body of knowledge in the broader world. Students created kiosks to introduce their projects (with text, equations, graphs, figures, models, original art, etc.) and spoke with guests throughout the night to share their knowledge and answer questions.

Personalized Learning = Deeper Learning

The range of topics covered and diverse presentation styles on STEM Night is a compelling showcase of how deeper learning develops when students integrate their own interests, curiosities, and personalities into their learning.

Here is a look at their projects and the originating classes:

Human Centered Design Aperture

• Designing Hyla’s 3D Printing Pursuit
• Investigating alternate binding materials for BioChar
• Hyla Bike Shelter project

Chemistry

• Demonstrating gas laws
• How chlorine kills algae

Biology/Math 201

• Modern agriculture and its effects on species diversity
• The effects of cultivation on biodiversity

Math 150

• Transformations & similarities in The Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Spin and Die, a casino game. Is it fair? You decide
• Gambling with sanity: On Probability

Deep Dive Panorama

• Food Miles: The environmental costs of transporting food
• Composting: The Dirt-y Secret
• Mapping the European green crab invasion
• The ecological threat of the European green crab
• Tourism and reefs: Disney’s cruise ship port at Lighthouse Point on Eleuthera and a rapidly growing cruise ship industry
• Warming oceans and coral bleaching
• Coral bleaching “bring it home” project

Chemistry

• What is crushing these cans? A Chemystery
• Mg Burns
• Exploring viscosity
• History of the Periodic Table of Elements
• Radiation explained with probability

Biology

• Bainbridge Biodiversity Expedition