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Arth Dalsania balances his junior year
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In high school, most students have to choose between academic rigor or their social life and oftentimes it is difficult to balance the two. For Arth Dalsania, junior, this was simply another equation for him to solve. Dalsania is a committed student at NPHS interested in math and science, who is also finding time…
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EARThS science lab fosters engaged learning
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From the jumping spider to the rainbow trout fry, EARThS Magnet Elementary School’s life science lab is crawling with creatures with which students have the opportunity to interact. Taking the bearded dragon on walks is just one of many responsibilities that Juliette Gibson and Stephanie Cipriano-Ceringa took on as life science teachers post-lockdown. “I…
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NPHS Science Olympiad crushes the competition
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On March 11, the NPHS Science Olympiad club won first place at the regional tournament at UCSB, so they will be competing in the Southern California state tournament at the California Institute of Technology on April 8. Science Olympiad is a club that encompasses a wide field of sciences in competition. Science Olympiad is…
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NPHS students take on the Science Olympiad
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On Saturday Feb. 26, the Science Olympiad competition took place at NPHS. It is a student competition between many schools all over the country. There are three main events: a building project, a testing section and some labs. Skyler Lee, junior, is president of the Science Olympiad. “[Science Olympiad is] a national competition for…
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District plans to develop new science building
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Currently science teachers are facing issues of teaching in a classroom not properly equipped for their labs and are being forced to rotate rooms per specific course requirements. However, CVUSD has plans for a new science and STEM building to solve these problems. These plans are funded by the Measure I Bond. Jennifer Lockwood,…
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Perseverance lands on Mars
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The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed on the Red Planet on Feb. 18. According to a statement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the rover’s main task is to “seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.” The rover,…
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Tea Time with Darin Erickson
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Mr. Erickson, science teacher at NP, keeps a positive perspective on distance learning. Read this Tea Time to find out about his ideal vacation and his favorite classroom moments! 1. What do you teach? I am a teacher in our science department, specifically I teach biology CP and a biotechnology elective. 2. What made…
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Science Olympiad finds success
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The NPHS Science Olympiad flocked to Antelope Valley College on Jan. 26 to compete in the 33rd Annual Science Olympiad. For hours, the team tested their scientific knowledge against over 25 other schools from the Los Angeles region. In small groups, students participated in categories ranging from astronomy to forensics, with their scores contributing…
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Students get busy in the lab
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Over the course of the next couple of weeks, students in Mrs. Dogancay’s IB Chemistry higher level class will be conducting their annual internal assessment experiments. The internal assessment includes approximately ten hours in the laboratory and further time at home where students process and interpret the data they collect. These experiments are individually…
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Coding a new experience: first STEM make-a-thon launches
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Hunched over the electrical modules, Robert Liu, eighth grader at Colina Middle School, works with his partner to create a light from scratch. After the workshop they attended earlier on Monday, they swiftly accomplished this, the light glowing brightly, and were soon able to make it change colors. But they did not learn this…