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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…
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Letter to the Editor: After reading the Staff Editorial in the Panther Prowler dated June 2, 2017 “Learning by doing: NPHS Students deserve more support for their science projects,” I am really disappointed at the lack of research that went into writing it. At no time did the writer ask if there were any…
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Each year, the Ventura County Office of Education hosts the county science fair. Epitomizing the phrase “learning by doing,” the science fair challenges students to research and create a specific project over several months in a variety of subjects, including alternative energy, behavioral/social sciences, chemistry, electronics, environmental engineering, math, microbiology, toxicology and more. Open…
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Over 600 marches took the streets across the globe on Earth Day, April 22, in an effort to call support for the use of scientific reason, research, and evidence. This ‘March for Science’ was planned partly in response to the proposed policies by the Trump administration which would cut government funding for scientific research,…
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People know Leonardo Da Vinci as a painter whose most famous piece of work is “Mona Lisa.” A lesser-known fact is that he was also greatly fascinated by the human body and spent years studying anatomy. Da Vinci’s sketches reveal one of the earliest depictions of the mesentery as a continuous structure, which supports…
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With the school year picking up speed, many students chose to fill their schedules with clubs or interest groups on campus. This year, students have even more choices as many new clubs were formed around a variety of interests, ranging from science to volunteering. Random Acts of Kindness Club was created by Lisa Liu,…
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Accompanying the start of the new school year, the science center made its debut on Monday, Aug. 29 as a resource for students seeking tutoring in all science courses. It was the success of the writing and math centers last year that lead to the opening of the Science Center. Kristen Skaff, statistics teacher,…