7.26.23 – CSIMSA
A ransom note was sent to Fifi LeRoux’s owner last night and so today at “CSIM-stitute”, our doggedly determined CSIMSA trainees learned more about ink chromatography and handwriting analysis (a.k....
7.26.23 – Vital Signs
Today in vital signs we continued our Pharmaceutical project with a titration leading to a neutralization...
7.25.23 – Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
Today our students delved more into understanding the physiological aspects of the digestive system by learning about the magic of enzymes and how these special proteins are able to help us chemically digest all the different foods (and...
7.25.23 – Makey Lab
Shall we swing right to the...
7.25.23 – CSIMSA
Our 5 suspects in the case of the missing Fifi LeRoux have reported to the police department to submit some of their key biometric information and to get...
7.25.23 – Vital Signs
Today in Vital Signs our 7th & 8th graders finished their laparoscopic surgery simulation using endoscopy...
7.24.23 – Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
Today our students got the chance to learn about digestive system anatomy in the most hands-on way possible – (short of getting a ride on the Magic School Bus…): Fetal Pig Dis...
7.24.23 – Makey Lab
The fairytale realm is being bombarded by natural disasters, and they need our campers to help build homes to withstand the new...
7.24.23 – CSIMSA
Today in CSImsa, the campers dug into the details of the crime: The dognapping of Fifi LeRoux, a prized 3-time Westminster dog show defending...
7.24.23 – Vital Signs
In Vital Signs, the 7th and 8th grade students started out their week learning about heart rate and blood pressure, and the factors that may affect...
7.21.23 – Genetics: Nature or Nurture
After a week of hard work, exploration, and discovery, campers performed a protein purification process to isolate the GFP (green fluorescent protein) product from our bacterial transformation...
7.21.23 – Gold Medal STEM
If one were to really synthesize what the Olympic festivities are all about, it is possible to make the case that a vast majority of Olympic sporting events ultimately boils down to figuring out who has become the most supreme at...
7.21.23 – Engineering Explorations
It was off to the boat...
7.20.23 – Genetics: Nature or Nurture
Also, the campers continued their explorations of drosophila melanogaster – the common fruit fly (a widely-used model organism in biological s...
7.20.23 – Gold Medal STEM
Katniss & Hawkeye aren’t the only ones in town who know how to handle a bow & a...
7.20.23 – Engineering Explorations
Our engineers have been working hard the last two days to create a boat that floats and holds weight with a working...
7.19.23 – Genetics: Nature or Nurture
They say “time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana.” Today, in one session our budding geneticists were able to make observations of different Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) genetic lineages and see how their behaviors co...
7.19.23 – Gold Medal STEM
Our Gold Medal engineers will be working hard all week long to build a model mechanical swimmer (from scratch) that can outperform all...
7.19.23 – Engineering Explorations
Halfway through our engineering extravaganza week, our enterprising engineers should be feeling very excited and proud as their Rube Goldberg projects are starting to take...
7.18.23 – Genetics: Nature or Nurture
After extracting our own DNA from our cheek cells yesterday, we performed a lab technique that makes thousands of copies of part of our genome (Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR) in order to have enough DNA to...
7.18.23 – Gold Medal STEM
We have a need for...
7.18.23 – Engineering Explorations
After getting “circuit certified” the previous day and learning about some of the key science and strategies needed to create working electrical circuits, today students were able to start ideating/brainstorming what they would like their b...
7.17.23 – Genetics: Nature or Nurture
Genetics has become a cutting-edge science, not only in the field of biology, but also because of the enormous social and medical reach of its...
7.17.23 – Gold Medal STEM
The summer Olympics include several types of cycling races – BMX, mountain bike, road, and t...
7.17.23 – Engineering Explorations
Our biomedical engineers have just arrived at Summer@IMSA and they are ready for a challenging...
