Center Moriches High School Science Research Program ➢ Margaret Romaine, Science Research Coordinator ➢ Stephanie Nolan, Science Research Teacher ➢ Patrick Murray, Science Research Student
Program Mission ➢ To provide interested students with the opportunity to engage in authentic and original research. ➢ To foster exploration, creative thinking, and problem solving skills. ➢ To promote cooperative learning and teamwork. ➢ To guide students through the authentic research process as they prepare their research results for submission into local and national science competitions, scholarship programs, grant proposals, patent applications, and research publications.
Curriculum Development ➢ There are several different program models currently being utilized for science research at the high school level: ✓ AP Capstone ✓ Albany Research ✓ Competition Focused ➢ Currently exploring all options
Program Timeline Year 0 – Program Inception (2016/2017): Launch of Intro to Research course for 9 th and 10 th grade students • Year 1 – (2017/2018): Continue Intro to Research course for incoming 9 th grade students • Launch of Research Seminar (10 - 12 th Grade) • Develop Exploring Science Research course/program, grade 8 • Year 2 – (2018/2019): Continue Intro to Research for incoming 9 th grade students • Continue Research Seminar for current students in the program • Year 3 – (2018/2019): Continue Introduction to Research , Research Seminar , and Exploring • Science Research courses Year 4 – (2019/2020): Continue Introduction to Research , Research Seminar , and Exploring • Science Research courses Finalize Cohort 2020 Research Projects for possible submission •
Course Offerings
Community Linkage Students have participated in “Partners in Science” ✓ Brookhaven National Lab has accepted our students each year for their Partners in Science program ✓ Gives students access to scientific journals and resource materials that are not available at CMHS ✓ “Lunch with a Scientist”- students have the opportunity to talk to BNL scientists and ask questions about “real-life” research
Community Linkage Students have participated in “A Day In The Life” ✓ Central Pine Barrens Commission, Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Portal to Discovery, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Suffolk County Water Authority ✓ https://www.portaltodiscovery.org/aday/index.htm ✓ Students perform hands-on research through water sampling ✓ Data is shared with schools all throughout Suffolk County
A Day In the Life of the Forge River
Current Students Presentations by: • Ms. Stephanie Nolan- Science Research Teacher • Patrick Murray- Science Research Student
Current Research Students 2018-2019
Hunter Wheeler-Cooney Senior ; 1st year Science Research Student Research Topic: How sleep patterns affects brain activity and correlation to brain size; observe relationships between the brain characteristics and the rest of the bodies traits. Goals: “After high school I am going into the science field, and thought it would be important to take an introductory science research class. By the end of the year, I would like to have a broader knowledge of my specific research topic and have a better idea of how to go about researching and finding relevant information. I would like to have a literature review completed, by the end of the year.”
Taylor Johnston Sophomore ; 2nd year Science Research Student Research Topic: Testing the effects of oxybenzone on coral reefs (algae) Goals: “I am currently writing a literature review and will be moving onto experimentation and finally will complete a research paper.” Materials Needed for Research: Algae Pumps Sunscreen (3 brands) Tubing
William Daniels Senior; 3rd year Science Research Student Research Topic: The creation of a low cost, open source water quality monitor to supplement the “A Day in the Life of the Forge River” program. Goals: “Long term, this data logger will be able to measure a wide variety of water quality parameters, such as turbidity, phosphate, and nitrate levels. These data loggers will be able to communicate each other as nodes of their own network, and one part of this node will have internet connectivity so that the data can be sent to a master spreadsheet. The data will also be turned into a comprehensive map similar to an isotherm surface map.”
Joey Luongo Junior; 3rd year Science Research Student Research Topic: Investigating the Use of Renewable Energy Through Pedal Power. Goals: “I am currently hoping to finish my invention by the end of next year as well as finish a literature review by this year.” Materials Needed for Research: Miniature Refrigerator Bicycle Electrical Jump Pac Timing Belts Lumber Hardware
Joshua Bauer Senior; 1st year Science Research Student Research Topic: Researching different types of chemical separation methods and determine which may be more effective based on present day data. Goals: “I will be writing a literature review and will continue researching project into college and perhaps alter and make thesis more specific to a type of separation technique.”
Jesse DeMatteo Sophomore; 1st year Science Research Student Research Topic: Investigating the effects of IGF-1 Therapy on patients suffering from Diabetes Goals: “I will complete a literature by the end of this year and into next year will establish a system based on body type to treat diabetes using the hormone IGF-1.”
Jordan Bauer Senior; 3rd year Science Research Student Research topic: To investigate the effect of changing temperatures in the Main Development Region (MDR) of the Atlantic Ocean Basin on Tropical Cyclogenesis. Goals: “I will be completing a research paper and looking toward publishing my work.”
Patrick Murray Effect of Topical Application of Vitamin K on Blood Coagulation
Purpose and Summary How does topical application of vitamin K affect blood coagulation? ❏ Uncontrollable hemorrhage = leading cause of death in battle ❏ Modern warfare has seen two times the number of deaths from wounds ❏ than in conventional wars. We need a more effective bandage ❏ Vitamin K has known clotting properties ❏ Compare with normal clotting time and ❏ other hemostatic agents Bypass the clotting cascade
Procedure 1. Puncture a small hole in the bottom of a vertical tube of blood. 2. Apply bandage and record clotting time. 3. Standard gauze and other hemostatic agents may also be applied, and their effectiveness will be compared to that of the vitamin K bandage.
Supplies What I have : What I need : ● Hemostatic bandages ● Blood ○ QuikClot ($18.93) apparatus/tubing ○ Celox Gauze ($38.72) ● Medical Gauze ● Blood * ● Vitamin K ● Mini Fridge for storage of samples * possible donation
Goals ❏ Run trials and complete experiment by the end of the school year ❏ Write research paper next year ❏ Enter local Competitions ❏ Next step depends on outcome of trials
Summer Internships ➢ All students in the program have filled out a Research Interest Survey ○ Eventually will lead to development of the students’ resume for internships and college applications ➢ We are working on matching students to appropriate programs for their interests
Symposiums/Competitions ➢ We anticipate that by next year we should have projects that are ready to be entered into local competition such as: ○ Long Island Science and Engineering Fair ○ Molloy College Science Fair ○ Long Island Science Congress
University of Albany Science Research in the High School ➢ We are currently looking into implementing this program at CMHS ➢ 3 year program ○ 1st year→ students develop research topic and find a mentor ○ 2nd & 3rd year → students work on their research under the guidance of their mentor, research teacher and research coordinator
Benefits of University of Albany Science Research in the High School ➢ Mentors ○ From outside of the school ○ Internships ➢ Junior and Senior classes can be taken for college credit ➢ EXPERIENCE ○ Communication ○ Public Speaking ○ Research → literature and “hands-on”
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