Archive for October 2021

First-year students in the Water class embarked on a Field Experience to Plant Chicago to meet with Education Manager, Rock Evans. In the first unit, students collected water from the Chicago River which they will filter using a filtration system that they will design and build. Students explored Plant Chicago’s two aquaponic systems to see…

First-year students in the SDGs & You class are investigating the guiding question, “What does an equal world look like?” by examining issues of gender inequality. In this unit, they take a dive-deep into SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being and SDG 5: Gender Equality to understand why gender disparities exist and persist, and how…

Sophomores in the Population class investigated what “unites” and “differentiates” different populations through discussions of species classification, morphology, evolution, phylogenetic trees, etc. To bring their learning to life, they visited the Lincoln Park Zoo and met with Steve Ross, Director of Conservation and Science. In class, we are currently learning about organisms. We have been…

First-year stuents in the Water class visited the Chicago River to collect water. In the first unit of this STEAM course, students have been pursuing the guiding question, why is water so common yet so rare? . In their pursuit of an answer, students have been learning about the abundance of water found in living…