The Bay School of San Francisco is an independent high school where innovative teaching and learning is grounded in mindfulness, equity, and community.
Raul Betancourt explains a recent experiment. In this experiment, students react a base with its opposite -- an acid -- until it is neutralized. Students tested different type of antacids in order to figure out how much base each contains, and thus which would be the most effective! The students can tell exactly when the …
Continue reading "Testing Tums: A Chemistry 2A Lab Examines the Effectiveness of Antacids"
Director of the Project Center Brad Niven describes students' challenges and successes with a recent engineering project. The Advanced Product Design Class produced tables for their second project of the trimester. They had to design and build a table that was capable of folding flat, and they each had only a single 48x48-inch piece of …
The Bay School Blog sat down with Humanities Instructor Robin Workman and Science Instructor Jonna Smyth in the midst of their preparations for an all-new, project-based class of their own design. Combining science and social science with an emphasis on politics and ethics, the pilot class will be co-taught and fully interdisciplinary, making it the …
Continue reading "Climate Change: A New, Interdisciplinary Course at Bay"
We asked Meg Millhouse ’08 a few questions about a recent accomplishment: getting her undergraduate thesis published in the American Journal of Physics. As Senior Signature Projects instructor Dave Wang put it, “This is a Pretty Big Deal.” Check out the abstract or rent the article to read online here. In simple terms, what is …
Continue reading "Neutrino What? Alumna’s Accomplishment a “Pretty Big Deal”"
Arts instructor Ascha Drake shares a second experimental drawing lesson. "To draw, you must close your eyes and sing." - Pablo Picasso Students in the Drawing 1B class continue to experiment and explore with materials and ways of drawing. What does it feel like to draw with your eyes closed? They each …
Continue reading "“Close Your Eyes and Sing”: More on Experimental Drawing"
#SchoolStories 