Phillips Academy Division of Natural Sciences

11/15/2019

Ms. Sripad in Chemistry separating the silver from silver nitrate using a copper wire. Second photo is about a day later - so cool!

05/08/2019

Circadian Rhythms

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04/16/2019

To Sleep or to Stay up Studying, That Is the Question - An Independent Project by Monika Nemcova '19 - Part 3 of 9

An Independent Project by Monika Nemcova ’19 Part 3 of 9 In my Spanish class, one of the girls summarized the universal student’s dilemma: we can either study, have a social life, or sleep & #…

04/12/2019

Neurobiology of Sleep - An Independent Project by Monika Nemcova '19 -
Part 2 of 3

An Independent Project by Monika Nemcova ’19 Part 2 of 3 My first week of studying the mechanisms behind sleep revolved mainly around how different neurotransmitters create and affect the thr…

04/10/2019

Why Do All Animals Need to and How Do They Sleep - An Independent Project by Monika Nemcova '19 -
Part 1 of 3

An Independent Project by Monika Nemcova ’19 Part 1 of 3 Even though sleep theoretically comprises a third of one’s life, an educated layperson knows basically nothing about it. I personally …

10/19/2018

New wall art in the faculty office that Ms. Andersen and Ms. Goldthwaite put up today! A big thanks to Ms. Wessner at for her help with the vinyl cutter!

10/01/2018

A awaits us on the way to the Gelb Science Center.

09/26/2018

The A-MAZE-ing Chicks… Take On The Labyrinths of Room 103! GUEST POST BY EMMA BROWN ’19

Take On The Labyrinths of Room 103! GUEST POST BY EMMA BROWN ’19 After a successful relay race last Monday— though some chicks were a tad distractible— Animal Behavior students have spent the past …

09/20/2018

Meet Ferdi! Emma Brown ‘19 gives us her take on Andover’s Animal Behavior class in a new blog post (link in bio)!

09/20/2018

Can’t Help Falling In Love With…The Return of Animal Behavior!
Guest Post By EMMA BROWN ’19

The Return of Animal Behavior! Guest Post By EMMA BROWN ’19 Welcome to Animal Behavior 2018! After the eventful happenings of last Thursday evening, the arrival of baby chicks to dorms and homes wa…

09/12/2018

We are back! And so are the chicks! Stay tuned to the blog at science.andover.edu for the adventures in Animal Behavior with Dr. Bailey - chronicled by Emma Brown ‘19! @ Phillips Academy

05/23/2018

Ms. Golini’s first period PHY400 class using focal benches!