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Cooking with Kathy

A favorite Investigations activity for our students is to cook. Besides honing their cooking skills and working together, students connect their math and science knowledge to real life experiences. But Read More >>

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Fred Jaquin Mystery Guest

To enrich our study of the Ancient Greeks, Fred Jaquin, Association Professor at Onondaga Community College and Department Chair of the Chemistry & Physical Science Department was a mystery guest Read More >>

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Rigamajig

The Rigamajig  is a new large-scale building kit conceived for hands-on free play and learning. This unique toy was conceived and designed as a custom play feature for the High Line Read More >>

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Science Fun

The older students spent one month in the fall of 2013 rotating between four science centers where they explored and experimented with various science concepts. The liquid station assessed the Read More >>

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Solar System

The youngest children started learning about the Solar System in January. Children developed questions they wanted answered about each plant.  As we listened to The Magic School Bus, Lost in Read More >>

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Stink Bug Mystery Guest

With the invasion of stink bugs into The New School this year, we took part in a study by Cornell tracking the locations of the brown marmorated stink bug, an Read More >>

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Insectapolooza Mystery Gest

Mike Wolfin, a graduate student from Cornell’s Department of Entomology, was a recent “Mystery Guest” at The New School. As a spokesperson for Insectapolooza, he brought with him a stick Read More >>

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Bugsocopter Science

To start the year, the oldest students were challenged to learn as much as they could about bugscopters – a t-shaped, paper, helicopter-like creation of Larry Schafer, formerly professor of Read More >>

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Highland Forest

Twice a year the whole school spends two days camping in Highland Forest. This outdoor adventure provides us with a wonderful way to get to know each other better and Read More >>

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Microscopes

Our nine oldest students are participating in classes on using a microscope and making slides.  To start off this class and after watching a video on the parts of a Read More >>