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Students have been smashing skull models to study forensic evidence of a hypothetical crime.

Studying the science of a potential crime scene

By Sam Stiller, Co-Layout Editor May 12, 2015

Picture this: Students walk in to their engineering class, where they are learning how to build a lifelike skull, fit it with (realistic) synthetic skin, fill it with an artificial “brain,” all so...

Teacher Christopher Brandes and sophomore Joey Ciolino have researched alternative bio-fuels for four months.

Working to find better scientific solutions

EDITOR'S NOTE: Last in a four-part series about AMSA's innovative science research program
By Nathan Richardson, Features Editor May 2, 2015

Biology teacher Christopher Brandes is all about sustainability. He even teaches a class devoted to the concept. It should come as no surprise, then, that Mr. Brandes—as part of the science department’s...

Working with bacteria to produce indicators in their research, students created a streak plate with the schools acronym.

Prepping students for research, including cancer

EDITOR'S NOTE: Third in a four-part series about AMSA's innovative science research program
By Chris Ludlam, Opinion Editor April 28, 2015

It’s right there in the name: science, as in Advanced Math and Science Academy. Teachers and students alike, through the science department’s new research program, are showing the world exactly how...

Charlie Lane presented his findings about soil contamination around Milham Brook to the Geological Society of America last month.

AMSA students find and study soil contamination

EDITOR'S NOTE: Second in a four-part series about AMSA's innovative science research program
By Rebecca Perlin, Staff Writer April 14, 2015

Charlie Lane is on his hands and knees at the banks of the Milham Brook in Marlborough digging through the dirt. He collects samples of soil and puts them in plastic bags to check for levels of arsenic,...

Junior Karl Lausten is working on field research to learn more about local wildlife.

Out of the classroom and into the field

EDITOR'S NOTE: First in a four-part series about AMSA's innovative science research program
By Alli Caulfield, Co-Editor April 12, 2015

AMSA science teachers have always tried to incorporate innovative tactics to make the sciences as hands-on and dynamic as possible. From analyzing blood splattering in forensics to incorporating bunnies...

CEO Thomas Sohmers at his desk in the offices of REX Computing, based in Palo Alto, Calif.

From AMSA to teen CEO, he is the master of his universe

Thomas Sohmers takes an unconventional path
By Alli Caulfield, Co-Editor January 17, 2015

A gift of $100,000 and a one-way ticket to California. It almost sounded too good to be true. But like most lavish offers, it had a catch that would leave many people writing endless lists of pros and...

AMSAs Spirit Week is traditionally capped by color wars, a battle between high school classes.

A week of AMSA pride, spirit, and scholarship fundraising

By Chris Ludlam, Opinion Editor December 18, 2014

As the competition starts, students sound air horns and enthusiastically cheer on their grades. With the sophomores tugging against the seniors in a heated game of tug of war during AMSA’s Spirit Week...

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