Science

A Trip to the Southwestern Medical District

The sleek, still, shining, shimmering  silver exteriors of the tall, glimmering buildings hide the countless activities inside as medical students and researchers go about their everyday business-- studying, attending lectures, and working in labs. The food court teems with...

New Labs Bringing Science Back into the Classroom

Hoping to mix the lab back into the classroom, Jesuit science teachers, along with other Jesuit staff, planned and overhauled three new science labs in the upstairs B Hallway over the past year. The idea for the new labs...

Down in the British Virgin Islands

  Eighty feet below the surface of the ocean, just off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands, the RMS Rhone, a 310 foot sunken British packet ship lies still, resting on the sand. After 145 years,...

Under the Sea with Marine Biology 2

During the sophomore year of our high school experience, 27 classmates and I applied for and received a spot on the Marine Biology I summer course.  This course, designed by Dr. Todd Gruninger and Assistant Principal Benjamin Kirby, both Jesuit...

Jesuit Marine Biology – A Video Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=082ArdHzvtg

Freshman Bug Project To Be Modified

The freshman bug project is a long-standing tradition among students, alumni, and incoming freshmen. The project has outlasted almost every building, stadium, and classroom. And like the renovations that have altered the Jesuit campus, the bug project has begun...

More Physics, More Fun!

“Roller coasters and physics are a match made in heaven,” declared Patrick Finegan ’14, AP Physics student and roller coaster enthusiast. This day was no ordinary day for the Jesuit physics students. Unlike the balloon propeller lab and the...

The Conclusion of Freshman year: The Biology Bug Project

The famous freshman bug project, an event listed under “Traditions” on the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Wikipedia page, was just completed last Monday, May 6th, as 280 freshmen turned in their projects. The collection, the most well-known event...

The Pinnacle of the Sophomore’s Career: The Molecule Project

On the morning of April 1, the sophomore class cautiously approached the Terry Center to drop off their molecule projects, hoping that they would not drop them or that the vicious gusts of wind would not separate the spray-painted...