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Short Takes: November Election

Go Out and Vote 34 seats in the US senate, all eight of the Minnesota seats in the house of representatives, Minnesota Governor, and Minnesota secretary of state are all on the ballot this november. This election, more than most, has been made pressingly important by...

Unlikely links between school, space & war

Russia invades Ukraine, retreats from ISS Minnehaha's annual space-station project may take new directions in future years Testing shark skin on bacteria growth, growing calcium carbonate crystals and trying to revive dried algae have all been experiments worked...

The importance of truth in a time of uncertainty

What it means to navigate a "post-truth" world "What is a woman?" "I don't know, I'm not a biologist."  This is the scene that played out between Senator Marsha Blackburn and Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Judge Jackson's response -- "I don't know, I'm...

Eat, school, sleep deprivation-repeat

Recently, I purchased an alarm clock that wakes me up using light instead of noise. It increases the amount of light it shines over a 30 minute period ending during my set wake up time. After that, it beeps anyway just in case. The idea is that I'll wake up the...
Shooting for Mars

Shooting for Mars

SpaceX has partially successful launch as the company makes steps toward interplanetary travel On December 8, 2020 in...

ISS Update

ISS Update

Project returns to Earth after 3 months On April 6, the Minnehaha Academy International Space Station experiment...

Full STEAM ahead

Full STEAM ahead

STEAM education works to place emphasis on the arts as well as science What is a new scientific discovery without a...