Science Articles

Building space projects and gardens during a pandemic

ISS team looks to tackle three projects this year Due to COVID-19 restrictions and social distance mandates, the International Space Station (ISS) class has faced challenges beyond the usual obstacle of designing an experiment to be conducted in space. In order to...

ISS Update

Project returns to Earth after 3 months On April 6, the Minnehaha Academy International Space Station experiment returned to Earth aboard the Space X CRS- 20, splashing down into the Pacific Ocean. The project, which researched the effect of a microgravity environment...

The art of chocolate chip cookies

The art of chocolate chip cookies Learn how to make the cookies, using science Chocolate chip cookies: an American classic that is a staple in everyone's kitchen. Some people like them with melty, ooey-gooey chocolate. Not everyone likes them this same way so here is...

Full STEAM ahead

STEAM education works to place emphasis on the arts as well as science What is a new scientific discovery without a powerful speech to accompany it? What are new blueprints for a rocket without the mathematical calculations to send it into space? Society cannot...
ISS Update

ISS Update

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

Day 35 Butterflies

Day 35 Butterflies

Butterflies from a biology lab are kept in the classroom for observance after the lab is over. Photo by Maddie Binning.