molecule mania!

making monosaccharides then linking them together using dehydration synthesis...

welcome to the new school year!

seventh graders have visited the Synnestvedt Outdoor Classroom

eighth graders are experimenting in the lab...

check back here often to see what's going on at NCCS in our science classrooms!

Also, welcome to our new science department members, Jeannie LaPlante (teaching 8th & 9th grades) and Sanj Maliakal (teaching 6th & 8th grades).

what did you do on your summer vacation...?

stay tuned for september....

have a fun summer! from the nccs science department...

clay animal kingdom

First graders have finished their animal kingdom projects! Working from their own sketches, they designed and molded amphibians and reptiles out of clay. Bird seed, pine cones and other natural materials were used for scales, claws and marking patterns on their animals.

tagging horseshoe crabs!

Country Schoolers, their parents and teachers waded into the water on Old Mill Beach in Westport this past weekend to capture and tag horseshoe crabs as both an extension of the seventh grade Long Island Sound unit and community service for Project Limulus (see 'what we're reading" for link).

Marine Biology in the Florida Keys

Everybody in for the swim test! Ninth graders studied coral reefs and other ecosystems of the Florida Keys during their weeklong expanded study. Highlights were snorkelling at the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary, the Dolphin Research Center and the Turtle Hospital.