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title: The Ross School Blog | Science
description: Science | The Ross School Blog is a window into the tesseractic honeycomb of ideas that permeate the Ross experience, each post a plane in a spiraling fractal pattern. Students, teachers, and staff will be posting on an infinite variety of subjects—history, economics, media, science, art, video games, Bach, cheese, cryptozoology, race car design, the finer points of cat grooming, you name it—and we’ll occasionally dig back into the archives to share timeless treasures. In addition, we’ll keep everyone up to date about the exciting things happening on campus.
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## [Marine Scientist Gaelin Rosenwaks Visits Ross](https://blog.ross.org/gaelin-rosenwaks-visit)
May 15, 2023
[News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Environment](https://blog.ross.org/tag/environment)
Students on both had the opportunity to hear from Gaelin Rosenwaks, an accomplished marine scientist, world explorer, photographer, and filmmaker who..
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## [Spotlight on Grade 1](https://blog.ross.org/spotlight-on-grade-1)
Apr 06, 2022
[Local](https://blog.ross.org/tag/local), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students)
This week Grade 1 traveled to the Elizabeth Morton Wildlife Refuge in Noyac. The students completed a native bird checklist (osprey, tufted titmouse,..
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## [Field Academy Diaries: Hawaii](https://blog.ross.org/field-academy-diaries-hawaii)
Mar 29, 2022
[News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students), [Field Academy](https://blog.ross.org/tag/field-academy)
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## [Grade 8 Calorimetry Lab](https://blog.ross.org/grade-8-calorimetry-lab)
Feb 11, 2022
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students)
Grade 8 students conducted a calorimetry lab this week. They calculated how much energy is contained in various snack foods by burning the food and..
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## [Grade 2 Spotlight: Earth Systems Investigations](https://blog.ross.org/grade-2-spotlight-earth-systems-investigations)
Feb 02, 2022
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students)
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## [Grade 1 Spotlight: Inclined Planes](https://blog.ross.org/grade-1-spotlight-inclined-planes)
Jan 28, 2022
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students)
This week in Grade 1, students studied inclined planes. They learned that an inclined plane is a straightforward machine consisting of a ramp used..
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## [Honoring the Earth: World Environment Day, June 5](https://blog.ross.org/honoring-the-earth-world-environment-day-june-5)
Jun 05, 2019
[Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science)
Each year, our big, beautiful blue marble of a planet is twice celebrated—Earth Day on April 22 and World Environment Day on June 5. Earth Day,..
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## [Meet the Domains—Science](https://blog.ross.org/meet-the-domains-visual-arts-0)
Apr 06, 2019
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science)
In this installment of Meet the Domains, we'd like to introduce you to Science.
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