http://cramerphoto.smugmug.com/Other/CERN-2012/22500924_rXFFVQ
(password is CERN2012)
Apr
23
Feb
16
Field Trip Permission Forms
Tour and Presentation at the UVA High Energy Physics Building – 2/22
Professor Cox who works at UVA and CERN will be hosting BACON members who are headed (or have gone) to CERN for Spring Break for a tour of the HEP Building and a presentation. We’ll leave CHS at 2:15 pm on Wednesday, the 22nd and get back around 4:45.
UVA HEP Field Trip Permission Form
BACON goes to GE for Engineering Week – 2/23
GE has invited BACON to come be a part of their annual Engineering Week. We’ll be on teams with professional engineers for a design competition and lunch party. Lunch is on them. We’ll leave CHS at 10:00 am and return around 1:30 pm.
Feb
03
Bacon 2/2/12
Bacon today involved a lot of work in progress. The science bowl team practiced competing, and the science olympiad group continued work on their various and magnificent creations. Here are some pictures of what transpired today. Included in this pictures is the science bowl team practicing with Dr. Shields, Ellie Kayton building her helicopter, and the whole science olympiad team working together.
Feb
02
What we did this week in BACON (1/26)
This week, our Science Bowl team continued to prepare for their competition on February 5th. The Science Olympiad teams also continued working on their projects, by either studying or building, for those in engineering events. On a side note, one of our members is constructing a Ruben’s Tube out of a ten foot pipe. This science experiment will demonstrate the physical side of sound waves, an idea that is hard to imagine without seeing the waves themselves. Here is a video of a Ruben’s Tube, credit to Mythbusters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynqzeIYA7Iw
Sam drills holes into the giant Ruben’s tube for our latest experiment!
Filip and Noah work on their engineering event by conducting extensive research after their previous tower fell apart.
Garnett and Jonah team up against Lawrence, Neil, and Jessie while practicing for their Science Bowl competitions. Charlotte reads off questions to the group, and Doctor Shields listens in to provide insight.
Jan
28
We need your support!
BACON is a student-run organization at Charlottesville High School. Unfortunately, we get exactly $0.00 from our school to help us enter competitions, take field trips, and do cool projects. Please consider making a donation so we can continue to grow (we’ve currently got 100 members, about 10% of the student body) and have fun with science. Take a look at our Oobleck video. You’re looking at over $200 in corn starch. Totally worth it, but not cheap.
A few of our recent accomplishments and projects:
BACON Walks on Water
Scientific American Likes BACON
GeeksAreSexy likes BACON
Help us travel to CERN
BACON is Top Team at BHALF
Jan
20
Science Olympiad Rule Book!
So the Science Olympiad rulebook was finally put on the website, although it cannot directly be linked to on the site, in order to prevent the general public from obtaining all of the rules. The exact reason is due to the organization wanting to collect revenue on the books, so we are merely sharing it amongst the club. If you are involved in Science Olympiad, talk to Spencer or Neil or Dr. Shields to obtain the URL. Science!
Jan
19
What we did this week in BACON! (1/19)
This week in BACON, our Science Bowl team prepared for the competition on February 5th by participating in their own practice competition. The Science Olympiad teams broke into their individual groups to prepare a guide sheet to bring to their event on February 25th as well as a list of materials for the engineering competitions. Both groups will be well prepared to succeed in their competitions!
Jessie, Lawrence, Neil, Marco, and Emily practice for the Science Bowl competition (Above). One of the three Science Olympiad teams prepares for their upcoming events (Below).
Jan
19
Science Bowl Super Important
The following needs to be completed by January 20:
- Go to this website: http://science.energy.gov/nsb/high-school/high-school-regionals/hs-rules-forms-resources/
- Open the 2012 Student Medical form
- Fill it out, print it out, and bring it in to Dr. Shields
- Open the 2012 Parental Consent & Media Release Form
- Fill it out, print it out, and bring it in to Dr. Shields
- Read the Guidelines for Preparing Participant Biographies
- Email the autobiography to Dr. Shields
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