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Kent's Science courses encourage you to look at the world with a curious eye. We want you to question things. And then question some more. We want you to realize the world is full of information, and misinformation. Even if you're not going to be a scientist, we want you to have a scientist's curiosity, a scientist's skepticism, and a scientist's joy of discovery.
In your Biotechnology class, you'll test tortillas for genetically modified corn. In Ecology, you could work with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection on an on-going (since 1995) project to monitor a local stream. Other classes might have you studying the behavior of lizards or making bacteria glow. You could jump on a quaking bog. Replicate genes. Explore quasars.
You might even develop your own Independent Study project, like the two students who studied burying beetles and then submitted their paper in a scientific journal. That kind of depth is rare for high school students, but then a lot of Kent science is really not that far from what college students or even professional scientists are doing.
In fact, Kent will prepare you exceedingly well for a career in science. The science faculty—many with advanced degrees, and many here over ten years—take the time to develop creative projects and keep the curriculum fresh.
Our Science facilities have the right lab equipment too. There are the simple things, like micropipettes or just having enough space to set up an experiment. Of course there's also the polymerase chain reaction machine and the gel electrophoresis kits. There are fume hoods in the chemistry classrooms and portable tables and the physics labs have instruments that transmit data directly into your tablet PC for your lab results.
So, whether you're taking basic Biology to see how your own body works or you're learning about the stars and the sky in Astronomy or Meteorology, Kent science classes will push you to explore. You'll learn how to find data, analyze it, and communicate it. (Writing well is not just a goal of the English department.) And once you've answered a few questions, you're sure to have more.