science – The Cornwall Local

Student tracks asteroid during summer vacation

September 12, 2019 Jason Kaplan

Three dozen top science students from around the world gathered for a summer program at the University of Colorado Boulder. One of them was Naunet Leonhardes-Barboza, a senior at Storm King School.

Grades 3 and 4 Science Expo

January 25, 2018 Ken Cashman

Third and fourth-graders from Cornwall-on-Hudson, Lee Road and Willow Avenue participated in a Science Expo at the middle school on Jan. 23. It was an evening event, with parents helping the kids set up their exhibits — which had been ready since before Jan. 4 when the original expo was snowed out.

Black Rock group goes behind the scenes

November 3, 2017 Editorial Staff

It’s Friday the 13th, just a few weeks before Halloween. You’re planning the first outing for a new group that includes kids and their parents. Where would you take them — a horror movie, a haunted house?

No time for beach in the Bahamas

January 29, 2016 Jason Kaplan

Over the winter break, seven Cornwall High School advanced placement science students visited the Bahamas to participate in intense hands-on research in marine biology and geology.

Science as strange as fiction at fair

May 8, 2015 Ken Cashman

Middle school science fairs have changed in this century. And the current Internet (not the Internet of Things) is responsible.

Bridge designers take third place in finals

July 3, 2014 Jason Kaplan

In the closest finish in the history of the contest, team “Gold Money” took third place in the West Point Bridge Design competition on June 28.

Builders scrap first bridge; win semis

June 20, 2014 Jason Kaplan

The old proverb says, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”