Biology

In Biology, sophomores take previously gained skills into the laboratory. The focus is on cellular and molecular biology, microbiology, human systems, evolution, genetics, neuroscience, and biotechnology. Lab work includes experiments involving enzymes, cellular respiration, osmosis, bacterial transformation, and human sensation. Students carry out microscopic observations of plant and human cells, construct models to study cell functions of molecules, practice solving genetics problems, complete biotechnology labs, and explore connections to medical applications and real-world issues such as GMOs, CRISPR, and climate change. At this grade level, some students are ready to conduct Science Fair project research and labs in the professional laboratories at nearby Woods Hole institutions. Others conduct projects of their own design in the Biology lab.