Science Department

Department Head- Mrs. Shayna Morgan
508.675.8100 Extension 1170
smorgan@fallriverschools.org



Science: In The News

The new curriculum for Botany has done a total turnaround from the original one. Where once students were asked to learn facts from a text book like any average science class, students are now being taught 21st Century skills that would apply to any job career, as well as learning what it means to work in, manage or even own a florist shop. Being a completely new class there are things that go wrong that not even the teacher can fix right away, which allows students to trouble shoot issues that occur in labs.  For example, inside of the plant room there is a large hydroponics tank set up by the a group of students that once didn’t function, as well as a smaller hydroponics tank that was inoperable but now works and several pumps that now operate. 

Other then the practical skills that are being learned, Botany has started and completed several projects with plans to complete even more. The class has managed to obtain plants and split several plants including geraniums, blackberries, mums and a lot more. They are also growing vegetables from seeds as well as learning how to hydroponically grow seedlings.  The green house now has over 50 plants in it and is in the process of being cleaned and organized. There is also a rabbit cage inside of it that will be renovated.  We have two bunnies that students tend to and to gather their pellets for fertilizer for the plants. 

Future plans include building and planting community gardens, creating activities and curriculum that can be utilized by the local elementary and middle schools for field trips, raising chickens, investigating insect/plant interactions, creating window-farms for the school and many other exciting student-run projects.

  
We would like to thank Rocky's Ace Hardware for their generous donation in support of this program!
 

 

Science Department Faculty

Preparing today's generation for tomorrow

Abdow, Steven sabdow@fallriverschools.org

Bertonicni, Jennifer jbertoncini@fallriverschools.org

Ms. Bertonicini's Webpage

Chase, Anna achase@fallriverschools.org

Cote, Kristen kriscote@fallriverschools.org

Ms. Cote's Webpage

Duffy, Sean sduffy@fallriverschools.org

Mr. Duffy's Webpage

Faris, Deborah daris@fallriverschools.org

Ferreira, John johnferreira@fallriverschools.org

Fitton, Robert rfitton@fallriverschools.org

Mr. Fitton's Webpage

Gagne, Denise dgagne@fallriverschools.org

Goozey, Steven sgoozey@fallriverschools.org

Galatzer-Levy, David dgalatzer-levy@fallriverschools.org

Lee, Patrick plee@fallriverschools.org

Mr. Lee's Webpage

Manfredi, Kathryn kmanfredi@fallriverschools.org

Morgan, Shayna smorgan@fallriverschools.org

Ms. Morgan's Webpage

Mosher, Marybeth mmosher@fallriverschools.org

Ms. Mosher's Webpage

O'Neill, Brendan boneill@fallriverschools.org

Pacheco, Jamie jamiepacheco@fallriverschools.org

Mr. Pacheco's Webpage

Quental-Aguiar, Kimberly kimaguiar@fallriverschools.org

Schaivone, Kara kschaivone@fallriverschools.org

Souza, Jennifer jensouza@fallriverschools.org

 

Announcements

The Durfee Green Team meets every other Monday in Room 321 after school. Students with questions should see Mr. O'Neil in Room 321.

The Durfee Science Club meets every other Tuesday in Room 303 after school. Students with questions should see Mr. Goodman in Room 303.


Resources

MCAS question bank

Discovery Education

Multilingual High School Glossary

Biology

On-line biology textbook

MCAS biology review

Biology video clips

National Center for Biotechnology

BioInteractive

zeroBio

The Greenhouse

Marine Biology Links

Chemistry

Chemistry Lecture Notes

Dynamic Periodic Table

Interactive Simulations

Physics

The Physics Classroom