Hailey Morris' Stem Portfolio

                                                       

 

Welcome!

I am Hailey Morris and I am a student at Roland Park Country School as a member of the class of 2017. This portfolio highlights my major works as a member of the RPCS STEM Institute. I realized in the middle school that I was very interested in the sciences, and this led me to join the STEM program at RPCS in 8th grade. As an 8th grader, some of my classmates and I conducted an experiment to analyze the different types of erosion barriers in our school's back woods. My group entered our experiment into the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, and were named national finalists! After the amazing experience I had in middle school, I knew that the RPCS STEM program was something I wanted to get involved in as an upper school student.

I have taken 4 semesters of STEM classes in my upper school. Each semester was geared towards discovery in two of the four aspects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). In addition to participating in the STEM program at RPCS, I took Honors Biology and  Honors Physics. I am currently taking Honors Chemistry as well as Civil Engineering. I also take Honors math classes every year, and have found ways to connect the sciences to mathematics everyday.

In the summer of 2016, I will be interning at Simmons-O'brien and Orlinsky Dermatologist Practice to create a self-diagnosis packet for skin cancer. I became interested in dermatology through a 10th grade STEM class where we created and packaged our own sunscreen.

8th Grade STEM Class
 9th Grade Stem Class
  
Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge  Short Term Memory Paper    
In this project, two of my classmates
and I investigated the amount of erosion
occuring in our school's backwoods.
We studied the difference between
a vegetation and cement barrier, and
concluded which barrier was most
effective in our community. This is
the application we sent into the contest,
and we recieve national recognition
as a finalist.














This paper documents a short
term memory project that a classmate
and I completed. We analyzed the effect
of different iPhone notifications (ringtone
and vibration) on short term memory.


Season Change Program
In this project, some classmates and I
created a model to predict the change in
grass growht, precipitation, and soil
temperature over seasons.This is a computer
 program made by Scratch which models
allows one to input data from one variable
and recieve predictions for the other variables.


Mars Rover Expedition Project 
In this project, a group of classmates
and I simulated a mars rover traversing mars.
We created our own icon based programs
to enable our robot to function properly and
move around, through, or on top of obstacles.
We outlined our project in the presentation.



10th Grade STEM Class		  
Euclidean, Spherical, and Hyperbolic Geometry Paper   Optical Illusion Project 
In this paper, I described the basic
elements of euclidean, spherical, and
hyperbolic geometry. I also compared
and contrasted aspects of each type
of geometry, as well as offered real-
world applications that I have witnessed
firsthand.

 In this project, a classmate and I
studied specific types of optical illusions,
such as cognitive, literal, and physiological
illusions. We gave a presentation to our class
and provided definitions, examples, and real
world applications for each illusion.


Sunscreen Project     Snow Salt Project    
My classmates and I were given the
 task to develope and engineere a
sunscreen that is both safe and has a
high SPF value. In addition to
creating the actual suncreen, we
made the most cost efficent and
protective packaging possible for
our suncreen.		 In this project, two of my classmates
and I tried to create the most cost
efficient and effective alternative to
the generic snow salt of Baltimore City.
We attempted to create an alternative
snow salt that was less harmful on
the environment while still melting
ice efficiently.