Sophia Casto

Making stock and dilute solutions in AP Chem! 💧👩‍🔬

So proud of the Class of 2027 in winning first place for their impressive banner! A direct result of taking pride in their work and being responsible. Homecoming weekend was a blast! 🏈 💙🤍

Ice cream making!! 🍦

Science Honor Society Induction!

Thank you Ms Casto, Ms Javaras, and Dr Bissoondial for organizing a fabulous science symposium and science honor society induction ceremony!

Congratulations, Stella! Our JSHS finalist!

Ms Casto’s AP Chemistry students determining the molar volume of a gas @CastoSophia @Alexa_ndra_G @Academics_HWPS

The science department at Hewlett HS transformed into the Atoms Family for Halloween! @Alexa_ndra_G @Academics_HWPS @AmandaKavs can you name all of the elements represented?

AP chem students exploring IMFs by making calming test tubes! ✨🧪

Ms Casto’s AP Chemistry students modeling, calculating, and investigating atoms @CastoSophia @Academics_HWPS @Alexa_ndra_G

“They opened the world of electrons, which we never had access to before.” Immediately after the announcement, Professor Mats Larsson, member of the Nobel Committee, was interviewed by freelance journalist Sharon Jåma about the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Love this quote. I think this applies to all educators.

AP review time! Students are progressing through station rotations for each unit. Proud to have such a diligent group of students that learn from and support each other. 😊 🧪 @mineolahs @MineolaUFSD

Today chemistry students collaborated in making potential energy diagrams for the synthesis and decomposition of water! 😊 @mineolahs @MineolaUFSD

Students conversing and completing task cards before their exam on solutions! 💦😊 @mineolahs

If a snowflake is simply frozen water, why does it look so different from an ice cube? Students used their chemistry knowledge to answer this question and explored how the beauty of snowflakes results from the internal order of water molecules! 💙❄️⛄ @MineolaUFSD @mineolahs

@EdwardTu79 @mineolahs @MineolaUFSD So interesting Edward!

@CastoSophia @mineolahs @MineolaUFSD Fun fact: It’s widely believed that the fall of the Roman Empire was contributed to thanks to too many people getting lead poisoning, as lead is one of the most toxic elements on the periodic table, and Rome used lead widely in its paint and pipes.

Watch pretty crystals of lead (II) iodide form as it precipitates out of solution when cooled! Regents chemistry students are learning about factors that affect solubility, such as temperature, and AP chem students are exploring solubility equilibria! ✨ @mineolahs @MineolaUFSD