IMPACT

Feats and achievements that humanity made are over the boundaries and forces of what the world once expected. One of the greatest reflections of international fear is the International Space Station, which consists of 5 mainly participating agencies being Natutional Auronics and Space Administration (US), European Space Administration (Europe), The State SPace Corporation “ROSCOSMOS” (Russia), Canadian Space Agency (Canada), ... Read More

We interview and collect data on transphobia and its effects among the student population of the Illinois Math and Science Academy. The intent is to focus on more subtle forms of transphobia not covered in the recent anti-discrimination poll sent out in the spring of this year. Topics include deadnaming, pronoun misuse, transphobic microaggressions, bathroom discrimination, and housing discrimination ... Read More

COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the world but how exactly did it affect different parts of the world differently? We will answer this question by comparing census data before and after COVID. We will analyze how various factors such as income, crime rate, etc have changed before and after COVID-19. Afterwards we will look at covid rates ... Read More

We are aligned for UNSDG Goal #14, Life Below Water. We are analyzing levels of trash in the major oceans and seeing if there is a correlation to the amount of species in that ocean. The plan is to use data from landfill data as well as data that will be able to differentiate the levels of trash between ... Read More

The women’s fashion industry is one of the most profitable and prevalent industries in the world, dominating the media and grossing tens of billions of dollars in the United States alone. From a less numerical perspective, it serves as the basis for much of pop culture (e.g. Victoria’s Secret fashion shows, “brand culture”, fit-inspo pages), and it’s one of ... Read More

Our project is about the correlation between technology sales and waste produced by technology. We expect to see the waste produced differ between various companies and products. We will be able to make conclusions about the most environmentally friendly technology to use. Additionally, we plan to look at how companies source technology andmaterials and how the process of obtaining materials ... Read More

In our presentation, we will be discussing the impacts of online learning on students' lives. We will include various graphs and charts that clearly convey specific aspects of these impacts, and we will propose new methods that would be able to improve online learning. We will also talk about how to best undo the damage caused by remote education ... Read More

This project involves gathering information from United States national data sources to gain a deeper understanding of changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather data. The goal of the project is to organize the information into a manner which demonstrates the more obscure impacts of global warming and climate change on the United States, beyond just the atmospheric temperature ... Read More

In our SLX project, our group will be exploring the effects of deforestation on local ecosystems and the human cost this carries. The use of wood to our species is hard to overestimate, with much of our current housing, fuel, and decorative needs fulfilled by the species. However, human overreliance on wood has had devastating effects on both the ... Read More

The main question we will be addressing is how oil spills affect fish populations, and how different fish species are affected differently. Along with the harmful effects this could have on migration and the surrounding ecosystems. The data shows the correlations between fish populations to the amount of time after the oil spill. Even taking into account the differences ... Read More

Our SLX project discusses the benefits of the Growth Mindset and how it affects students. The Growth Mindset is the belief that our most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work. Many students nowadays have fixed mindsets ( the idea that some people are born with natural intelligence, and others can’t learn to be as intelligent ) ... Read More

There is no doubt that Latinx students are underrepresented here at IMSA. Our goal of this project is to show that there needs to be more support for Latinx students here at IMSA. A lot of us come from low economic backgrounds, our past education is different therefore making our IMSA experience and education different. We will be looking at ... Read More

Throughout the early twenty-first century, there has been an increase in substance abuse in America. According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, drug use went up by 61% among 8th graders between 2016 and 2020, 62% of teenagers in 12th grade have abused alcohol, and 50% of teenagers have misused a drug at least once. As the ... Read More

Although climate change impacts everyone on Earth, it can disproportionately impact people of color, especially those living in lower socioeconomic status communities. Our aim for our project will be to bring awareness surrounding environmental racism in the Chicagoland area. Environmental racism is the disproportional impact of environmental hazards on communities of color and racial discrimination in environmental policy making. The ... Read More

For our SLX project, we plan to create a website based on a journal or news article with general information and an explanation of the trends of the effect of geography vs. levels of education. We will focus on the impact of geography on the group of education people have [we will base it on the relationship between geography ... Read More

The importance of mental health in the school setting has grown at an alarming rate in recent years. School legislators hope that by implementing new initiatives to consider a student's mental well-being, they will alleviate some of the burden placed on students and place an emphasis on mental health. Last year, it was mandated in Illinois that students be allowed ... Read More