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East science students participate in collaborative project

Posted Date: 10/14/26 (10:17 AM)
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A group of people conduct field research, with two standing in a calm lake and others on the grassy bank.

East High IB Science classes took 92 students out to the Thomas O. Kraner Outdoor Education School, district-owned land near Granite Reservoir, for their Collaborative Science Projects.

The Collaborative Science Project is a requirement for the IB classes where students work in groups to come up with their own investigations, collect and analyze data, and present their findings. Each group has at least one student from Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, so the investigations push them to be aware of other modes of science.

The Thomas O. Kraner Outdoor Education School is used by LCSD1 and Laramie County Community College to give students access to vibrant wilderness near the Granite Reservoir. The area includes a pond and several hiking trails. Students have used the area to learn about fly-fishing, ecology and to simply experience the outdoors, an opportunity some students rarely get.

Four young adults stand inside a rustic building with wooden beams, holding papers and rehearsing together.
A group of people gathers along the grassy edge of a calm lake on a sunny autumn day.
A large group of students with backpacks gathers outside a beige building with a green roof.