Skip to main content

Freeport Public Schools

Science Research

Science Research

Science Research Program (Grades 9-12)

Students are inspired and motivated at an early age to pursue the sciences. The district’s award-winning advanced science research program is conducted in the high school research laboratory. This laboratory is equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment like PCR machine, gel electrophoresis, spectrophotometer, autoclave, microcentrifuge, etc. the research program offers students the unique opportunity to conduct independent and group research through partnerships with Brookhaven National Laboratory, NASA, Cornell university, Hofstra University and Stony Brook University.

Two years ago, Freeport was among the 5 teams chosen from across the nation to launch a CubeSat protype. The CubeSat was carried by a drone and went more than 200 feet up in the sky transmitting data to computers on the ground throughout the flight

A close-up view of laboratory equipment, including pipettes and vials on a lab bench.

  • Two people wearing safety glasses and blue gloves conduct an experiment in a science laboratory.
  • Three people in safety glasses collaborate inside a brightly lit modern laboratory.
  • Students in safety glasses work in a brightly lit laboratory, using a microwave with a handwritten sign reading "Heating chemicals only. No food please."
  • Four students wearing safety glasses and blue gloves collaborate around a lab table in a bright, modern classroom.
  • A scientist wearing orange safety glasses prepares lab equipment at a table in a bright laboratory.