Science in ISD's high school department is a fantastic voyage of incredible learning,
out-of-this-world destinations, and magnificient experiences:

• Scuba diving in coral reefs and flying single-engine aircraft
• Creating our own wetlands and tall grass prairie
• Viewing space shuttle launches at the Kennedy Space Center
• Participating in experiments using seeds from NASA and a plant growth chamber from Purdue University
• Sending a Life Science Experiment up into space onboard the space shuttle Atlantis
  inside a Get Away Special (GAS) Canister
• Using IP videoconferencing and sharing SOAR-High Earth System Science via the Internet with other
  Schools for the Deaf
• Participating in the international GLOBE Learning Expedition in Sibenik, Croatia
• Participating in the "Faults in the Field" geology expeditions to Utah and Massachusetts

Some very special people have played important roles in making so many wonderful things
happen for our students:

• ISD's Anonymous Benefactor and attorney Ron Elberger
• Bonnie McClain, Tom Dreschel, and Lesley Garner, NASA
• Larry Collins and Manuel DeLeon, SRB Retrieval Divers, Kennedy Space Center
• Indiana Department of Education, Christa McAuliffe Fellowship
• Divers III, Inc., Bill Kiesel, Jennifer Kiesel, Dave Flick, Bill Morris
• Dr. David Snyder, Physics Department, Gallaudet University
• Mary Ellsworth, Earth Systems Science Teacher, Model Secondary School for the Deaf
• Dr. Michele Cooke, University of Massachusetts
• Greg Gerke
• GLOBE
• Dr. Charles Barman, IUPUI
• Julia Hains, Purdue University
• Downtown Indianapolis Sertoma, Greater Indianapolis Sertoma, Castleton Sertoma,
  Great Northwest Sertoma, Greenwood Sertoma, and Nora Lions Clubs