Estancia High School - Flight Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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What Was That Explosion? Just An Experiment When mosr srudenrs rhink of lobs, whor immediorely comes ro mind ore explosions end smol ;e coming from rhe chemistry lob, or frogs be- ing dissected in biology, and srudenrs getting sick. In reoliry, this rarely happens. The labs done in rhe science classes re- quire lots of concentration and re- sponsibility Often, students also manage to have fun while learning the materials. Jeff Hoynes described his marine science lobs as fun until we started studying muscles for three days in a row Kris Choi, with o slightly more scientific view on things, said, The labs were tedious and hazardous to your health, but they gave you a Kim Quirk loolss up from lier nores during Q Shown Longer exomines inis specimen a science lecrure ro see rhere is srill fifreen leaf somple, under o Inigln-power micro- minures lefr ro go scope ro find rhe chloroplasrs. better understanding of why reoc- tions happen. About the sulphur experiment in chemistry, Irene Liu said, It was supposed to do rhor. Just because our reoction didn ' t smell good doesn ' t mean it didn ' t work. If you wont to pass physics, Jon Pici ett had the perfect answer. The only thing more important than physics labs is sleep. 48 Academics

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George Ehora, Kelly Cowon, ond Paul Sollenbach hong our in rhe hisrory court. Kellie Wylie answers some of Christie Schwartz ' s quesnons in Mr. Moody ' s consrifunon No Matter What, History Never Changes. For some people or Esroncio, histo- ry was rheir worst subject end for o few, it wos rheir best. Some srudents complained rhor rhe lecrures were dull, while orhers poinred our rhor ir wQs whor was being soid rhor mode rhem Jnreresrmg Brett Dorboro, who was in Mr. Lowhorn ' s US Hisrory doss, rhoughr rhor Hisrory wos boring , bur od- mirred rhor ir wos on imporronr sub- jecr and said rhor from ir I learned whor nor ro do if I ever become a polincion. Andy Heidory hod a senior hisro- ry doss, and he enjoyed hisrory a lor. He even hoped rhor one doy he would become a hisrorion. He said hisrory was his besr subjecr, ond rhor he liked his hisrory dosses or Esroncio, and hod looked forward ro rhem every doy. He explained rhor rhe reason he liked hisrory wos because, whor you ' re roughr never chonges, it olwoys sroys rhe some, no morrer whor, He also said rhor rhrough hisrory, we con learn from our posr misrokes whor nor ro do in rhe furure, because rhe posr repeors irself. For wharever reason, hisrory was o required subjecr for rhree years, ond rhe srudenrs usually beneflrred from tr Sociol Srudies 47

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,im Quirk and Amy Wilcox doubr an answer ur forrh while discussing rheir homework os- gnmenr. 01 Insects! One of rhe mosr dreaded aspects of biology for srudenrs was rhe insecr collecrion. Srudenrs in Mr. Tom Fish- er ' s biology doss weren ' r required ro make on insecr collecrion as he rhinks rhey ' re useless, said Barbara Hargrove wirh a grin. However, rhe unforrunare sru- denrs in Mr. Ed Wynkoop ' s class hod ro moke one oround May None of rhe srudenrs were look- ing forward ro collecring ond mounr- ing rhe specinnens. Heather Horvat claimed she didn ' r undersrand why rhey had ro ' go our, corch rhe bugs, kill rhem, and pin rhem ro a board. Thor ' s being roo cruel ro rhe bugs. Debbie Hargrove picrured obove wirh an insecr collecrion com- menred rhar moking ir wouldn ' r be roo bod, bur collecring rhe insecrs would be rhe worsr parr, looking under rocks and srones and such. The idea of pinning rhe insecrs ro a board and spreoding rheir wings our and oil does nor appeal ro me, said Jennifer Stark. tj Science 49 .