Wamego High School - Wa Kaw Yearbook (Wamego, KS)

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16 SCIENCE: Learning By Doing The Science department's philosophy is to learn by doing. “I hear and forget, I see and remember, I do and understand, stated Mr. Riblett after being selected Kansas Teacher of the Year. His 14-year career at Wamego and his other teaching experiences have resulted in state and national honors from all fields of science and education. 1. Mr. Callender. Biology and lab science teacher, is completing his third year of teaching at WHS. 2. Dale Hirsch is programming a computer in Senior Science with Mr. Riblctt’s help. The programs convey to the student the practical applications of the computer. 3. Becky Peters is determining the freezing point depression of the acetamide chemical while under Mr. Riblctfs supervision. Various impurities are added to the acetamide to lower its freezing point.

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Driver’s Education Driver's Education is a class that teaches students how to drive. Each day four to five students drive with a trained instructor. At first they start out slow and easy, learning about how the car handles. From there they become more at cast and more confident about their driving skills. During the winter, the students learn how to drive in the snow and ice. This is an experience that one never forgets. It teaches each person the right and wrong ways of driving in hazardous conditions. Toward the end of the year each student learns how to park downtown and how to parallel park. Then the students learn how to drive a bus. The basic purpose behind this is to teach each student how to handle a vehicle with a clutch. Driving is not the only thing done in Driver's Ed. On Fridays, the class usually takes a test or goes over a chapter in the book. This allows the instructor a rest from his other hectic days. 1. It is important that the instructor is near the student in case problems arise. Mr. Brown instructs Dale Thomas the proper way of parking the car. 2. Classroom studies are part of the Driver’s Education grade, also. Stephanie Yonning seems to be enjoying the chapter in her manual. 3. Not all students find studying easy. Lorey Smith. Carla Roudybush. Peggy Sender, and Jan Walsh decided that conversing is a good way to break the monotony of the Driver’s Ed. study hall. 4. Driving a car is not the only thing taught in Driver’s Ed. Here Dale Thomas. Carla Roudybush. Lorey Smith. Peggy Sender. Mr. Brown, and Stephanie Yonning are learning about the engine of an automobile.

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. . . experimenting 1. Kirt Barker and Jimmy Boggs. WHS freshmen, measure the pressure of water. 2. Willie Rcavis is determining freezing point in third-hour chemistry.