Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Science is the path to truths, realities The Science Department offers a large array of courses. BSCS Biology uses the inquiry approach through labs to investigate life on earth. Zoology is a comprehensive study of the animal kingdom through disection. Ecology students study the effect of man on his environment. The students participate in a quadrant study of the grounds surrounding Lincoln in the fall and spring. Chemistry gives the students an understanding of the elements, compounds, and the reactions they undergo as well as hands-on experience in labs. The basic idea behind physics is to gain knowledge of the principles and laws concerned with physics. Some highlights of the course are erecting a planetarium for the purpose of studying the stars, and an extensive study of waves and their motion. The conservation course teaches students to be conscientious sportsmen and knowledgable outdoor enthusiasts. Students learn skills in hunting, trapping, and are introduced to forestry. Mr. Ace Hendricks, a conservation teacher, was featured in the Iowa Conser- vationalist , a statewide magazine. Mrs. Judi Griffin and Mr. Ed Kern along with 52 other Des Moines teachers took part in a workship which was set up for the purpose of planning drug prevention programs in school. Science department: (seated) Ace Hendricks, Ed Kern, Judi Griffin, Robert Crawford, (standing Robert Allender, Alan Ewers, Tom Scott, Herbert McCaw. (not pictured) Hugh Kent. 23

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1 . Hugh Kent diminishes the schools supply of chalk by lecturing day after day with the use of his chalk board. 2. I sing the words of an old song Ed Kern explains that The shoulder bone ' s connected to the arm bone to Valerie Hildreth. 3. Ace Hendricks broadens the horizons of his conservation class on the procedures of keying trees. 4. Carolyn Dey explains the parts of the cell nucleus to Randy Houseman with the aid of Judi Griffin. 5. Oh rats! thinks Pam Paszak while she wipes up a spill, as Jana Funderburk looks on. 6. Mark Grave and Chris Ayala are having such a good time in chemistry class, it appears that they may have inhaled nitrous oxide. 22

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I. Latin C lub: (first row) Steve Sfeam, Mark Smith, Kaye Murray, Gary Marshall (second row) Kim Carpenter, Sandy Puis, Murray Althiem, Lynn Palmer, Jackie Nef- feneger. Amy Gabbert, Mary Beth K issel, Jeff Hohenshell, Carol Briar (third row) Naomi Burks, Denise C urtis, Diana Durbin, April Pan- nkuk. 2. French Club: (first nm) Marine Guzeman, Robyn (ox, Patrick Benoit, Becky Bakke, Julie Andreas (second row) Ned Baier, Melissa Mills, Michelle Delun, Carol Lumbard (third row) Kevin Palmer, David Bridgewater, Tim Benoit, Jill Andreas, Sand Lane. 3. Latin students enjoy their Christ- mas part . 24