Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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[CALCULATING Advanced biology makes comebackl For the first time since the 1970’s, an advanced biology class appeared on the schedule. Five students took the course. It hadn’t been offered for such a long time due to a lack of interest and committment. Advanced biology class extended a full year this year but will be broken into semester classes next year so longer field trips can be taken. According to instructor Robert Robins, the group did take several short field trips to Lake Wilson, the golf course, Arkansas River, and the Great Bend Zoo. Students did various ex- periments with a desert com- munity, microbiology, and taxidermy. All these experiments helped students to understand the dif- ference between a wild and con- trolled environment. 7 tried to keep the class (advanced biology) as Informal as much as possible Robert Robins The other biology classes executed many experiments during the course of the year on plants and their cells, tobacco seeds, fruit flies, earthworms, and frogs. On the experiments, students had to name and classify the subject. Students also kept a notebook over questions in their books and various experiments. In general science, a required freshman course, students made hot air balloons for the Big Show. The course introduced them to biology and other earth sciences. The physics class looked at the behavior of nature and tried to see a relation of order to it. The chemistry class explored atomic and molecular theories. They did experiments and used mathematical methods to predict the behavior of gases, liquids, and solids. Heather Christiansen Eugene Huslig EAGLE PROGRAMMING. Watching intently, senior Jeff W. Carr and junior Cory Downing stand behind junior Todd Fertig while he types in data on a computer at the Barton County Community College computer contest. Eugene Huslig EAGLE STUDY PERIOD. During Advanced Math class, seniors Stacy Pike, Jeff W. Carr, Nicole Meyer, Carol Lathrop, and Kent Roberts amuse themselves during a study period. 26 SCIENCE MATH

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Eugene Huslig EAGLE PAYING ATTENTION. Junior Missy Williams works hard to keep her atten- tion on Mr. Vogt during general business class. Eugene Huslig EAGLE KEEPING (JP. Advanced typing student sophomore Shelly Duncan types from dictation.

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Math courses offer solutions Several Algebra courses were offered to students to teach solutions to equations and graphing. Geometry offered students an elective course that dealt primarily with points, lines, and space. Advanced Math class provided students going into math related careers a review of algebra and presented an advanced way of dealing with cer- tain problems. Some juniors and seniors took Consumer Math as a way to complete their math credits for graduation. The course helped improve their basic math skills. Computer Science taught students how to write programs and how computers influence everyday life. Heather Christiansen John Mohn Adviser HERE IT GOES. Junior Tim Carpenter observes a year-end experiment conducted by a fellow student in chemistry class. Eugene Huslig EAGLE SOAKING IT UP. Sitting quietly, senior Mike Moody listens to teacher Roger Stremel during an Advanced Math lecture. M. if N, [ MAIH 27