Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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Biology classroom changed into morgue for laboratory animals murdered by students Steadily the death toll rose to two as the first semester advanced biology class lost one-fourth of their mouse population. “Mouse Killer” echoed throughout the room as seniors Miriam Biays and Kim Brauer shocked the life out of the white, furry body. The first and cer- tainly not the last victim of Room 44. “Kim and I didn’t intend to kill the mouse,” said senior Miriam Biays. “It was an accident. We were just going to shock it a little bit, but we must have overdone it. I felt bad when I saw it laying there on the cardboard, dead.” Along with testing the effects of some drugs on animals and learning the elements of taxidermy, the class also participated in many field trips to the surrounding lakes and reservoirs. Sophomore Kevin Doll said, “I really like advanced biology. Working with live animals is really interesting.” The physics class, however, based their study and experiments on forces, vectors, waves and the newly-devised Superconducting Super Collider. Early in the year, the class, along with instructor Leon Sobba traveled to Kansas Wesleyan in Salina to hear U.S. Department of Energy Official Dr. Ed Temple speak on the $4.5 billion project. The biology students spent the majority of their class time listening to teacher Bob Robins lecture on everyt- hing from botany to zoology. Along with taking notes and answering ques- tions, they also tried their hands at dissecting frogs and fish. Chemical relationships were the topic of class discussions and labs during the fourth hour chemistry class. They also explored the Ideal Gas Laws and studied about kinetic energy and moles and grams. Students in Tom Stams’ general science class learned about a variety of things such as molecules and atoms, and the effects of pollution on the world. “I like general science. The things we study are really interesting. It’s a fun class,” said freshman Brian Ewing. by Slacy Shields 14

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“Algebra II is hard. Most of the material I’ve never seen before. It’s mainly the graphs that upset me. I can’t do them.” Diane Hoar, junior photo by J. Knupp ANY QUESTIONS?: Instructor Leon Sobba explains equations to his sixth hour Algebra class. 13

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photo by J. Knupp SO THRILLED: Freshmen Mindy Isem and Gretchen Ricker pose with (he hot air balloon they designed in General Science. The class was given the chance to launch their balloons in an experiment studying bouyancy and the density of gases. photo by J. Knupp MAD SCIENTISTS: Senior Mike Patrick adds chemicals to find an unknown in chemistry, while lab aide Tim Carpenter supervises. photo by Dcadra Spring ARE YOU MY PRINCE CHARMING? Sophomore Kari Burke is mesmerized by the bulging eyes of her frog in biology class. “We were about to dis- sect the frog and we had it’s leg tied to the table when it got loose and jumped at me. It scared me to death.” Lynell Flax, sophomore EAGLE SCIENCE 15