Kimball County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Kimball, NE)

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EXPERIMENTS with potato cores are performed by biology students Qincy Blakeslee and Ron Begley to measure a biological change. TWIRLING THE gyroscope. Mr. Williams explains to his physics class how and in what direction the earth rotates. HONORS CHEMISTRY class looks on intently as a mushroom cloud arises after Mr. Meyer sets off one of his experimental bombs. MR. MC GOWAN looks on as Larry Halstead and Jesse Munoz dissect a specimen, examining its parts and learning their functions in biology class. TWO ENERGETIC general science students. Claire Goodon and Ellsbeth Humpheries. learn by doing when they perform an experiment for their class. 13

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Labs Broaden Understanding Broad and detailed as science is today, general science classes tried to briefly cover most of this field. By performing simple experiments and doing some research, students overviewed science to form a general understanding of this subject. Living things were studied in detail in biology as students dissected frogs and starfish among other things. Privileged to have a greenhouse, students observed and studied plant life, learning about botany,too. Chemistry classes analyzed matter to try to gain a better understanding of the tiny atomic particles and why they act as they do. In labs, the students produced, decomposed, separated, and combined substances. They learned to draw chemical structures, predict chemical reactions. and determine the chemical composition of substances. The honors class delved deeper into chemistry than the regular classes giving the students a broader background for college work. Physics students, challenged by lab work and problems, concentrated on energy and its relation to matter as well as making comprehensives and quantitative surveys of properties of motion, waves, machines and electronics. » Po At (n 4 J J J PROTECTED BY safety goggles ana an apron Paul Sherrerd produces hydrogen. using the necessary equipment in an honor chemistry lab. JEANNE GRIFFITH, Monica Volkmer, and Daria Anderson work diligently on an experiment in biology.

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FIGURES OF all shapes and sizes must be constructed by geometry students and are then used to formulate various theorems. TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS, a major sect.on of sen.or math, are graphed by Joyce Cox to gam a better under standing of them. Math Requires Exact Precision Interest, compounded annually or semi-annually. and areas were just a few of the problems confronted in General Math I and II. These courses were designed to give students confidence and proficiency in the use of everyday mathematics. Solving equations for x and y seemed to be a never ending task to Algebra students. Algebra I laid the basic groundwork to the algebraic concepts as simple binomial equations were factored and written. Algebra II students were able to build on this groundwork learning more complicated factoring processes for more difficult equations. Complex and irrational numbers, logarithms, and probability also challenged Algebra II students. Compasses and straight edges became familiar tools to geometry students as they constructed many lines, curves, and figures. Writing proofs helped them learn to use precise language and to think in a clear, precise, and creative way. Preparing students for a math-oriented college program, senior math provided an understanding of many of the phases in the math field. Plane geometric concepts were extended as solid and analytical geometry were delved into. Trigo-metric identities and functions enabled students to become more adept in using triangles. Probability and statistics and an introduction to calculus were also included in the course. FACTORING EQUATIONS can prove to be very challenging to algebra students since there are many methods available, but only certain ones will work in a specific problem. M