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What’s your favorite science class and why?
I like Chemistry because I think it prepares me for other types of sciences. -Sophie Morris, 10
I take Biology and Chemistry, because I used to attend Evergreen High School and they do things a little differenly.d -Jolie Lippert, 10
Biotech is cool because you get to know what’s going on with you and your body. -Ava Dalton, 11
I like labs, one on ones, and more hands-on experiences instead of just sitting and taking notes. -Ella Shiffers, 9
My favorite science class is Biology, and since I am trying to go in the medical field and take it more in college.d -CarolAnne Adams, 10
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Going outside was one of the best thing to do in Colorado, with breathtaking sunrises and sunsets, beautiful mountain ranges, and stunning sights throughout the state. Colorado’s beauty and unique ecosystems drew Jessie McFadden-Barr and her Honors Biology classes to explore the great outdoors at Buffalo Creek. Her classes for the last decade have traveled to the burn area every fall to record the environmental changes that the fire caused there. An unattended campfire in 1996 spread the fire into the area, causing tremendous damage to the environment. With the results of this field trip,students were able to guess when the forest might fully recover from the damage that was caused almost two decades ago. “I didn’t know what I was getting into going into Biology. The labs are the best part, and I’ve really enjoyed it so far,” freshman Gavin Sanblom said. Not only was this field trip educational, it also gave students the opportunuity to understand the earth’s ecosystem and how it works in supplying nutrients for plants and trees to grow after a fire. ”I thought regular Biology would be too easy for me, so I chose Honors Biology. It turns out Honors Biology is more fun than work and going outside is fun,”freshman Audrey Kram said.
What is your favorite science moment?
“My favorite thing about teaching is going on field trips and doing labs.” Jeff Colborn
“Probably interacting with the kids like in the lab and show you new things and have you get excited about it.” Melissa Bartt
“I thought I was going to become a scientist and then I decided that I loved working with kids so much coaching tennis, then I thought about teaching.” Amy Anderson
EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN Learning new possibilities
BULLSEYE Testing for accuracy and precision, sophomore
exploring THE world A CONUMDRUM OF METALS Sophomore Haylee Williams looks for metals such as copper and zinc during an experiment in Chemistry class. “To determine what metal it is, we determine the specific heat,” Williams said. photo by g.phillips WORKING IN THE WOODS The forest outside the school becomes the day’s classroom for freshman Zoe Peesal.She and her classmates measured dirt samples. “Our group was creating a video on how soil moisture affects plant growth,” Peesal said. photo by k. fuller INQUIRING NATURE Freshman Dashun Hollist travels to Buffalo Creek to study ecology. “I learned about the land, the shrubs, and trees,”Hollist said. photo by s.liffengren
Paige Naku and freshman Reagan Pell throw darts at specific targets. “This lab was to help us understand if we’re precise or if we’re accurate with our answer,’’Naku said. photo by s.smith EXPLOSIONS Anticipating explosive results,
freshmen Reagan Pell and Evelyn Meyer load a plastic bag with baking soda and vingar for an experiment in Honors Chemistry. Anticipation became giggles as the contents of the baggie fizzed over. “I get to play with chemicals that I wouldn’t normally be able to use outside of this class that are potentially dangerous,” Pell said.photo by g.phillips ROLLING After constructing her own car with her classmates for a lab, freshman Carley Getz hopes the airbag in her car saves the egg along with it. “We did a crash test with an egg and it was pretty cool to figure out the right mixture,” Getz said. photo by g.phillips DROPPING
CHICKENS In science class,
sophomore Morgan Packard and junior Courtney Coco turn a volleyball into a chicken and drop it to see how many times it bounces and how high. “We were putting eyes on a volleyball and making it look like a chicken. It was pretty fun and I don’t really like science, but it is interesting learning new topics,” Packard said. photo by s.smith LOOP DE LOOP Partners juniors Helen Erickson and Cameron Paul record data for a project in Physics. Physics gave Paul joy and a different persective of the world. ”We were doing a lab on the acceleration due to gravity. We were dropping cars, and letting them go down a track and then calculating how fast they had to go,” Paul said. photo by s.smith
YARD GAMES FOR SCIENCE Sophomore
Samantha Ferguson plays ladder ball early in the fall semester. Good weather meant time go head outside in Melissa Bartt’s science classes. “We played to learn about accuracy and precision,” Ferguson said. photo by s. smith ILLUMINATING
NEW HORIZONS Senior Tereza Capkova, a foreign-
exchange student from the Czech Republic, creates different colors with the Bunsen burner in Chemistry class. “The colors didn’t surprise me at all, because Mr. Bunell is a really good teacher so I already get it,” Capkova said. photo by s.smith
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