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Chemistry & Pancakes

April 6, 2020

The last time you made pancakes, did you think about the chemistry involved in the baking process? Probably not. In Chemistry today Mark Miller, PhD did a kitchen experiment making pancakes. Students submitted their own recipes for pancakes and each devised an experiment to test the role of a given ingredient (e.g. what happens when […]

The Human Skeletal System, Spring Flowers, and Online Welding

March 30, 2020

Science and Ag Instructor, Mike Severino-Patterson, has been keeping his students busy. In Anatomy & Physiology, while they talk through the different bones analyzing them in terms of structure and function, he has each student is working with an anatomy coloring book (specifically the skeletal system). In Plant Science he shared with them […]

Anatomy & Physiology class learns through dissection

March 12, 2020

Over the past couple weeks Mike Severino-Patterson’s Anatomy and Physiology class has been learning about how our bodies work by dissecting cats. We decided to dissect cats as they have many of the same organs as do humans. Students began with the worm and the frog, writing lab reports where the anatomy and physiology of […]

Biology classes hold GMO debate

March 4, 2020

On March 3, Hillcrest biology classes held a debate about GMOs and if they are good or bad. For one week leading up to the debate, students were divided into teams and gathered research to support their side of the debate. During the debate, students were asked to cite their sources for each arguement, and each […]

Plant Science class busy with Harvest

October 17, 2019

The plant science class has been busy harvesting tomatoes and pumpkins from the greenhouse and campus gardens, and sweet potatoes from the Wellman Community Gardens. Plant Science students who helped with the harvest were Julia Boller, Leah Bontrager, Isabel Canchola, Sarann Durflinger, Abby Fritz, Esther Hughes and Kaylee Shafer.

Hillcrest receives Trees for Kids grant

October 2, 2019

Hillcrest Academy has recently received a Trees for Kids grant in the amount of $2491.25 from the Iowa DNR to plant several replacement trees on the school grounds (to replace trees that are dying) as well as for a small orchard to be tended by present and future agriculture classes, and mulch for all trees. […]

STEM Conference

February 13, 2019

This fall math instructor, Gloria Yoder, took a group of female students to Iowa State University for their Women in Science and Engineering Conference. Leah Bontrager, Esther Hughes, Sarann Durflinger, Kennedy Roth, Malia Sedlacek, and Katelyn Swantz attended the event for girls in 9th and 10th grades. It was a fun day of workshops with hands-on activities, […]