On December 10th, 2015, eighth graders from Marysville’s Bunsold Middle School toured the Marysville High School. The Agricultural Science Department was just part of the tour that all 8th graders were able to experience, and students from the department were excited to showcase all of the lab opportunities available at MHS. Eighth graders were able to observe high school students operating power equipment such as a CNC Plasma Cutting table, Welders, Drill Presses, and large stationary woodworking tools. In addition to the construction of class projects, other MHS students showed the 8th graders animal and plant labs taking place in the department greenhouse and shop areas, including a collaborative project raising fish and plants. In the classrooms, other students were participating in labs dissecting animal organs to learn about different body systems, practicing proper methods to restrain small animals for evaluation, and also learning how to correctly wire up household outlets. Outside the department was also busy, as other students were demonstrating how to safely work on four wheelers and small gas engines. Special projects from the Engineering Physics class were also highlighted, as 8th graders could see the trebuchet’s built earlier in the school year for the Picktown Throwdown Pumpkin Launching contest.
These tour stops were planned and operated by students to help showcase the numerous opportunities available to any high schooler who chooses to enroll in an agriculture science class. In fact, the very route for the stop through the department and the activities included in the tour were planned and carried out by Ag Science students. After all of this work, students in the MHS Ag Science Dept. hope that all 8th graders walked away seeing how diverse the classes can be, and that the Ag Science Dept. has a little bit of everything to meet the interests of many students.
Leighann Shanklin
Marysville FFA Reporter
These tour stops were planned and operated by students to help showcase the numerous opportunities available to any high schooler who chooses to enroll in an agriculture science class. In fact, the very route for the stop through the department and the activities included in the tour were planned and carried out by Ag Science students. After all of this work, students in the MHS Ag Science Dept. hope that all 8th graders walked away seeing how diverse the classes can be, and that the Ag Science Dept. has a little bit of everything to meet the interests of many students.
Leighann Shanklin
Marysville FFA Reporter