Walking into the Anatomy and Physiology classroom, you feel a sense of laughter and anticipation to watch their hard work snap.

Anatomy and Physiology students tested the dexterity and flexibility of their home made bones in science teacher’s Lee Sims class on Feb. 11.

Students in the class made the bones out of plaster of paris and fiberglass representing the calcium mineral and collagen protein fiber interaction. They did this the previous week and let them set over the weekend. 

Students then spent the hour adding different weights to their three types of bones by adding water to a five gallon bucket. 

The bone that was able to hold the most weight was the layered fiberglass bone created by seniors Kynzie Popelka, Amber Smith, Savannah Startling, and Storm Heffelfinger, and it held 65 pounds close to the 74 pound record of last year made by seniors Matthew Youngberg, Owen Miller and Jerry Nichols.

“I felt excited, as I was eager to see how long our bones would last. To see it, beat everyone in class, I was shocked, to be honest. I’m even more surprised, our group won out of every class that did the bone-breaking test,” Startling said.

Instead of just showing a video of this, Sims decided to give his students a more realistic and visual understanding of bones and how they are very strong but fragile.