Blackfoot High School - Bronco Yearbook (Blackfoot, ID)

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Pam Gardner. Li Knox. Becky Baldwin, and Rhonda A say arr cooking up a brew that'll knock anyone down! Individual Study Brings Student Responsibility “The trend is more towards the students finding their own answers through group projects and individual study. The student has more responsibility to do the work on their own,” said College Prep English teacher, Mrs. Gardner. The classes in this particular division are geared in an inductive way so the student can use his own imagination and also so he can get directly involved. There is hardly any lecture included in a class of this type. There have been two new additions to the department this past year. Several sections of American Cultures have been added and also an American Lit. and Multiple writing class. The other classes included in this department under the new heading of Communications, are German, Spanish. French, Speech, Debate, Library, Study Hall, and Journalism, as well as the various English classes. Cheryl Leavitt, and Blair Goates communicate not only with word» hut with body language and expression. 20

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Shown hrrr arr Lou Jean Condic. David Allen, Lynn Wadsworth, and Danny Atkins making use of the microscopes in a Biology Lab. Science Students Get Practical Application “The students are able to get a practical application of the theories that are taught in the books, by use of the equipment available for the labs, said earth science teacher Dene Carson. “Because we have more equipment we are able to have more labs than when the course was started three years ago.” In the course are taught sections on the origin of rocks, evolution, climate and weather, earth history, and astronomy. Since the subject in required for freshmen the teachers try to make it as interesting and applicable as possible. In the mathematics section of the natural science department, a new teaching method was tried this year. It is a system of individual study in which the students are required to make a contract stating how much work they will accomplish. They are graded according to how well they keep their contracts. This system is known as the “Honors program” and was used in classes, freshmen to senior, taught by Mr. Floyd Mortensen. The students were selected by previous Algebra prognostic exams and also from the California Achievement l est, thus the name, “Honors program”. Other classes which are included under the department of Natural Science are Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Zoology, Botany, various maths, and Human Physiology. Mr. Jerry Hong, a Geometry and Algebra I teacher i» seen here correcting papers from his classes. Mr. Mortensen's class of Alge 22