Cedar Falls High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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Dale Diamond and Betty Han sen examme their findings in B1olog5 class Barb Baxter and Tom Hansen concentrate on a Chemistryex periment Science One of the aims in the teaching of b1010g' IS to guide the student mto a better understanding and BDDIBCIBIIOII of life about him. In biology we study plants bacteria the ammal kmgdom and the human body We are all mterested m how our organs are made and what makes them tick A course l.I'l lugh school btology can provide this information and a background for tmderstandino the developments in the realm of biological science Chem1stry is the branch of science that studies the composition of substances and the changes that take place 1n them One of the most interestmg features of studymg chemistry is that you have anactual chance to observe some forty chem1cal experlments to see firsthand many of the tlungs that take place when everydav chemicals are brought together A year s work in chemistry IS full of interest and promise For every student No matter what his future work may be he can be sure that a sound knowledge of chemistry w111contr1bute to his success Physics deals primarily with the various forces and forms of energy 1n our environment such as the widely diverse fields of mechanics heat sound hght electricity, and atomic and nuclear energy A lugh school course in physics IS an excursion into the realm of the physical sciences and it should Q satisfy the curiosity of students--the hows and why of science, Wayne Madsen, Carl I-iig,hgen- boten, and Paul Steele study the lamp board in Physics Lab. mm of ,n on nmuusus rut trrtct ur ,H nu ummm comm 1 , ' , . -QI PS 4.,...J62 Y Nancye Wilson exhibits her project at the Openliouse , 22

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01 octal Studies Through three years of soc1a1 studtes C F students learn to cope w1th the complex hfe of today Sophomore students study World Hlstory In tlus course they learn to adjust themselves to the fact that we share the earth w1th many other people The course IS bullt around a selectlon of events and problems and uses the human approach to people w1th emphasls on personal values Both past and present aspects of a problem are emphastzed In the tumor year the student has one semester of Amerxcan H1story and one semester of Arner1can Government. The herttage of our nauon s past IS xmportant because the present and the future are bullt upon th1s past To better understand our hernage the Juruors have a government course through whxch they gam an tmderstandtng and a workable knowledge of our government Semors take Problems m Democranc Lwmg. Thls course IS dedtcated to a four pomt phtlosophy to help the 1nd1v1dual understand hlm self to help htm xmprove h1s relatxonshxp w1th other people to understand the problems that parallel 11v1ng m a democracy and to develop the abthty to make mtelhgent and pracucal decxstons m solvmg these problems QQ? QW Z f Larry Jones pomts out an mterestmg World HISIOIY 1tem to Sharon Bxgelow and Karen Cox Nancy Burke and Marcla Chrxstensen examme a tax chart m Government. 21 W V X f fl ff T

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Mathemahcs Che of the first chapters covered in Plane Geometry deals with bas1c geometric construct ions and dCSlg1.S After becoming familiar with these, students begin to develop formal proofs for problems The logtcal reasoning abllllfy developed in tlus manner is readily applied to non mathematical situauons The work involved in Algebra II IS very similar to that studied in first year algebra The same sk11J.s are used, but they are expanded and developed to a greater degree, New math ematical concepts are also introduced The successful completion of this course helps to prepare studmts for more advanced math courses Sohd Geometry is studied for one semester in the senior year It is an extension of the material studted in plane geometry with the 3dd1U.OI1 of a tlurd dimension height Some ad vanced mathematics including analytic geometry and differential and mtegral calculus are also studied as ume perrmts The second semester is devoted to the study of Tngonometry Add1t1onal material presented in this course includes l'13V1g3I1OI'l map makmg, and field work or surveyulg. The last three weeks of the course is spent outside using mathematical instruments such as the transit level, sextant angle mirror and plane table It is hoped that through these courses students will gam a richer background for future study in the field of mathematics and an ap- preciation for the important part mathematics plays in our present day technical society Q0 ? ' ad? 74 3 -.1 2,3 Tom Hansen explains an Algebra problem to Cather1ne Kemp as John Schhcher puts it on the board. Ralph Congdon takes a reading in Trig as Marcia Robinson waits her turn.