James Madison Memorial High School - Olympian Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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'fl-5 Mr. lhlenfeldt demonstrates a physical science concept. Do Biology teachers really' work their students to death? '1 1 Qs Q ,ky 4 y t L Ann Zwaska took a close look at some strange organisms. 'Dx -ffm., VHE. 4250 sh.. ...,...o ' The Persuader above reminded students to remember. Joyce Webster, in the latest chem- istry' garb. experiments under the watchful eye of Mr. Cary. 83

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Science The courses offered by the Sci- ence Department were: Biology I 8L II, Chemistry, IAC and Study, Earth Science, Physics and Physi- cal Science. Earth Science was taught by Mr. Zuerner, Mr. Nidy and Mr. Harrington. Instruction in Chemistry was given by Mr. Cary and Mr. Hanson. Physics was taught by Mr. Johnson. Phys- ical Science was handled by Mr. Ihlendeldt while Biology was taught by Mr. Griffith, Mr. Bu- lovsky, Mr. Hein, Ms. Hanson, Mr. Hanson and Mr. Lee. This year major changes took place in the Biology section. All Biology students were first required to take a I2 week core unit. After completing this unit the students could select 6-week mini courses for the remainder of the year. The mini courses were: Animals, Bacteria, Ecology, Ge- netics, Human Biology I 8a II, Plant Identification and the Wis- consin Landscape. The Spring Trip to Arizona during vacation was used as credit for one mini course. Audio Tutorial labs were used to give students the opportunity to work independently with the use oftapes and slides or films. 82 Top: Mr. Bulovsky lectures on Genetics. Bottom: Tracy Todd studies her plant while Ms. Hanson helps Becky Peterson with her specimen and a class- mate peers through a microscope.

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Social Studies American History was taught by Mr. Barr, Mr. Steckelberg, Mr. Turner and Mrs. Reffner this year. Mr. Lackore, Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Becker and Mr. Golberg taught Western Civilization. Area Studies was taken care of by Mr. Pare. Mr. Gregg and Mr. Kaliebe taught US History. Mr. Mueller was in charge of Political Science while Mr. Soderling took care of the Pre-Thrust program. Mr. Harrington and Mrs. Swanson taught Economics. Mrs. Swanson also taught Sociology. Simulation games were added to the American History curricu- lum. Western Civ. had students under individual contracts. ln U.S. History the students were given a choice of one of four units offered instead of having them all do the same thing. The students enrolled in Economics learned about comparative shopping. they set up families with budgets and had to operate within those budg- ets. They also formed a corpora- tion ofstudent investors and spent S2500 in the stock market. The Poli Sci class looked at political behavior and had guest speakers. The Anthropology students did some excavating on the school grounds. 84 v Lg. ,::':1,lV.i - I write' if 1 ,V 3 it 4.2. i ,... ,. Alderperson, Ms. Ashman. spoke to Mr. Muellcr's class. Brother Phelps demonstrated what it was like to get an education during the Renaissance period.