Moreno Valley High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Sunnymead, CA)

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One of the joys of science, according to Tim Garcia is trying to spell ' echinodermata. ' Concentration and note taking are important skills in chemistry as Mike O ' Brien and Ted Williams demonstrate. CO V Z Q U Time to Experiment For the graduating class of ' 87, the science requirement was increased to two years from the former one and one half years. That meant that in addition to a semester of health science, next year ' s seniors had to also take science for another year and one half. Of course, college prep students generally took Biology and Chemistry automati- cally. And the state now wants schools to get more and more students to enroll in physics. Other science electives in- cluded: Astronomy, Earth Science, Physical Science, Life Science, Environ- mental Science, Basic Science, and Physiology and Anatomy. Science classes weren ' t just note taking and notebook making classes. Most of them involved varying degrees of lab work. Science labs included ev- erything from trying to find one-cellec creatures through a microscope to rec ognizing and labeling the muscles of i cat. The study skills learned in a sci- ence class have proven very helpful tc former MoVal students in their college courses, as many of them have report ed back that a particular science class was easy in college because of whal they learned here. We Want To Know Everything

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Vising her math in accounting, Elisa Woods appreciates what she has learned. Even in So- cial Studies classes, students like junior Keith Benton have to use their English to communi- cate through essay exams. Carefully explain- ing the facts of the adding machine (using math), Mr. Robb checks on Felicia Hale and Adrienne Goines. English 2 U Matl

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future scientists Alan Hall and Frank Link keep a close eye on their chemistry experiment. Watching their chemicals bubble. Jay Dahl and Greg Shay take notes on the results. Explaining the meticulous details needed in a lab notebook, Mr. Orr keeps Chem Study students on their toes. A Biology lab test means one minute at each station and extra credit for dressing up. Co) (O) Science (2) Classes