Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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no HL For ' 5 z S , i 1 Q ,I-4-' ye ,aaa Q K L I To find fha answer fo a chemis- try equafion, senior Jeff McGee uses a calculafor fo assisf him. Calculafors were lust one aid fo help sfudenls in Caroline Evans chemistry class. As sophomore Rufh Papa looks lor a parameciurn in her micro- scope, freshman Lisa Papaioane nou poinfs ouf Tha? more liqh? is needed for a clearer picfure, 3 -is Cooking peanuf briHle the day before Chrisfmas vacafion, sophomore Michael Bandy stirs lhe bubbling Candy in Virginia Calleriders biology class. Alfer DVEDGVWWQ 'he Candy Yhe slu- Genfs go? fo ear +heir dellcious 'feat A slimy worm doesn ? upsef lun- :' Lisa Cfriyopher as she cms along fs bcdi. fc sfud-. ifs infer- ra :f-pans 86 Sclence l 4-0 gx.

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yeT if The sTories were individually ouTsTanding Then They would go on To conTesT and that was kepT in mind, Too, iunior RegiT FeaTure EdiTor Diana Moore said. I wroTe my in-depTh sTory back in The summer iusl To help The REGIT ouT and I was surprised when I won somelhing Tor iT, Howells said. The Safari sTalT worked aT Tollowing in The TooTsTeps ol The previous book which was namecl All American by The NaTionaI ScholasTic Press Associalion and an All Texas wiTh special Honorable MenTion Trom The Texas High School Press AssociaTion. AnoTher group, Journalism lsTudenTs. conTribuTed To iT was senior s responsibiliTy To assign To Take picTures and Take many phoTos himselT. such as This insTance when he sl1oT a picTure To appear on The RegiT boTh publicaTions whenever possible. The workload was never insurmounTabIe, buT I Took help oT any kind Trom anyone aT anyTime, senior SAFARI EdiTor Shelley STarnes said. Novice iournalisT iunior Mary BouTTard remarked, ConTribuTing made you wanl To be on The sTaTT nexT year because you geT inTeresTed and become aware oT all The work Thal qoes inTo iT. li ,,. The final issue oT The year is planned during a sTaTT meeling led by Regil EdiTor Jelf Fogle, Fealure EdiTor Diana Moore. ReporTer Tom 6riTTiTh and Managing Edilor Kris Gauger conTribuTe Their own ideas during The brain sTorrning season, 1 As The closing deadlines Tor The yearbook approach, Tuesday nighTs are seT aside Tor picTures and layouTs Tor The l98O Safari. AssociaTe EdiTor Sylvia Howells Ty es The names of The swim Team in liner role as coordi- naTor OT group picTures while EdiTor Shelley STarnes addresses anolher sTaTT member. Journalism

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Fr m s , X 'ill' Science is While working ouT oT TexTbooks was The mosT common insTrucTional meThod used in mosT subiecTs, The science world was revealed Through experimenTs, Tilms, and lecTures. During science classes, sTudenTs could gain knowledge and have Tun aT The same Time Through acTual invesTigaTion inTo scienTiTic maTTers. ln physical science. sTudenTs were inTroduced To The basic principles oT physics and chemisTry. l like being able To do The labs aT my own pace, sophomore Terry Barr said. A Learning everyThing There was To be known abouT living Things was The obiecTive in biology. In biology, The sTudenTs performed experimenTs, looked aT organisms Through microscopes, and dissecTed a varieTy oT animals, including TeTal pigs and minks. l Think The labs are The besT Thing we do in class because iT geTs you away Trom The everyday bookwork, sophomore John Hardy said. From using a slide rule To sTudying aTomic sTrucTu res was inTroduced in chemisTry. Emphasis was placed on daTa gaThering V ..., ., Those old games of poker paid OTT when senior Lauri Warren, senior Lucy Timmer, iunior Bach Lien Dang and iunior Cecilia Heh played a card game wifh chemical compounds in John RippeToe's chemisTry class. and analysis. STudenTs also spenT much oT Their Time doing experimenTs wiTh all Types oT chemicals. I Think chemisTry is one of my hardesT classes because iT requires a loT oT ThoughT and deTail, iunior Louis Lyons said. As a TurTher sTep in The science curriculum, sTudenTs who Took physics, which was a laboraTory orienTed course, used compuTers To assisT-Them in processing Their daTa. An elecTive course, oceanography, was a TavoriTe oT many sTudenTs. STudenTs learned all abouT Eye level wifh a graduaTed cylin- der. freshman ScoTT' Brown measures The amounT oT liquid conTained inside. This was only one of several sTaTions seT up To Teach some oT The basic skills needed in Mary Hollis' physical science class. ocean liTe and The ocean's characTerisTics. To learn more abouT The ocean's creaTures, sTudenTs kepT salT waTer aquariums which housed diTTerenT Torms oT sea liTe. When oceanography sTudenTs aTTended Their Tall Tield Trip To C-5alvesTon To collecT ocean specimens, iT Turned inTo a nighTmare when a sTudenT discovered a dead body in The waTer. While iunior STephanie Gee holds a hoT dish oT Tin and niTric acid, junior Donna Rhea sTirs The chemicals in John RippeToe's class. Science