Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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mathematics All students who enter our school as freshmen are required to take either general mathematics or algebra. In the general math course the fundamentals of math are reviewed and new fields ore explored. At the end of general math, the students are introduced to simple algebra. A student wishing to major in mathematics takes algebra I his freshman year. In this course, the student is introduced to many new mathematical operations. Negative numbers, powers, and roots are some of the new expressions. Plane geometry is a course designed to help the student learn to reason in logical order. He accomplishes this by thinking through in logical order and proving different statements. (An understanding of the inter-relationship of points and lines in various figures is another thing accomplished in this course). In solid geometry, a student adds a third dimension to plane geometry-the dimension of space, and learns how to find surface areas and volumes of different geometric figures. More complicated problems must also be proved in this course. Solid geometry is a one-semester course. Trigonometry is a one-semester course also and is taken the same year as solid geometry. A student must have a working knowledge of algebra to solve equations in trigonometry. Logarithms are also used to help solve problems which contain long and tedious arithmetic computations. Solving triangles with trigonometric functions is based on the ideas of ratio and proportion. K. Smith, K. Brohman, G. Rockey working on angles with instruments in general mathematics class. Sounart, T. Riland working on algebra I problem. 12

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Mrs. Boyer points out the interesting features of a Shakespearian theatre model to T. Mead, D. Metz, G. Chauncy, and J. Personette. Preparing a panel discussion in speech class. B. Wagner, J. Parrish running off a page for the Limelight in journalism class. D. Lansdale shows an area in eleventh grade English class.

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as P. White watches. D. Schinske in background. J. Feather working with graph in plane geometry class.