Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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A welcome inio ihe world is givfn lo ihe chicle by Brenda Coleman after a three-week incubation schedule in Mrs. Valencic ' s Biology I. Eight scoops of gray powder, two scoops of red, a little water — and the fun begins lor Tom Davis and Mark Mclntire as they make clay for Art. Going through the procedure of getting her pattern ready for cutting out her material is Susan Morrison in Mrs. Bowdell ' s Home Ec. III. Learning By Formulas 41

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Cake made from a recipe in the Spanish language by Dina Clamme and ]im Horsley is sampled with a gracias by classmate Melanie Rogers. formulas helped if all else failed Figures and order are fundamental tools for learning. Their use in school usually results in a formula which stu- dents can follow to create, to prove, or to discover. The pattern formula that Christy Ma- lott went through to make her brown suede fur-lined midi coat was worth the trouble. The additive plaster done by Jeff Woolard and displayed in the cafeteria hall was just oae of the many formulas in art. This was also a great year for the birds, as 35 of the 48 eggs hatched in the long procedure in the Science De- partment incubator. For three weeks Caria Vargo and Barbara Walker turned the eggs every morning and evening. Math students, however, let a ma- chine work out the formulas. There is less stress on slide rules and more on calculators, commented Mr. Shreves, department chairman. Formulas are everywhere — even these two pages of the yearbook re- quired the following of formulas to make everything fit. Very Interesting, Dennis Fisher seems to say as he goes through prescribed order of heating potassium permanganate in Physical Science. 40 Learning By Formulas

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Headsets with a math record provide a shortcut to learning for Special Ed students Sherri Sutton and friend fihea Speidel. 42 Learning By Shortcuts r V