Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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,ve ' ,vkfif Mrs. Hanneman explains the construction of a triangle using one of the visual aids, the overhead projector to Martha Crane and Huey Johnson in Plane Geometry. Students in Mr. Stewart's third hour Solid Geometry class seem to be very interested in the different geometric solids used in showing the many geometric shapes and solids. pr N,-1 as ' 'f ' Lf yo ry- 541, I, v ' K uw- 4 Muni' ' 'e ., H .,f-' M w,, ,, m.M ll-dk. 1 ,,

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Math courses becoming more essential i 1 i Senior Dave Young explains a diliicult calculus problem that he has put on the blackboard to his fellow classmates in Mr. Hamlin's second hour calculus class. fBELOWl Jonathon Markle and Luanne Jensen use compasses in work- ing out a problem in Plane Geometry as Mr. Kepler looks on. KRIGHTI Plane Geometry students Ruth Fanello and Denise Wiedermann draw a parallelogram by use of a chalkboard drafting instrument in Mr. Hogan's second hour class. Q Our world is rapidly becoming an age of numbers. Mathematics is increasingly becoming more essential for everyone to study. Math is especially important in high school studies for all students, as college prepara- tory courses and use in future jobs outside of high school. There is an increasing number of students taking math courses at Bloom because it is becoming necessary for a wide majority of jobs and the demand for a greater num- ber of courses for college entrance. The Math Department at Bloom stresses the need for understanding and rigorous thinking on the part of the student. Courses in math are designed to emphasize the logical rather than the dogmatical development of mathe- matics. The faculty of the Math Department wants stu- dents to know not only how a mathematical answer is found, but also why. Math at Bloom is offered all four years, and covers a wide range of different courses suited for the individual ability and interest of each student. Courses in math range from General Math, which is a basic requirement for graduation from high school, to Calculus for the very math-minded students. OfTered to all interested students is Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, College Algebra and Trigonometry. 1 ii gg ., za 52 it li at ia it ft li gi fi

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Exploration key to Mrs. Lowe assists'Rick Alisiani and Patti Langley while they learn how to transfer bacteria onto slides and view them under a microscope in biology. scientific learning Exploration could be termed the key work in the study of science at Bloom. The science student strives to learn more about the world around him and what makes it tick. Science in our advancing modern age is becoming increasingly more important to study in any aspect from physiology to physics. Students in any science course at Bloom are able to use the knowledge learned in the classroom everyday to develop and perform laboratory experiments. This gives the student an opportunity to explore himself, gain- ing a greater interest and understanding of the course he is enrolled in. At the Freshman-Sophomore Division accelerated courses are offered for the student. Many freshmen are allowed to take a biology course usually open to sopho- mores, and when they are sophomores, they are then able to take chemistry. After taking these courses the student can continue study at the Junior-Senior Division and take other courses such as physics, advanced biology, and atomic physics. The big event of the year for the Science Department is the Science Fair held at the end of March. At the Fair, students are allowed to exhibit and try for ratings by judges on experiments they have worked on in their science classes and outside of school. Barbara Bramstadt, Jack Balkey, and Garry Clark experiment in a water equilibrium test in an accelerated sophomore chemistry class as Mr. Jaskolski looks on. Mr. Lawton explains to Randi Wecker and Barbara Musto the use of a ripple tank in determining wave length and frequency of wave in the physics laboratory. 1