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

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X' fLeftJ Mr. Benos explains the names and functions of organs in the human body to his physiology class. fAboveJ Each year a biology stu- dent is required to work on a science project and students William Albrecht and Vincent Morris ready their project for the Science Fair. CBelowl Mr. Tory's biology student-lab, assistants Diane Morgan, Regina McMurphy and Phyllis Huyser work on an experiment deal- ing with rats. -gskxvsrff fLeftJ Chemistry students in Mr. Lind's class use a burette to measure the amount of hydrogen gas produced in a chemical reaction.

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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

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X Team teaching plays an important role in teaching techniques at the Freshman-Sophomore Division and here Mr. Leach, Mrs. Heard, and Mr. Lightell are shown giving a lecture to third hour World Culture students. Mr. Robert Lightell explains the geographic position, terrain and climactic zone of a small South American country to Henry Jones and Herminia Ordonez. 5.1 -V w s ,,,,,sl y Using the largest globe in the school, Mr. Charles Mies, student teacher, shows Jean Wallace and David Brownfield a large seaport located on the Black Sea in a Global Geography class.