Booker T Washington High School - Graffiti Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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, Allen Mathais conducts his experiment con- ceming the various uses of the pulley as Mr. Moore looks on to supervise. 2, During science dass, Lishelle Lewis and Mike Vonbonunger see the difference in the telescopes located in the teacher's workroom. 3 1 hs.-f 'QSFQMK llffjlzaf ifli cc! adouf. cienfikc nofafionfi Picking up a small test tube full of an ac- tive chemical, the future scientist poured the chemical into a 100-ml beaker filled with a swirling liquid. The contents released a foul-smelling gas into the air. Then he reach- ed for another test tube with a bubbling compound in it. He slowly picked it up and carried it over to the table where his active solution lay. The student carefully poured the compound into the solution. BOOMPH!! The mixture of chemicals blew up into the air above his desk. Aaaargh! The student yelled as his failed experiment land- ed on his desk. Luckily for him, he had adhered to the safety rules closely by wearing his safety goggles and protective apron. Chemicals, alkali earth elements, moon phases, and zones of the earth's atmosphere were all part of the science classes. Students had a wide variety of curiosities to explore, but they all had one thing in common: labs. Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physicis classes all had labs to complete. The most eagerly awaited labs were the dissec- tion. Students had to dissect frogs, worms, crayfish, and cats. No matter what the pro- blems, the science courses helped students utilize their minds to solve it. Science 145

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S Q Calculus. if s . f .- ,f,fff,f4,.f,':v,,.,.,s,, r Brad Duncan, Bonnie Winn, and john Hamilton listen attentively to Mrs. r Rivers', Mom's, explanation of the 11 steps of derivative and integration in Mrs. Arnold shows her Algebra I class how to combine like rerms. S if f 29 214:-, : . -gf,,.w I zi ' ' ' 5' U .af ' ,5 - Q? -4- ,f ' I if 1 ff ,M fi .f, , .f MQW, 4 A 'ff f f ' 41 ,-f47L7f f i15', ff' ' -f i vf sf , - - .1 ,gg M3 i A' f -s f i' A V. f ur , L-.2.j2gf'fQ ,g1-ff . V , ,iff fi i.,f:f1 f,,.x:ig,4y , ,,f , ,. .4 1 ff ., v , , ., ' M ' A i i Wi . Z-wg, 1' , 7 '! K vi f L HIV. .,,.... ,,re ,,,4 y H gi' '-Lfijfiif? if aZ+'i? 4 I ff f 'f diff . I rx ff N-' 4' ' . ff ,f -iijf ' ' 1 f 'f . , . 4,-4 fail: 1121-' yi sw Adds up emfan ing ounfs Known to her students as the ever-so- sweet-but-stern mom, Edna Rivers epitomized achievement in the field of mathematics. A veteran of 36 years, she blossomed into a cheerful, caring teacher who strived to stress the importance of math among her students, In teaching Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry, and Calculus, she developed a straightforward approach for introducing the varyingly dif- ficult concepts of math, She dives right into the subject and begins to work and explain different problems. In such a way, Mrs. Rivers hoped to teach the students to understand, instead of memorizing. It has been my greatest obstacle in teaching math. Ever since her high school years, Edna Rivers knew teaching math would be her future. It was my first choice, because I like it the most. Virtually everything one does contains some applications of mathematics. In assessing her many joys of teaching students, the greatest of all is to hear from former students and of their successes. It lets me know I taught someone correctly. The rapport Mrs. Rivers developed with her children is a special one, for she possessed a sensitive and honest' quality, allowing the students to feel her aura -of com- fort and understanding. Though she plans to retire in the next few years, those 36+ previous years of teaching math have shed some light for all those who have seen that sympathetic smile of Edna Rivers. - Chris Stegner Mails 147