Central Catholic High School - Lance Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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storing Facts For The Future 72 chemistry and physics

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Hallelujah For Experiments!

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Chemistry and physics were academically oriented courses that juniors and seniors could take as electives. Students found that chemistry was harder than some of their science courses of the past. Before, most of the material they had covered could be memorized. In chemis- try, they found that the material couldn ' t be temporarily memorized, but had to be stored away for later use. This was because the subject matter was often applied to new concepts in the following chapters. Memorizing the chemical symbols and understanding the periodic table were only the beginning of things to be learned. When it came time to learn about the positions of electrons outside the nucleus, Mrs. Kremer made a felt diagram so they could visualize the atom. Mr. Day ' s physics class used experimentation to help learn the properties of matter and energy. One experiment was designed to measure the velocity of a toy dart as it was being shot from a dart gun. As Mr. Day was demon- strating this to the class, he accidently shot a dart that hit Larry Schmidlin in the head. By taking physics, students learned how mathematics could be applied to science. They learned fundamental laws of force, and studied concepts related to mechanics, heat, light, sound electricity. Science courses for the upperclassmen involved a great deal of concentration and determination. With the knowl- edge they acquired, maybe someday they ' ll make CC famous by winning a Nobel Peace Prize!