Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Thirty-six Above, the earth's rotation is demon- strated in a physiography class. Below, physics students adjust various weights to balance a yardstick. The world of nuclear physics proved to be a foundation for many demonstrations. Mr. McNamara presented a visual ren- dering of the patterns of attraction found in a magnetic field. The explorative study of high school chemistry and physics covered the vast realms of scientific experimentation and exacting calculation. In the science lab, Cody students probed into classroom worlds of chemical reactions and the changes in matter and energy. Here, complicated experiments and problems provided a challenge, even for the most clever mind. Delving into the composition of matter, chemistry students learned to name and identify the properties of the elements. Lab assignments also included testing various chemical reactions and recording the results in equation form. Lecture time was spent discussing these reactions and how they ajfect our daily lives. In physics, too, the laboratory became a proving ground for laws and theories explained during class lectures. Diagrams then took the place of chemical formulas as students explored the science of sound waves and electricity. And the study of mass and energy, and relativity and gravity, became homework assignments for Cody student physicists. Nuclear physics, a new class taught after school, was oyjfered this year to specially interested students. Qlfhe seminar course of study included experiments in electric and magnetic forces and discussions on advanced nuclear energy.

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Teachers lend a helping hand in students' upward climb Whether the subject was science, literature, or etc., the faculty was challenged to clarify for their students fundamental facts about the universe and the world in which they live. Cardmarking is almost as big a Challenge for teachers as it is for students. Instructors must consider the progress of each pupil and then rate his accomplishments. in The teaching efforts of the faculty did not end at the blackboard. Students often re- quired individual help. X -N-w..,M, Thirty-five

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Classroom study educates students in scientific fields An experiment in which chemistry students discover how soap is made produces enough genuine white lather from a previously heated solution to clean up soiled hands and apparatus. SCIENCE TEACHERS . . . Top Row: S. Ascher Cdepartment headj. Middle: C. Jaaksi. Bottom Row: P. ' McNamara. i Changing a liquid into a gas is an example of the kind of experiments chemistry students attempt during laboratory periods. Thirty-seven