Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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Individualized Projects Popular With Enrollees PHYSICAL SCIENCE The science department created both opportunities and interests that attracted a variety of students to a long-standing program. Physics was based on Isaac Newton's famous laws and using these laws the classes did such experiments as the acceleration of a skate cart with a spring to test the speed. Other experiments included making telescopes out of assorted lens and a meter stick. This was part of the optics section. Chemistry dea It with structure of matter and relationships between atomic structures and chemical behavior. Emphasis was also placed on how chemicals exist and why they do what they do. Work was done in the field of associated science, with individual projects such as Terry Friesen's distillation of oil, a two year activity he brought to completion. Jamie Newman experimented with light with the idea of showing heat rays. Phil Thiessen studied photomicography with min-era Is. These students were able to follow up their interests using the improved facilities. Striving for accuracy, Roger Rouleau weighs a chemical component for his experiment. Using a hand held stroboscope, Debbie Peters studies wave motion for a research project. Finding the alcohol content of their home brewed wine are Tom Smith and Bob Lefever. Mike Hockman works on the Galileo aspect of building a telescope, a project on which Physics students spent some time.

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EMICS ACADEMICS ACADEMICS Academies Divider 17

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• ► Additions Include Expanded Labs LIFE SCIENCE The patient hands of a biology student water sprouting seedlings with the use of a pipette. Diligently working with planoria (o small worm). Mark Hoffman tries to pick one up for experimentation. Under the guidance of Mr. Bill Glendinning and Mr. Dan Johnson, the new facilities in the life science department gradually came to students enrolled in these science classes. New additions included an animal dissection room, darkroom, chemical storage room and growth chamber for plants. In addition to the required biology class, mini-courses and independent study programs were offered again this year. New quarters for independent study encouraged students to make in-depth studies in fields of their choice, such as Laura Graham's detailed study of cloning (the forming of identical twins from one cell). In addition, Val Cooper continued work on the salt water aquarium. The aquarium was built last year and has since then supported numerous marine specimens including sea anemone, starfish, limpets, toad fish, several species of crabs and squid. All in all, biology classes helped students better understand their world through a close examination of life around them.