Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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The formula is . . . easily forgoffen. Aquaiic animals are fuscinaiing shldy in biology 28

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53 When Hue going geis tough, Mr. Harvey lends a hand fo J. Bloss, C. Himes, and M Sims 27

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P. Lenaburg dissecls a frog. SCIENCE GIVES WHEN A SENIOR EXPRESSES AN INTEREST IN SCIENCE, HE selecfs CHEMISTRY. This is a s'I'udy of fhe composiiion and of +he changes in composifion of Ihe Ihings Ihaf fhe world and 'I'ha'I' we are made of. In 'Ihe classroom, 'rhe fheory of chemis+ry is faugh+, while in fhe Iabora+ory, pracfical experience in Ihis subieci, Irhrough ex- perimenfafion and demonsfrafion, is learned. In fhe iunior year, 'Phe sfudeni' has his choice of PHYS- ICS or PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Physics deals wifh fhe physi- cal forces and laws of nafureg such as, Iigh'I', heal, elecfrical energy, sound, gravify, simple machines, and +he principles of mirrors and lenses. This is a laborafory science: our lab- orafory is equipped fo s+udy each phase fhoroughly. Physi- The microscope reveals new worlds Io 5. Parmafer. US KNOWLEDGE OF OUR WORLD cal science is for 'Ihose s+udenI's who do no'I plan fo en'Ier a career in Ihe science field. In 'rhis class, fhe basic princi- ples of physics, chemis+ry, and earlh science are faughi. Thus, a good general knowledge of science is acquired by fhe sludenl' who may use his credil from Ihis course fo 'ful- fill fhe science requiremenf for high school. For a sophomore, BIOLOGY is Ihe science choice. This subieci' is a sfudy of living fhings. During +he course of +he year, +he pupil learns of fhe cycles of life and of his role in Na+ure's plan. Living or dead animals and planfs are sfudied individually and whole new worlds are revealed under Ihe microscope. Sfudenfs are encouraged Io work on proiecls af home: growing planfs, incuba'Iing mold culfures, doing experimenfs. Lenses and lighf--an experimenf in physics. 2 9