Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Using the plastic maniquin, Dick Purdy points out some of the inner workings of the human body to Scott Yarbrough. Bill Rutherford and Lynn McGuire inoculate a culture tube with a yeast grain in an experiment in progressive growth. Sue Hodgeson, Cathy Hawley and Denise Jcxcobites measure off a square meter ir the courtyard to determine the various plants it ccntainsg Val Davis records. l 1 i i 4 i 4 I I ! Pen in hand, biologist Claudia Lyman scrutinizes the butterflies in her required in- sect collection and categorizes them as members of the Lepidoptera order. i ,fa ls!! Sz ref' Q fMw2g'wm..,r, ' ' ,, Vw Y MESH

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cience department boasts dynamic, modern Facilities The new science wing, which was opened last fall, s ample evidence of the constant emphasis on hange and modernization that goes on at Seaholm. It will add greatly to the effectiveness of all the science courses now offered. In all, the new wing contains eight new classrooms, research facilities, and storage space. The research facilities consist of a laboratory for the advanced bi- ology class and a room for advanced physics. Ad- vanced biology students will have refrigeration, in- cubation machines, a plant storage room, as well as the chemical apparatus that will permit them to do thorough bio-chemical research. For nuclear research the advanced physics room is provided with equip- ment to handle radioactive materials. Electrical gen- erating equipment and other electronic machines have been placed there. Mr. Battenhouse prepares a solution Jim Gillette, Bob Hansen, zz Fiol and Mason Yu use the new lub tables for an experiment. As a lab assistant Jane Taylor must be able to tind the necessary chemicals from the storage rooms. Taking advantage of the up-to-date chemical equpiment in one of the laboratories is Mr. Harris. f ,Ailszrrisssa I V- r r Virginia Brunke sat iii IPS!-5 li :3iLi'ifTti: Sfis My ,,,, W cw if s-we , .,Q,i:,5Q,,,.i, --4,-,.. J Laurel Buchanan Linda Bucha nan :.,.,-k,,,,.,, . M ,,,,, L, W A Y s- XX X is 9 Cindy Bull si-'.r f'L,r5iQ1 AfYY-'L f S ..-.f S ' Nancy Burge twesesfssgeffz . , S27sM1t4s 1 f?if Sfgifsffifiiiyi' -: s r as ,V r A, s i W 4 ,.., i s Anby Burleigh

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it T , 1. .- .9 'Z '14 or ,J ' -i 'QV I i C 'i i 1 '- sg . Experimentation results in understanding of basic biological theory and concepts Experimentation is the keystone of an effective biology course. By applying the principles learned in a textbook to the natural world the student receives a bal- anced knowledge of biology. The Seaholm biology department teaches this way, using the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study materials. Each student has two textbooks. One concentrates on the basic theory of biology, explaining many of the new developments in such fields as heredity and evolution. The other is a manual that outlines experiments designed to complement the material learned in the classroom. These experiments are interesting and quite varied. Besides performing the standard dissections, students breed fruit flies, grow yeast, collect insects, sample air pollution around the school, and experiment with taste sensations. Also included are field trips to swamps and forest, where biology can be studied in its natural state. Besides taking tests on the textbook material, students keep an accurate record of their experiments, showing what was done, how it was done, what happened, and what was concluded from the experiment. This type of biology course gives the student a detailed picture of his own relation to the natural world, and what this means to him. As Barb Foster peers into the microscope to examine the sample of spirogyra, her biology partner, Pat Case, cooperatively adiusts the plate, centering the specimen directly under the lens. s Steve Burrows Carl Bush Mark Busha Susan Byrnes :HW Y W tg of 3 Paul Cahill Marcia Caldwell