Flowing Wells High School - We Rose Above Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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ABOVE LEFT: Mr. Jim Butler, an up looking guy, teaches Introductory Physical Science, a laboratory class in the basic concepts of physics and Chemistry. ABOVE RIGHT: Mr. Harry Spaulding, Chairman of the Science Department, looks very pleased over the year’s work. He also teaches Chem- istry 1 and 2. LEFT: Marcia Arnold and Shelly Larimore check plants they’re growing in the new greenhouse. BE- LOW LEFT: Mrs. Gwen Curiel aids one of her students in dissecting an earthworm.

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Science Department Adds Facilities, Expands Program The philosophy of the Sci- ence Department Is to acquaint high school students with the basic fundamentals of scientif- ic theory and scientific tech- niques. The Science Department consists of Physical Science, Life Science, Biology 102, Chemistry 102 and Physics. These classes are available to all students, many of whom take science for interest as t od well as preparation for college. ABOVE: Mr. George Arrington checks Chemistry papers from student experiments. He also teaches a class of Physics. BELOW: Paul Schmitt frowns while dissecting a frog in his Biology class. BELOW RIGHT: Mr. Dave Thomas shows one of his students how to hold a frog and pin it down to dissect. Students have also had to dissect live earthworms. After extensive remodeling, five laboratories and one greenhouse are now abailable for scientific study and re- search. The majority of the science faculty have advanced degrees in science; all together, they have an amazing forty years of experience teaching science in Flowing Wells High. Faculty members are kept busy revising and expanding the science program.

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‘‘Free man cannot be taught properly by slaves. Courageous citizens cannot be well educated by scared hired men.” The primary teaching method uti- lized in the Social Studies Department is through the team-teaching approach is through the team-teaching ap- proach. Team teaching offers advan- tages over the single teacher approach by facilitating team planning and teacher-teacher feedback concerning instructions. It provides more than one viewpoint of value system to the class- room and offers more alternatives for the student to make decisions concern the student to make decisions con- cerning the problems being studied. The objective of the department is to encourage and demand critical and CREATIVE thinking among teachers and students alike. Teachers strive to educate individuals and to equip them with the knowledge that will enable them to take care of society’s needs. TOP LEFT: Mr. George Givens and Mr. Len Skrobel unite their forces in team teaching of Am. Problems and Am. Civilization. Mr. Len Skrobel, Chairman of Social Studies Department, won the award of Alternate Teacher of the Year for the state of Arizona. TOP RIGHT: Mr. James How- land teaches Psychology, Am. Problems, and Economics. In Psychology, he challenges his students to use their knowl- edge of the field in the analysis of films. ABOVE: Mr. Ster- ling Davis teaches American History with interest and a new approach. LEFT: Mrs. Dee O'Neill lectures on “The Enlightenment” to her Humanities class.