Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Everything seems to be going in circles as Mike Gorman demonstrates properties of rotary motion. And the race is on as physics students intensely observe aspects of acceleration of cylindrical objects. Reactions Explode With New Meaning Knowledge hungry health and safety scholars eagerly digest material—especially while under the watchful eye of Mr. J. Quinn. Two new courses were introduced by the science department this year —Physical Science 1 and 2 and Physics 3 and 4. Physical science, a combination of chemistry and physics, but with less emphasis on mathematics, was designed primarily for the non¬ science students planning to go to college but not to major in science. Students studied through experi¬ ments such topics as matter, elec¬ tricity, sound, and light. Amateur phycists probed sub¬ jects directly related to matter and energy in order to develop an un¬ derstanding of these two l»sic con¬ cepts. Physics 3 and 4, a contin¬ uation of Physics 1 and 2, was taught for the college bound science student. 17

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Accelerated biology students, Brian Amateur cytologists Dan Ford and Joanne Saltanovitz experiment with collordal Lawrence and Cindy Mote courageously systems, become acquainted with an important member ot the reptile family. “He bent down, turned around, and gave me a wink, he said I’m gonna make it up right here in the sink. It smelled like turpentine, it looked like India ink.’’ Figure it out, kids. Continued interest has been shown once again in advanced bi¬ ology, 3C-Cell Biology, advanced biology, 3A-Anatomy, and physi¬ ology; the latter two having been offered for the second consecutive year by popular demand. One of the highlights of cell biology was a semester project in which fruit flies were used to study genetics. In ad¬ dition to the special fruit fly unit, cytological experimentalists studied cellular organelles, genetic charac¬ teristics in plants (in order to de¬ termine genetic ratios), made col¬ loidal systems, observed rate of absorption in various substances, and studied the process of DNA and RNA replication in great length. Advanced Biology 3A was primarily involved with laboratory experiments using more complex animals than fruit flies. Chemistry 1 and 2 were offered again this year. Budding chemists sought to understand different phases of substances through chem¬ ical activity and by proving, through extensive experimentation what was taught in the text. 16

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Aspiring Artists Express Individual Traits While in art projects Peggy Ritz creatively makes a hook rug. Drawing, painting, lettering, gra¬ phics, designing, and weaving were some of the limitless projects ex¬ plored in Art I. This studio course was designed to make beginner artists aware of the fundamentals involved in art. Art II was offered to students in.- terested in developing personal tech¬ niques in artistry. Sculpture, cer¬ amics, and carving were included in its curriculum to broaden the sec¬ ond semester artists’ comprehension or art. Art project’s advanced pupils were free to select a project which would suit their own desires as well as extend their skills. Art history covered the evolution of styles in painting of various his¬ torical periods, the influence of the past upon contemporary materials, and the role of art in society. Superstaffers of the Futura ponder the age old question of “which picture should we put in?” 18