George Washington Carver Regional High School - Hawk Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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MISS ALEASE A. JONES B. S. , Virginia Union University Biology Guidance Committee, Counselor Three Years at Carver Probably the most interesting of all things are the ones which are alive, the plants and the animals. When students study biology, they study the science of living things. They study their structure and life processes, so that they may understand their habits. Each Monday the biology classes go into the laboratory to observe many different kinds of plants and animals. These students are observing the paramecia with the aid of microscopes.

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MRS. ALEASE S. HUBB B. S. , Virginia State College Cornell University Science Advisory Council, Guidance Committee Thirteen Years at Carver In Eighth Grade Science, introduced in 1948, the problem of science education is approached from the point of view of environment. The basic scientific theories are developed logically and clearly. The what, how and why of science are inter- preted as an integral and important part of the pupil’s life, his work and his recreation. In order that science may become even more meaningful to the pupils, they are provided with opportunities to participate in classroom and home projects; individual class reports; to learn how to use simple laboratory apparatus through demonstrations and to carry out projects involving outside natural and artificial environmental factors. Another role that Eighth Grade Science plays is to stimulate within the pupils an interest in science to the extent that they will pursue other science courses throughout their high school career. Raymond Orange, Arthur Payne, Diane Rawls, Ivadean Shanks, Calvin Minor, and Julia Waters experiment to find out which is heavier, an equal volume of motor oil or an equal volume of water.

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MISS SHIRLEY PERKINS B. S. , St. Paul ' s College Chemistry, General Science Three Years at Carver The Chemistry class, composed of eighteen students, is progressing very steadily. The members of the class are finding this branch of science very interesting and neces- sary to them as individuals in a progressive and economical -minded United States. The students are learning that chemistry, the branch of science dealing with matter, the composition, and the changes under which matter goes, is used in almost all of the many occupations. Chemistry furnishes methods or experiments to discover new facts or already discovered ones. The Chemistry class has done and is planning to do many experiments centered on environment. One of the most interesting experiments, the students feel, that they have already performed is the preparation of oxygen and hydrogen by the water dis- placement method. In this method hydrogen and oxygen replace the water. Preparation of hydrogen proves interesting for chemistry stu dents of the third period class. Since water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen, and these elements are soluble in water, this method can be used for the preparation of hydrogen and oxygen.