Hillcrest High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Dalzell, SC)

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Oh no! Kelly Holmes makes a last minute check through her biology lab book. Humus? While Michelle Edmundson takes a soil sample, Robert Berard anticipates this turn. ...LABS OF! THE LACK OF THEM 112 Labs or the lack of them it -sg

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Dr. Livingsto t i Frankenstein's abode was scary but the biology lab - even without light- ening was enough to cause you heart tremors, not to mention the reading labs where complex audio-visu al equipment boggled the mind with parts of speech and phrases. Besides biology, there were chemistry and physics labs that taxed brains and lots of glass beakers. From the formation of ne,I presume? oxygen from potassium chlorate to learning how to use a slide rule - all of it was struggled through. Students dissected piglets and discussed the merits of Sodium phosphate over Zinc chlorate. Oh, the thrill of blood cells and bacteria viewed under the micro- scope! While they marvelled over life processes, others evolved through labs that helped them learn founda- tions that are the basis for all other learning . . . reading. Special tests showed them which learning aids they needed most and what areas needed improvement. Labs or the lack of them 111

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Iont. from page 111 Chlorate. Oh, the thrill of rlood cells and bacteria 'iewed under the micro- cope! While they marveled over ife processes, others nvolved through labs that lelped them learn founda- ions that are the basis or all other learning . . . ,eading. i Special tests showed hem which learning aids hey needed most and what lreas needed improvements. l If all else failed, there lrere always reports and l ore reports. . .chemistry ports on Darwin's theory nd DNA . . . help! Frogs and piglets were e unfortunate victims eager anatomy and biol- students. Scalpels and pins in hand, they set forth to explore internal organs. Physics students get down to the logical side ' of science with statistic and electronics. When things get boring inside some classes re- treated to the outdoors to take soil samples, plant and observe. The requirement of lab books sent many students to stock up on coffee, as they labored into the night making sure every ex- periment was documented. Sometimes, when enthu- siasm lagged, recharging was necessary. The Iunior Academy of Science's Winter Workshop provided a wel- come relief from the class- room blahs, When they ar- rived in Charleston, stu- dents attended lectures and demonstrations, along with doing a bit of star gazing. Students strived for awareness of the world that surrounded them . . . the wonder of it. And what better way than science or reading? P. Livingston, I presume