Immaculata High School - Guerin Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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224 tems ill As Gwen Cavanagh slowly adds the hydrochloric acid, Prudence Laramore prepares Physical Sciences Challenge Imaginations Once again Immaculata ex- pands her curriculum to stimu- late interest in the latest ad- vances in science. The new phys- ics course, together with the chemistry courses, projects a dynamic picture of the physical universe. In order to illustrate class- room study and to encourage original thinking and research, greater emphasis has been placed on laboratory work this year. Learning the basic compo- nents of matter, the forces of nature and the theories behind their behavior, IHS girls receive a sound foundation for further study as well as priceless practi- cal knowledge. to capture the hydrogen in a wide-mouthed bottle. Their lah partner, Mary Mazzuchi, observes the reaction so she can record the results. Carla Greene, a member of the Washington junior Academy of Sciences, demonstrates the technique of analytical measurement which she used in her work at Walter Reed Army Hospital last summer. l

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'ALCL X .: - - -H Freshmen learn relation- ships bctween numbers, Billie Howard points them out, Pens, pencils, papers, rulers, erasers, compass- now all we need are the answers, say , Peggy Carr and Diane Clark as they struggle with a test in Algebra II.

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Senior physicists Kathy Cross and Gail Bloch prove, with the Slinky, that Physics is fun as they send pulses along the coils to show their classmates the behavior of waves.