J J Pearce High School - Mustang Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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222 f Ending the monotony, labs are A RELIEF If it's green and wiggles, it's biology, if it stinks, it's chemistry, and if it doesn't work, it's physics, senior Angela Bond said. Labs were a welcome break from the daily grind. Whether cooking a meal, sewing together a stuffed animal or dissecting frogs in Biology I and cats in anatomy, students often found that labs were a more enjoyable way of learning than just taking notes and reading out of the book. 'tThey are more interesting than doing work out of the book and they make class a lot more exciting, sophomore Lori Miller said. Other students believed that the first-hand ex- perience received from the labs was helpful because each person worked in- dividually on the lab and ac- tually saw what was happen- ing. I think science labs help you learn because you're ac- tually doing it yourself, Viva Italian! Students in Singles Survival get a taste of Italy as senior Mark Ilellums and junior Holly Sayles prepare mini-pizzas. lBoleyl sophomore Suzanne Horak said. Home economics consisted of such classes as child development, singles sur- vival, nutrition and foods, cooking, sewing, and family living. In child development, students were taught how to care for and raise children from the infant age through the teen years. In singles sur- vival, students found out how to survive after graduating from high school. In nutri- tion and foods, we were taught about what kinds of foods to eat and how to balance a good diet, sophomore Ashley Andries said. Labs gave students hands-on experience in science, home economics and survival skills. Labs were important because they gave students real world ex- perience with principles that would normally be learned just from a textbook, junior Neal Gray said. tLeopard1 Dissecting a cat in Mrs. Ida Christensen's anatomy class, senior Valerie Kenwell and junior Laura Boone investigate the side organs of a cat. lBryanl GQ, WHS. 9 .E lf 1 , -wx s '17 - V, - X 'a , N 'Tx 3 ..-J' l .at

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. Combining iron and sulfur to make iron sulfide, juniors Debbie Bailey. Stephanie Algar and Roll Elkins ae- tivate the Chemical reaction hy heating the test tulies over Bunsen hurners. lBryanl Weighing sodium hydrogen car- lmonate for a lah in Homer Alex- anuler's chemistry class, junior Allison Price uses a triple beam balance to provide an accurate measurement. 1Bryanl ff, ww-we 1 While working on a chemical reac- tions lah in Mr, Homer Alexander's Chemistry I class, junior Adam Kice heats magnesium to test for com- hustihility, lBoleyl Lahs 1 Academics X 223