Madison Heights High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Students Profit from 7 Science Offerings By experimenting, Sara Nottingham and Linda Gibson probe into the mysteries of chemical laws. Academics 25

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Carmen Williamson shows surprise as Rick Whitaker pricks her finger for a blood sample. MH’s science department was div¬ ided into 10 courses. General Biology classes examined primitive forms of life, while Advanced Biology explored more complicated forms. Zoology pupils gained knowledge by dis¬ secting animal structures. Physiological Biology students in¬ vestigated the laws of the biological world. Graphs and charts aided Anat¬ omy pupils as they probed into the operations of the human body. As a class, the lab assistants made experi¬ ments in molecular bio-chemistry. Chemistry students learned the classifications and combinations of the elements. Wearing safety glasses, the pupils performed numerous ex¬ periments. The Physics classes in¬ vestigated energy and matter trans¬ formations. The novice physicists studied scales and inclines. Physics teacher Basil Mason gestures pointedly while delivering a lecture to one of his classes. f ' 4 1 if xfr Zoology student teacher Miss Kerr assists two soph class members in determining their blood type. 24 Academics

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Math Courses Probe Minds, Spur Thoughts Mathematics helped students apply logical reasoning to problems. The MH math curriculum included seven subjects ranging from General Math to Trigonometry and Calculus. Among the seven subjects offered, Plane Geometry was the most popu¬ lar as approximately 175 of the 606 students enrolled in math courses took Geometry. A change occurred in the depart¬ ment when the Advanced Algebra classes switched to a new book at the beginning of the second semester. This change was made in order to better prepare the persons taking this course for Calculus. Mr. Wann explains complicated algebra prob¬ lems in depth by using the overhead projector. 26 Academics Math students benefit from work with problems, teacher’s assistance, and other student’s mistakes.