Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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SCIENCE LABS Look like we made it From lollipops to gravity: labs key student learning through experiments t the end of a dimly-lit hall a short woman added chemicals to a bubbling concoction causing an explo- sion that rocked the lab. The result this time was not a monster. but a device to advance student interest. Mrs. Dorothy Rae among other Biol- ogy. Chemistry, and Physics teachers. used labs to make their science. courses exciting and to increase first-hand knowledge of the students. Sophomore Jimmy Mushalik said. In labs you could work with what you were learning about. Lectures got bor- ing. Mr. James Herman said. Stu- dents need a basic understanding of science and labs gave a more rounded view of Biology. Biology labs con- sisted of drawing. observing, and label- ing the animals and plants the students CAREFUL NOT TO SPILL any of the Hydrolic acid on her hands, Mary Welch watches the liq- uid as Stephanie Gross checks its measure- ments. Chemistry students took precautions with the use of aprons and goggles. Photo by Scott Waughtal. INIPFIOVISING THEIR TIME, Physics students Dias Lewis, Marjianne Nelson, Steve McGaugh, Greg King, Greg Stocks and Craig Keener study from a new sel -paced program. Termed pro- iect physics the plan allowed students to com- plete assignments in and out of class. Photo by Scott Waughtal. Sciences - Depth design bv Kergv Tlwrnliill studied. Junior Gene Sheils said, I d0n't get off to looking at Parmecium in Biology, but the Chemistry labs were great. We even made peanut brittle. The Chem- istry teachers showed their students how mixing ethers and sucrose could produce lollipops and peanut brittle. Not only did Chemistry students' mouths water. but their brains worked. Miss Paula Kosclskey said. I've taught chemistry for 20 years and still don't know a single fact. That's hard for stu- dents to understand. Mrs. Rae said. Labs help in a subject that is based on theory. they explain a concept by see- ing the actual result. Chemistry labs involved learning procedures. mixing chemicals. and accurately recording results. Senior Biology Il student Charlie Stern said, Labs really stuff it into you. It's hard. but I really learned something. Junior Karl Rivas said. Labs gave students more than a one-dimensional view of physics and Biology. They strength- ened my view of the importance of sci- ence in the everyday world. Physics labs used several instruments for view- ing motion. gravity. and momentum in actual life. Along with class labs stu- dents had a project every few weeks that they chose. In physics labs you learned things first-hand that go on everyday around you and never knew why they hap- pened, said Junior Scot Kreiger. 30 -- ilfllflivlc Bfjrdnn and Elise Cnlemmi lee .. Q7 I X l ,gi . an ,a..,.,.. I I . X . 1 6 6-.

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. 5 1331! i SORTING OUT ALL THE PAPER WORK Laura McCullough and Carry Brown give the micro- scope a big yawn, in Oceanography class. Oceanography allowed the students to explore how the ocean was created centuries ago, Photo by Kathy Epps. PREPARING TO MAKE A BATTERY in Physical Science Mark Blankenship starts to work. Scl- ence was a course that many freshmen took advantage of as well as some seniors to add an easy subject for the curriculum year. Photo by Freddie Herbert. ENTERTAINING ANTICS helped liven periods between lectures on respiratory diseases and the auditory canal. Juniors Kevin Topek and Todd Stubblefield and Sophomore Stephanie Shirley exchange private grins in health class. Photo by Freddie Herbert. OCEANOGRAPHY, ASTRONOMY, HEALTH, PHYSICAL SCIENCE Look like we made it Curfosiry ofsurrouncifngs makes sea and sky classes oifferenr ASTRONOMY hose Students who didnq want 10 Junior Christia Cooke said. lt's.a lot like have a full year of physics or chemis- Physics bm We film do many eXPef1menl5-H try took astronomy as an alternative science MQSI-SlUdCUlS expecled less maths and course for one quarter. PhY5lC5 lfwolved- l76 Scientific encounters Astronomy teacher Mr. Mike Saathoff said that this course is a wonderful applica- tion of chemistry and physics but. without callingitsof' To know how to use the telescope was especially useful for those students who went to a star session at 5 a.m. in the fall. You didn't have to be there but it was very interesting. said Senior Klaus Jorgen- sen. Senior Kevin Coleman observed brown- ish-reddish color on Jupiter: lt was pretty funny. l've never seen Saturn and Jupiter before. ln the wintertime when it is clear so many constellations are apparent and I want to know what I'm looking at. said Senior Lee Rector. Senior John Stanford said that astron-l omy covered everything but the planets. We stuck to the dynamics of the stars. he explained. i Mr. Saathoff tried to do things people had a natural curiosity about. 1 l think most students are interested in things that are really unusual like novas. black holes. and various kinds of galaxies. he explained.