Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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.

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1 ' AITING FOR THE SUN in the early mornings ool weather, teacher Mike Saathoff demon- trates to his class the proper use of the sun ial. Students were also given the option of bserving the stars at 5:00 in the morning. hoto by Kathy Epps. OCEANOGRAPHY Many different experiences were to be pad on the field trip that was an important Jart of Miss Debbie Lemm's Oceanography zlass. The Oceanography class was popular with many students including Junior Craig Carlton. He said. I liked oceanography Jecause I got to do a lot of stuff on my own tnd it was an easy going course. The field irip was a good way to learn more about the Jcean while having a good time. Some students. such as Sophomore Char- ley Biegle. enjoyed the field trip purely for the fun of it. with no scientific goals atta- shed. I took my board along and did a lit- tle surfing. Galveston is not the hottest spot on earth to surf. but when we went it was okay. stated Biegle. Then there were those who went along on the trip for scientific interest alone. Senior llimmy Miller said. I collected a lot of lspecimens for my aquarium and learned a 'good deal about small marine life in shal- ilow areas. -Q- -va Junior Bob Shields said. I think the trip fulfilled its purpose. Through basic experi- ments with the water and environment around Galveston. we learned more about the ocean and its living things. Perhaps the value of the trip was summed up by what Junior Matt Lapine said. The field trip was worthwhile and I had a lot of fun while experimenting and fishing. I got to know my classmates a little more while traveling with them. HEALTH Two quarters of Health Education is required in the Spring Branch Independent School District for graduation. But. should health be a required subject? Miss Ann Wilson said. Health should be required but the curriculum should deal more with diseases rather than anatomy. Anatomy should be learned in science. She also said if the students have a background in anatomy then more time could be spent on diseases. their preventatives and their cures. Health seemed to overlap the other courses. Health teacher David Denny said. A lot of stuff in health is in Biology. all that is happening is health is being repeated. He believed health should be included with Physical Education. shallow waters off Jamaic Galveston. Some people think sh reduced. stated Randolph living things in it. he said. Randolph has satisfied hi by research done outsid ous science fair contests on Lemm's Oceanography course. I Lemm ran her course but you can enjoy and benefit class. he said. I collected IZOO teeth. Out the rest I make into neckl otherjewelryf' -30 - . WALKING ! ' BAIT 1. I SHARKS for ' 55.00 an hour Q if i does not seem ' . like the most 1-.gi It ideal summer ', r' Nfl job. But. senior 7 'S Peyton Ran- dolph is an avid shark enthusiast who is as comfortable around sharks as we are around puppy dogs. His job this past summer was conducted in the a Beach. arks are dangerous. and they're right. but if handled correctly the dangercan be . Interest in sharks and in the ocean began when Randolph was quite young. I can remember the first time I saw a Jacques Cousteau special on T.V. I was seven years old and from then on I was fascinated by the ocean and the s interest in oceanography in the past mostly e of the school program. He has entered vari- the sub- ject of sharks and has done quite well. This year Randolph took Miss like Miss Lemm's course because of the way the class was conducted. I learned a lot about the ocean in a dis- cussion type atmosphere. Some peo- ple took advantage of the way Miss if taken seriously and with the desire to learn. from the V Another aspect of Randolph's interest in sharks is collecting shark's teeth. In only one week. a friend and of these teeth. I classified the majority of them and set them on plaques and aces and - A ndt' Mcfffcrd We could devote a whole course to human diseases or drugs or even Environ- mental Healthf' said Miss Carol Hemphill. She also said the health teachers barely touch on these subjects. and certainly not in the great detail in which they could. I believe more time should be spent on Sex Education. the text we teach out of has no Sex Ed. whatsoever. said Miss Wilson. She believes that Sex Ed. is a major part of health education. Some people used to think of health edu- cation as a kiddy cartoon type course. how to brush your teeth and clean your ears. things like that. Health Ed. is starting to emerge from a Mickey Mouse reputation. said Miss Hemphill. Other teachers do try to stay by the book. Miss Hemphill said. Even though I don't issue the book. it is rather dated. some things never change and for that it is fine. Denny said. We pretty well have to stay within the contents of the book. Denny feels the goal of Health Ed. should be to develop a person totally. He said. To develop a person totally. physi- cally. mentally and have a helpful attitude towards the environment and themselves is the main goal of Health Ed. -30 - - Andi' Mtfftfrd Vera Rttsswurni, Philip Topek Scie ntific encounters ' I77