North Central High School - Northerner Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Diversified science courses enrich student knowledge Adiusting his high-powered microscope, biology student Bill Gray is intrigued by the specimen. North Central offered a variety of comprehensive science courses with a continually changing curriculum. Some of the classes offered in the science de- partment were biology, botany, chem- istry, geology, narcotics, physics, physiology, biology topics, earth sci- ence, and zoology. Advanced courses were offered in several of these subiects. This year North Central expanded its science curriculum. Introductory physical science was added as a two semester combination of physics and chemistry. This class is unlike all pre- vious physical science courses because it consists of laboratory work only. Physiology was expanded to a full year and the study of heredity and embryology was also included in the course. Team-teaching had been used previously, but this year classes were handled by individual teachers. Through dissection, the students studied the bones, sweat glands, and brains of sheep. Two new laboratory books were used this year for the first time. They may look like tinker-toys , but to lab assistants Becky McCan, Shari Longest, and Fiona Wright they are fundamentals of chemistry, Hoping to gain insight into the world of the atom, these girls con- struct molecular models. As assistants they also aid the science instructors in the laboratories. While studying human anatomy, physiology stu- dents Jim Pruitt and Neal Taslitz take time to get acquainted with their skeleton friend,

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While Dan Grube ancl the rest of his classmates listen, Mrs. Allen explains the right of exclusive possession to her business law class. x F. , KN fi' ii Figuring al an adding machine, business student Larry Frey makes use of the various equipment which is available for students in the business department during study halls. ' Beginning lyplsls lrightl discover that learning correct typing habits requires much perserverance and patience. Ellen Abbot! ileftl also applies this I knowledge cf typing to transcribe memos and letters from a dictaphone machine. She and many other students learn this skill at N. C. , .,fJi'iigg43iWfL W ,. , f 'if' - . .wg , WW' 5 -, ix let .J