North Mesquite High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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Lroking over the procedures for the up- coming lab, Danny Chapman examines his worksheet, Glasses were worn to protect his eyes from the fumes coming from sodium hydroxide. Phulo by-john Waolaru' l At a social at Robert McCarry's, Patsy Spikes relaxes after a game of volleyball. The social was held for all of the teachers. Photo by Bob MrCar1y Questions! Questions! Chemistry teacher Phyllis Grady assists Ronnie Syblik in mease uring out 24 drops of MnO4. Amounts of chemicals must be exact for the experiment to work. Pbolo byjobn Waulara' if Assisting his group, Donny Wirten drops a chemical in a test tube, while Cindy Mclnrurff and Rusty Rodgers review the instructions for the flame test lab. Pham byjofm Woolard Cleaning out a test tube with distilled water, Christina Williamson prepares it for the next class, This is just one ofthe many tasks that must be accomplished during a lab, Pham by john Woolara'

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flomczf ond LUUQI ension. Although laughter and low talk- ing could be heard, stu- dents knew that a careless slip of the hand could mean ruining the experiment and possibly injuring themselves or someone else. I am careful about what I do when my class does a lab, Steph- anie Nguyen said. Stephanie is one of the students who took Chemistry. Most stu- dents take this course to get in their science credit. What they did not know is that hours of studying is involved, plus keeping up with the labs. I did not go into the class thinking that it was going to be easy, but I was not expecting it to be so hard, Regina Leonard said. Students who take Chemistry usually have careers in mind in- volving some kind of problem solv- ing. Labs help in other careers be- sides science, because they promote logical and analytical thinking as well as qualitative thought and in- terpretation. Problem solving is the key to chemistry - not just mathematical Adjusting a burner to ai blue flame, Gabe Rotltiquez heats up the water so that a white precipitate will form. The precipitate will tell you that a reaction has taken place. Pham byjobn Woolartl. problems, but it teaches how to think, Chemistry teacher Patsy Spikes said. Because I am going to be a paleontologist, chemistry labs such as the ones we do are important in training and preparing me for my career, Roz Rommel said. Detailed workbooks with in- structions on how to set up the labs come with the textbook. The book helps the teacher save time so she will be able to spend more time reviewing the chapter. Sometimes it takes me four days to set up the labs, not in- cluding running off the mime- ographed worksheets. It just de- pends on what lab I want to do, Chemistry teacher Phyllis Grady said. Groups of three work together to see hands on what the chapter is trying to teach them. Labs give the students an overall view of what chemical solutions will do in com- bination with other mixtures. Working as a group is fun, and better than working by yourself, said Steve Getstung, I really like those labs.