Plaza Middle School - Odyssey Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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Gerald Baum James Bobbitt Jimmy Downing Miss Linda Hudson l C X Robert Palombo Mrs. Rose Morrisette Mrs. Barbara Pifer Miss Noreta Sizer What Is The World The Plaza Science Team offers Earth and Space Science and Physical Science to all students and Biology to qualified ninth graders. During the year, science students undertook sev- eral interesting projects. Some students studied plant growth and development, some investigated the behavior and physiology of I I E I ll 6 1 t i 1 I 1, i I i i I f . l i i i white rats, and others observed the laws of genetics as they relate to the fruit fly. In early spring all Earth and Space Science students made a trip to the Rice's Fossil Pit to seek fossil specimens. SCIENCE STUDENT ASSISTANTS gather around a variety of equipment used in sciencel studies. L. Tefti, V. Grossnickle, R. Coffren, K. Brown, J. Waldrop, K. Shovlin, S. Blackmon, J., Freeman. f l ll 1 G: . . I 1 ! r William Nagy Team Leader QQ. A ev - A1 L. ' u lil I 5 J Ap v '7:. xi! V, X I 5 I 'I I f' ml s If uif , .,faL ' '- , -' l ll

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M rs. Lottie Waters uf--Vi Team Leader William Clark Mrs. Jere Pardee Miss Norma Reed Mrs. Susan Taylor Nicholas Vislocky 'A ' f i 'r 1'T' ' UT Y-, H119 X U - a .Jw 1. 2 SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENT ASSISTANTS Paul Cartwright, Richard Hall, and Donald Kinsey take a break from their globe study in order to let photographer snap their picture. Learn About The World The social studies team has been striving to make their subjects more alive this year. In order to achieve this goal they have used simula- tion games, audio-visual materials. and field trips. One big project was the World History classes' Dig. They learned how to put together a culture and how archaeologists uncover ancient cultures. The World Geography classes used audio- visuals and their own research to develop understanding of the problems of the world today. The U. S. History students have been learning about events that led to the building of our nation. Mrs. Sandra Williams

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Mrs. June Nelson Carroll Byrum Team Leader Mrs. Judith Clark Miss Elizabeth Flippin Miss Dorothy Gregory Miss Delna Lineberry ' 5 so Q MATH STUDENT ASSISTANTS: L Zingraff, G Thompson R Pollock, S. Gower. Absent, J. Crook. Students watch R Pollock work with adding machine. umbers Are Our Busmess The Math Team of Plaza encourages students to think logically in both math and the outside world. The team teaches eight different levels of math from General Math I and ll through Algebra and Unified Geometry. Other then the regular class, each student attends a math lab once a week which offers the student a change of pace with math games, worksheets, and computers. 'tr Mrs. Judith Root Norvell Scott. Jr. Mrs. Judy Shaffer Mrs. Laurice Slaughter 17