Roosevelt High School - Roundup Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Students Discover the Wide World Science at Roosevelt plays an important part in informinK the student of the world around him and in adequately preparing him for the more difficult science courses in college. Almost all students take biology as sophomores, and a lar e percentage also ko on to enroll in chemistry and physics. Roosevelt has some of the finest science laboratory facilities in the state, and throujrh these labs students develop the habit of formal problem solution.

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Mathematics teacher Vera Biddle helps Mark Willis solve a difficult problem after class. Students ' ' Well, students ' says Mr. Akers, No, Art Wittmack isn ' t playinp tic-tac-toe. He ' • if you don ' t know I ' m certainly working out a probability problem concerninji: not Koing to tell you! cafeteria que. (Gordon Garrison Lawrence Stokka Ronald Storm Algebra Advanced Algebra Advanced Algebra Geometry Probability 19

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f Science Herman Kirkpatrick Physics Mr. Scott shows his class how to set up an experiment in chemist FN lab. (iuy Michener Biolojjy Thomas Scott Chemistry Kenneth Slentz Physics Man ' s natural curiosity about the world around him led to the development of the different branches of science. At Roosevelt, students may take biology, physics, chemistry, and practical chem- istry. One laborator ' science is required for graduation. Teachers encourage their students to demonstrate their knowledge and research in the annual Hawkeye Science Fair, in which several Roosevelt students are perennially entered. After you wet it, you put it on your arm and, presto I You ' ve pot a tatoo, says Mike Jacob- sen to John Halfordv. 21