Weslaco High School - La Palma Yearbook (Weslaco, TX)

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lVlexico Trip Scientific Explorations Part of Class ROU'fine The difference bclwecn the scientific approach and thc everyday approach is to be found in such courses as Chem- istry l 81 ll, Biology l and H, and general science. Learning all phases ol' life and different scientific compounds are daily routines followed by many students in class. This year the Biology ll class went on a field trip into the interior of Mexico. Collecting specimens and observing biological points of interest were a few of the things the students did. qSee pagesj The Chemistry I and Il classes are relatively the same dealing with various formulas, learning the elements and experimenting in a lab periodically. Biology, however, is a different type of course alto- gc ther. Biology, which means the study of all phases of life, has students dissecting different types of animals anatomy. In general science, the students learn different ele- ments, as general science is closely related to chemistryg learning the periodic table of elements, having lab, and studying the different classes animals are grouped into. They also learn about all types of earth strata. Kent Grosser, chemistry teacher, is head of the science department. ' V ABOVE: Buying tacos from a man in Mexico, while on a biology field trip is senior Bryan King.

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i ABOVE: Procopio Sanchez a problem on the black Shawn Warden examines a slide rule, Computers, Rules Problems of Time, Space Concern Mathematicians Math, in all its forms, seems each day a new day to find another way to solve seemingly endless problems of space and time. lt is the miracle ofthe seventies, thoroughly use- ful for every student, whether he may be an incipient com- puter scientist or the homemaker who juggles inllated gro- cery priees with Phase ll budgets. ln class it's formulas, figures, frustration and a littlc bit of fun, Teachers are assigned to class sections, some meeting every hour of the day, and some meeting only one hour ol' the day, but all are identifiable by being the ones who place the weird symbols o11 the blackboard. Models of angles and prisms, overhead projectors manned by teachers explaining logical progressions of problems, is what fresh- men, sophomores, juniors or seniors face when they take one or more of the mathcmatic courses offered on campus. Math plays a large role in Ullu competition, also. Num- ber sense is available for those who wish to participate in math competition. Student l,ifcf23

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TOP CENTER: Dissecting a fish and identifying the parts are sophomores Minerva Varela and Artcmio Martinez, in Mrs. ,Ioan M0rlcy's biology class. BOTTOM CENTER: Figuring their chemistxy experiment con- tents are seniors Warren Wood- ward and Randy Petch. BELOW: Tom Hainer, biol- ogy teacher, is shown displaying an octopus he caught while at Padre Island on a field trip. Kenneth Perkins is in the back- ground. Aeadem1csf25