Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1987, Page 39

Description:	Physics gets popular...Hands on labs hold student interestWhether preparing for college or justkilling time, students always find room intheir schedules for the many sciencecourses offered at South. Among this yearsselection are the basic courses of science9, biology 1-2, physics 1-2, and chemistry1-2. Then there are the college levelcourses such as biology 3-4, chemistry 3-4,and physics 3-4.Students felt that the quality of eachcourse and the various activities conducted in and out of class help to hold student interest in the area of the sciences.Many hands on experiments, such as labs,keep us interested, said senior Rob Harrell, advanced chemistry student. Personally, I like the fact that the labs we dokinda relate to everyday life. Well, sor-ta!, junior Tony Elison laughed.One area in particular, physics, has seenits class size on the rise in the past year.We have had a steady increase during thepast few years, says Physics teacher MikeRiggle, but the numbers are still fairly low.We hope to keep increasing in size in thefuture, Riggle concluded.Notice everyone, when I touch the pencilto the pencil to the wire, junior Mark Sternreceives an electric shock. Junior CarolynDzierba gives lessons in chemistry.Connect fig 3 with fig 6b. Assemblingatomic weapons can be tricky, but juniorchemistry student Eric Chambers appearsto have it under control.Science 39
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