Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1989, Page 55

Description:	\|f?WI iser-Waltlng patiently to see whathappens next, Angie Risen blowsbubbles for entertainment.Lumbley rule number one: neveruse your finger as a stopper. EricMungle watches in disbelief as hisfinger disentigrates.Students explore scienceEvery student at Southmust take at least onescience class in their highschool career. Its not asbad as they think, saidMike Riggle, head of thescience department.There are many differentaspects of science for students to explore.The chemistry classes arefilled with experiments. Thefirst year chemistry classesdo qualitative labs, thosethat involve seeingchanges. On the otherhand, second year focuseson auantities.Bill Lumbley, one of thechemistry teachers, feelsthat students generally enjoy his class. One of themain ideas he wants to getacross to his students is,That they can do it! Hismain goals are teachingbasic study skills and achemical understanding oftheir surroundings.The physics classes alsodo auite a few labs, 28 to30 different experiments,said Riggle. The first yearlabs are concerned withmotion, power, work efficiency of machines, andheat. The second yearclass does experiments involving air tracks and computers. Along with experiments, the physicsdepartment also participates in a bridge buildingcontest.Besides chemistry andphysics there are biology,horticulture and generalscience. All of these classes have a similar goal, forstudents to walk awayfrom the class being thebest they can be.55
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