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Freshmen Mark Schwenk , Heidi Haynes
Scott Novak, and Ryan Byrne work on a
group project in cell biology. (C hris Dunn)

rPressures Motivate"

Ashley Pixton

"I have three more un- had a di fferent pressure fro m all
knowns, plus the bonus left and th e other science classes. "We
only two more class peri ods! I' ll worked all year long so we would
Junior Kati e Lang starts an experiment with never get all of these done in time." get a 4 or a 5 on th e A.P. test. Mr.
molecul es in chemi stry. All chemistry
stu dents; however, had to pass a safety test This was one of th e pressures fe lt Buckl ey helped all eviate some of
before doin g experiments. (Chris Dunn) by a chemistry student. However, the stress by making sure we did
most science students experienced what we had to do," said Seni or
stresses which were unique for Jami Schell. Chapter tests, and
each class. di ssecti ons were a source of strai n,
Qualitati ve analysis was too.
a race against time that all chem- Underclassmen science
istry students competed in . These cl asses such as cell bi ology, earth
students had oth er strain s on th em structure, astronomy, and zool-
al so besides qualitati ve an alysis. ogy provided freshmen and
They had to learn th e peri odic sophomores stress, too. "Learn-
tabl e of elements and memori ze in g how to take hi gh school sci-
the polyatomi c ions. "Remem- ence tests gave me some prob-
bering all th e different parts of the lems. They were much different
periodic table was chall engin g," from middle school tests," said
said Sophomore Christy Peters. Freshman Chris Lund. Some
Physics also had its own sophomores still had difficulty
type of stress. In physics students with tests. "I could never study
combined math and science to enough to do good on one of Ms.
solve probl ems. One way to learn Butcher's atmospheri c science
how to solve the problems was class. The tests were too hard ,"
through labs. "The weekl y dead- said Stephen Hoefer.
lines for the labs were sometimes With all of th e pressures
hard to make,but they moti vated from science cl asses, students
me to solve th e problems," said were grateful for the teachers who Junior Eri c Bassik, Sopho mores Joey
Seni or Darrin Brown. helped th em deal with the stress Lampert, and Nate Morril take notes during
a lecture in chemistry. (Chris Dunn)
Students in A.P. bi ology and learn the in formati on. e ...)