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Senior Kurt Robin so n compares hi s anatomy with a skull.
Anatomy was a major part of phy siology. (Linda Carey)

Juniors Kim Camp o and Rod Nietfeldt mem orize the polytomic
ions for chemistry. Pol ytomi c ions were tau ght first semester.
Carey)
Chizek work s on a pull ey lab during second hour
12. Stud ents learned how simple machines worked.
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Technology Advances Classes

Science courses ranged from cell biology to labs recently came up in the news during the O.J.
Advanced Placement Biology. In almost all of Simpson trial. The lab featured a simple form of
them, technology was used to catch the interest of the infamous DNA testing.
the students. AP Biology also used a laserdisc player
Physics was the course which was known with three-dimensional glasses, and other video
for being the most technologically advanced. The equipment to present lectures. They also had a
physics room used computers, laser di scs, and a camera which digitizes photographs for the com-
laser pointer to present the lecture. Lab reports puter. They used CD-ROM, a computer pig
were not printed out, they were electronically di ssection program, and other multimedia appli-
mailed. There was no need for chalk and a chalk cations to learn the material. "It seems kids learn
board. "Thanks to the technology, we have adcfed better seeing, than they do heari ng. We try to give
over 50% more experiences to our curriculum, the students a 'hands on experience'," science
and we are exposing ourselves to a richer environ- teacher Dave Buckley said. ·
ment," physics teacher Bill Schnase said. Buckley said th ey are getting ADAM, a
Schnase said that before the physics depart- medical dissection computer program which al-
ment went technological, 30% of the students who lows a student to dissect a cadaver. He said, they
graduated took physics; after the change 40 per- need to raise enough money to buy a new com-
cent of the student body enrolled. The national puter to run the program. Money is one of the
average was only at 14%. "Nationally physics bi ggest components of having a technologically
classes have 12% females, here the classes are run science course. "A lot of time and effort goes
made of 46-48% females" Schnase said. into rai sing funds to purchase new equipment,"
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In Advanced Placement Biology, one of the Buckely said. C) --IV~

"Wiien Ne6rasli.a won tlie Oran9e tiThe most important event of this "Tiie error tliey fount! in tlie
BowL" sclioo( year was wlien tlie Pentium processor."
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Con9ress."

--senior Todd Hi(fiemann --senior Jamie Hdms --senior Jon Dosta(