HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
ADD A FOURTH "R" TO SCHOOL WORK
THROUGH USE OF VISUAL AIDS, PUPILS LEARN
REASON" BEHIND FACTS THEY HAVE TAKEN FOR
GRANTED,
A new method of education is currently be
ing experimented with on the West Coast*
Children start to learn science while they
si;ill in Kindergarten* The scope of
■heir training advances as they reach hig
hec grades j. and they attend many classes
rot covered by the "three r's"« The eter
nal %hys" 6f childhood are answered sc
ientifically and visibly as pupils learn
Che reason Dehind everything they see in
this mechanical age*
fete in Kindergarten incubate eggs and
•watch the chicks hatcho They learn health
education with a large-scale set of teeth,
e. model eye, and wooden figure©
Third-grade pupils learn basic science
facts and related mathematical concepts
through the use of machines which employ
the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane
and the wheel*
When conservation comes up in another
class, the students study mine operations
and then build their own mine with orange
crates, rocks, clay and Erector sets.
A second grade group, as part of its
study of the dairy in the community,
takes turns shaking a quart jar of cream,
checking for butter formation, finally
spreads the butter on crackers and samp
les it*
With nails and copper wire, the fifth
graders learn some of the basic scientific
principles involved in electricity and
electrical morors. The instructor demon
strates the power of 110-volt current by
connecting an ordinary electric wire to
two nails driven through a board. A weiner
is placed on the nailsj a short circuit
arranged} the weiner cooked electrically.
This also demonstrates to the child what
might happen to him if he plays with
house current.
After this experiment pupils will continue
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to have other experirnces with electricity:
Much reading will -be done} models showing
wiring and fuse systems of houses will be
constructed and examined} pupils will
check electric morors, compute voltage anf
make many other mechanical experiments-
The children will write down their find
ings, thereby receiving a great deal of
constructive instruction*.
When a lad constructs a motor run by a
dry-cell battery, the instructor explains
the similarity between this simple device
and the large motors used in industry*
Sixth-grade students, by studying mice,
learn about nutrients and the different
effects of poor and balanced diets* Thus,
everything in these interesting calsses is
related to everyday life and the school is
actually a basic training ground for Ame
rica's future scientists^
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COLLEGIAN STAFF
Editor-in-Chief —Tom Maxwell
Assistane Ed- Fred Steckert
Associate Ed.; Stan Zdep
Art Editor- —John Cappello
Sports Editor- Bernard Goydish
Reporters A 1 Hanger;. Betty
Ted Minor* Gene Tihansky,-, Bernard
Fred Steckert* John Zisek* Joanne
Barbara Katchmarik
Typists —Gene Tihansky & Joanne
Edwards »
Faculty Advisor--Mr* Andrew Kafka.
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FEB. 28., 1953
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