by Rhonda Minton
TC students in the physical science department went on a field trip to Mid-America Museum in Hot Springs, Ark.
“Mid-America is a place full of science,” Debby Dowdy, physics teacher said. “Many of the principles of science we talked about this semester can be seen.”
“It allows the students to take what they learn and see how it could be illustrated with something real,” the science teacher said.
“Mid-America provides science instruments that the students can touch and play with which they’ll never get to use in the classroom environment,” Dowdy said.
“Mid-America is not a normal museum,” the instructor added. “At a normal museum, people are not allowed to touch the articles. At Mid-America they teach you about everything and see how it functions.”
Students who went on the trip were Barbara Abernathy, Julia Baker, Amy Breed, Barbara Bess, Debbie Curley, Kelly Cunningham, Kenneth Gentry, Connie Greenwood, Angela Harding, Angela Holden, Ron Down, Stephanie Hutton, Cindy Johnson, Daron Law, Predetta Maddy, Debra Marshall, Susan McMahon, Wendy Meeks, Paula Melton, Loretta Malvini, Thelma Patterson, Dianna Perkins, Tonya Pugh, Jo Reed, Lisa Russell, Margaret Sarr, Winston Skinner, Barbara Thomas, Donid Wagon, Cynthia Wagstaff, Mary Aylor, Phillip Webb and Marion Xenos.