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Remembering the first Earth Day
I remember the first Earth Day. It was back in 1970, and we discussed it in our IPS class at Calvin Coolidge Junior High School in Moline, Illinois. Back in those days, in Moline, junior high covered grades 7-9. IPS was Introductory Physical Science and covered basics of chemistry and physics as preparation for more advanced high school classes. It was a class I had been looking forward to because it was only open to ninth graders and we got to do real lab type experiments.
Our teacher, Wes Johnson, led a discussion of ecology which was not exactly a household word back then. We had an idea of something called pollution, but that was about it. Mr. Johnson was one of those young, cool science teachers, but we didn't call him Wes. He was the same age as my older sister and they even knew each other in high school. (My sister found science challenging, so she was smart enough to grab him as a lab partner in chemistry class. Mr. Johnson moved to the high school at the same time I did, so I had him again in subsequent years. I'm sure he is retired now.)
I still remember some very specific things I learned in that class. I don't know if he got me interested in ecological matters, but he was a major influence in my ongoing love for science and technology. Happy Earth Day, Mr. Johnson.
Remembering the first Earth Day
April 22, 2008
I remember the first Earth Day. It was back in 1970, and we discussed it in our IPS class at Calvin Coolidge Junior High School in Moline, Illinois. Back in those days, in Moline, junior high covered grades 7-9. IPS was Introductory Physical Science and covered basics of chemistry and physics as preparation for more advanced high school classes. It was a class I had been looking forward to because it was only open to ninth graders and we got to do real lab type experiments.Our teacher, Wes Johnson, led a discussion of ecology which was not exactly a household word back then. We had an idea of something called pollution, but that was about it. Mr. Johnson was one of those young, cool science teachers, but we didn't call him Wes. He was the same age as my older sister and they even knew each other in high school. (My sister found science challenging, so she was smart enough to grab him as a lab partner in chemistry class. Mr. Johnson moved to the high school at the same time I did, so I had him again in subsequent years. I'm sure he is retired now.)
I still remember some very specific things I learned in that class. I don't know if he got me interested in ecological matters, but he was a major influence in my ongoing love for science and technology. Happy Earth Day, Mr. Johnson.
Posted by Peter Welander on April 22, 2008 | Comments (0)
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