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Stebbins, R.
1963
Asian Trip
Karachi
Jan. 21 arrived.
Also visited the botany lab where I saw
preserved marine algae, fair & grain & other
seeds. The children are taken on field trips and
are encourage to write ecological notes but they
often get carried away by collecting and so less
about the notes.
Also visited the physics lab & observed the
girls working with magnets and ampers to
plot lines I face.
In the chemistry lab, the teacher put on
some fireworks which she is preparing for
some program coming up. Again there
were many dust covered bottles with aging
labels suggesting little use. The room was
poorly lighted. The arrangement of work
benches was as noted in the school in
Delhi. The chemistry & physics
labs, visited were large -- perhaps
60-70 ft. x 40 ft. The life science labs were
smaller. A long hall-way like walk area
induced each lab and was set up by a
solid wall with doors at intervals. This
hallway was well lighted by a long
bank of windows and a continuous
length workbench ran the length of
the "hall". Sinks were spaced at
intervals along the other side of the