32 ~ Wednesday, February 19, 1986 - North Shore News

Local students Study science at Simon Fraser |

OVER 30 students from Hillside, Sentinel and West Vancouver Sec- ondary schools were among more than 600-high school science stu- dents investigating traditional and applied sciences at Simon Fraser University recently.

‘‘We were overwhelmed by the number of: students,’ said Dr. Kathy Heinrich, Faculty of Science high = school Yaison committee chairperson.

‘They showed a keen interest in all the lectures. Now we want to find some way of making it possi-

Teens sexualiy Hiterate

CANADA’S teens are sexually ac- tive but Sexually illiterate, accor- ding. to a recent study on teenagers.

In- fact, sexual illiteracy or ig- norance was a factor in many of the 40,000 pregnancies of teenage girls in Canada in 1983. It con- tributes to the sexual abuse of one in five girls and one in 10 boys by the time they reach 18; and it pre- vents teens from seeking treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (SBDs):

Teens. say they often get their sexual. information from their friends, a route which often leads to misinformation. Many teens think. they’re too young, or have intercourse too infrequently to get

pregnant. In one study of 500 sirls, ; 4

84 per cent. were. sexually active by the. time they were 17, but 68 per

cent did not use contraception

consistently.

Other studies are showing that teens are eager to receive further information. Ina recent survey of 14 to 19-year-olds, 50 per cent said they’ need more information on STDs. A major cause for concern throughout the population, STDs are more of a problenr for teens, who-are less likely to recognize the

symptoms or know where to go for treatment.

Ignorance is not just a problem for sexually active teens. It’s a problem for all children, because a sexually. ignorant child is more vulnerable to sexual abuse. When it results in unintended pregnan- cies, untreated STDs and sexual abuse, ignorance is not bliss.

ble for students to be in smaller groups in the labs.°’

Students attending the day-long event chose two lectures and two lab tours from the wide selection offered in mathematics and stalistics, physics, chemistry, biol- Ogy, computing science, kinesiology and engineering science.

Science days began in 1976 with a few students invited to visit biol- ogy, chemistry and physics labs, and has since grown to involve some 50 Lower Mainland high schools and all seven of SFU's science areas.

“This year, quite a few science teachers from the various schools accompanied their students to SFU," say Elma Krbavac and Craig Asmundson, co-directors of the event.

“They talked with instructors, observed course activities and were able to learn about some of the new researck in progress.”’

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