MR / Schenectady, New York. Mont Pleasant Middle School (urban public school). 8th grade science classroom. Students work together on experiment in science lab. They will be testing how the addition of varying amounts of salt affects the boiling temperature of water for unit on states of matter. Left: girl, 14, African-American; right: boy, 13, Yemeni-American, recent immigrant, takes English as a Second Laguage classes as well as regular classes. MR: All12, Alh1. ID: AJ-g8m. ©Ellen B. Senisi.