Sunday, January 28, 2018

Week 4 Activities - Tuesday

Make a MEME of Mr. Connor, A vegetable,  An animal and your choice.

I like funny.  Don't be too crude. See steps below image on how to create a meme.

Steps:

1.  Drag the image of me from the blogger page to your desktop.
2. Using the http://imgflip.com site create a Meme with me as the character.
3. Remember to save your meme in the PRIVATE mode on the imgflip website, this will enable you to download your file.
4. Save the Meme to your blogger page. You can also save it as a comment on the hillsidehigh2018.blogspot.com page by clicking on the pencil comment below this post.


Don't forget to give yourself time to do the EXTRA CREDIT worksheet. Ms. Houston has at her desk.

Friday, January 26, 2018

Week 4 Activities Monday

Week 4  Jan 29 - Feb 2

I will be out of the classroom to attend meetings at the district office. The class will be participating in some alternate activities.....

Monday, Jan 29 Web Hunt

OK here it is......

In my absence please do the following in class:

Participate in the Web Hunt game. List your answers to the 10 questions on a sheet of paper and turn in to the substitute teacher. 

To navigate, click on the blue underline word in the question. This will take you to a site where you can find the answer to the question. By using the back arrow button you can then return to this page.

Questions:
Computer Web Hunt:

1.From the following site list the latest earthquake:

2. List the TV show playing on NASA TV

3.Where is the worlds tallest building located and how tall is it?

4.  In the list of the Worlds tallest dams where is the American dam Hoover Dam listed?

5. List the most recent volcanic eruption in the world?

6. Where in the world is the worlds longest bridge?

7. How many DART systems are there tracking the possibility of a Tsunami?
Tsunami Tracking             Webpage showing Pacific Tsunami Warning page
                Views of the 2011 Japan Tsunami

8.From the page View Earth by Satellite. What continents can be seen looking from the Satellite named  ABS-7 Scroll until you find the satellite ABS-7 then select view. What country and or continents do you see?

9. View the International Space Station Website. What is the recent update?

10.  From the website 10 most extreme sports in the world, list the sport you have tried or would be willing to try, list the one there is no way you would try!  

11.  Take a look at this video of our world oceans... Oceans



Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Week 3 Jan 22-26 Let's Build a Garden Phase 2

Cont. Work on Garden - Phase 2

This week we will be installing the smaller 3 walkways of the garden, tieing in the waterlines, and placing valves at each of the planter areas.
Monday - Outside
Tuesday Take student poll on Google Classroom. 10points.
Wed/Thurs/Friday Outside....Friday we had a BBQ.












Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Week 2 Let's build a GARDEN Phase 1

week 2 Jan 15-18

Mon - No School MLK Day!
Tues - Go to  CES Entrepreneur.com (https://www.entrepreneur.com/topic/ces)
Check out the slideshow on new products being shown at the CES convention.

Here Are the Things at CES You'll Actually Want to Buy


 Provide a write up on one of the many products. Include a photo.





Wed - Friday

Students work on phase 1 of the garden.
Phase 1 consisted of clearing weeds, forming in brick walkway and installing underground PVC piping.

We begin in the garden.


We dig trenches and lay PVC pipe.


We also install a 4' x 16' brick walkway.


The finishing touches to phase 1. We backfill all of the trenches.


The craft women and men who helped with phase 1







The Finished Walkway, minus a few cuts.


Phase 1 complete. Phase two will begin next week. Phase two consists of finishing the smaller walkways, setting borders for planters and placing valves on the PVC risers placed in phase 1.


Sunday, January 7, 2018

2018 It's a new year!

Week 1 Jan 8-12

Monday 1/8  No School - Teacher Inservice
Tuesday 1/9   Create Blog pages for new students
                       All create a post about your time away from school. Include a photo
Wednesday 1/10 -  Add 5 new links to your page. Title links "New Year"
                      2-17 review, gardening, popular mechanics, your fav magazine, your choice
Thursday 1/11 - Add a gadget "blog stats" to your page.
Friday 1/12 - Read an article from either popular mechanics or from a online magazine of your choice.  Porovide a link to your source.

Hillside High School 2018 Graduation Video