JHS Library Media Center Blog

Think your good at Halo 3? Prove it!

On the 29th & 30th October there will be a Halo 3 competition held in the Library. Anyone can enter this single player double-elimination tournament (that means you can lose twice before you are eliminated).
See Mr. Thomarie if you have questions and to sign-up (32 players maximum, prizes for 1st & 2nd place).

Begin with this Industrial Revolution Webquest…
http://brooklin-es.u76.k12.me.us/emints/irwebquest/introduction.htm

Then Goto:
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor/ind-rev-open.htm
Read each item and click next. There are a lot of them! Go all the way to the end and take the quiz.

When you are done, go to:
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/IndustrialRevolution/activities.htm
Click the words in blue: The Industrial Revolution Take the three quizzes: General Quiz, Textile Industry, Industrial Revolution and the Iron Bridge

Go back to the words in blue: The Industrial Revolution History Study Shop > Games Room > The History Game
OR
Games Room > Games > Fling the Teacher (to do this click history topics and click Agricultural Revolution)

Below are some great links to get you started…

1- Missouri Botanical Garden http://mbgnet.mobot.org/

2- World Biomes http://www.worldbiomes.com

3- NASA Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/

4- The World’s Biomes http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

5- Blue Planet Biomes http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm

Below are some of the links you will need…

www.docs.google.com – word processing

www.zoho.com – word processing

www.zamzar.com – for converting documents from one format to another (e.g. Wordperfect to Word)

JHS Library website – for APA format

Databases – remember that you need the Green Sheet from the library for the passwords to the databases

The 2009 version of the JHS Writers Anthology was released in May, but it is already time to start thinking about what you will write for the 2010 edition.

For more details… http://jhslibrary.wordpress.com/november-novelists

The two databases below are the perfect place to start…
(you will need passwords from the Green Sheet).

CQ Researcher

Issues & Controversies

The following are some very good resources to start your project…

Any Country:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

France:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france

Italy:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy

Ireland:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ei.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/ireland

Puerto Rico:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rq.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/caribbean/puerto-rico/

Canada:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada

Japan:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/japan/

Below are a number of links that will greatly assist you in your research. You will need the Green Sheet for login passwords:

ERIC – once logged in select EBSCOhost (2nd on list) THEN choose ERIC from the next list (9th one down).
Professional Development Collection – once logged in select EBSCOhost (2nd on list) THEN choose Professional Development Collection from the list (10th one down).
ProQuest
World Book Online – log in then select World Book Student. Click on Educator’s Tools (tiny font at bottom of page). Then click on Professional Links on the left.

All of the above databases can also be accessed via the school Media Center website.

Also look at Phi Delta Kappan on the magazine rack in the Library

To see some of the amazing performances from the 2009 JHS Talent Show click here.