JHS Library Media Center Blog

JUST ARRIVED!!

We now have the full series of Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak. Come to the library and check out the last four in the series.
The Demonata series has also arrived. We have Books 1, 2, & 3 in the series so come check them out before somebody else does!!

Students have been dropping by and adding a few pieces to the collaborative puzzles in the library for over a month. Six puzzles have already been completed and 2 new Holiday themed puzzles are on the go. They must be completed before Christmas break so stop by and help complete them!!

There is still time to get a story submitted to the 2010 JHS Writers Anthology and writers are typing like crazy as we speak (really, they are – it’s a Tuesday word war!).

Some reminders for you as you near the finish line…
Short stories should be 2,000 to 4,000 words for the Anthology.
I need all rough drafts by 23rd December (last day before Xmas).
Print 1.5 or 2.0 spacing.

Any questions ask Mr. Thomarie.

Think you’re 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/