Library Resource Scavenger Hunt- Mrs. Hatcher

As part of orientation, students from 7th grade Social Studies have been coming to the Library/Information Center for a scavenger hunt of resources. The activity is designed to familiarize the students with the resources available in our library. Students were given a task card that featured a print or non-print (computer-based) item found somewhere in the library. Once a student finds his/her item they will evaluate it and discuss what they learned about the item with their classmates.

Learning Standards:

AASL: 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.2.6, 3.2.1, 4.4.2

Big6: 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2

Technology dept.- Pumpk'n Chunk'n Trebuchet

Good Day Everyone,

We just wanted to extend a thank you for everyone’s support on last Friday’s Pumpk’n Chunk’n Event. The response from students, staff, and administration alike were inspiring to the event. It was nice to see so many familiar faces in the media via Newsday, News12, Fios1, TV55 and our own district newsletter (Thanks to Jen Finn). Together the entire staff of Gelinas created an event that students will remember for years to come and solidified our rank in their educational experience.

The record toss of a 4lb pumpkin over 221 feet was either set by Mr. Hueber or our Superintendent Mr. Webster (whom ever buys us lunch first). Now that's honey turkey, on a wrap; just kidding. In all seriousness Mr. Hueber and Mr. Santana deserve a direct thank you for not only allowing us to hold the event, but also for allocating the funding to construct the trebuchet. Maybe next year we’ll even let Mr. Mutter fire the trebuchet again.

While we had plenty of fun with this oversized visual aid, it helped students to understand:
Trajectory
Apogee
Range
1st 2nd and 3rd Class Levers
Counterweight
Centrifugal Force
Potential and Kinetic Energy

Thank you all for taking classroom time out of your day and wagering your cars in the parking lot.

Sincerely,
The Gelinas Technology Department

Available Library Resources:

- The Art of the Catapult: build Greek Ballistae, Roman onagers, English trebuchets, and more ancient artillery by William Gurstelle.

-Levers, Wheels and Pulleys by John Farndon

- Levers by David Glover

VRC site of the Month: Custom Newspapers

Custom Newspapers is a great site to use for news information. It contains 150 national and international newspapers with full text articles going back to 1980. This database is updated daily. You can search by subject and keyword. Citation information for each article is included.

See Mrs. Hatcher for your username and password to access the VRC.

Mrs. DiLorenzo- Art Tribal Portraits

Assignment: Students are asked to depict themselves as a member of a tribe in which they are actually not a member of. They will work from digital photographs of themselves along with images that are taken from actual tribes, such as the Masai, Zulus, etc. They will research the adornments, hairstyles, tatoos, etc. of the tribes they wish to identify with and incorporate these looks into their own drawings. In a sense they will become a "member" of that tribe.

The class will spend some time in the Library Information Center to gather research information for the project. Mrs. Hatcher will provide an introduction on available resources.

Library Information Center- Suggested Resources:

• Google images


• VRC> Grolier Multimedia online


• VRC> World Atlas
  

Keyword terms to use along with tribal group name:

• people
• culture
• tribe
• customs

Learning Standards:

AASL: 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 3.3.4, 3.4.2, 4.4.5

NYS: Art 3

Weiner/Schuchman- Women in Science & Engineering

Assignment: Try this with your friends, siblings or parents: ask them to draw a picture of a scientist. Unfortunately, the people you ask are most likely to draw a picture of a male. Now ask the same people to name one famous female scientist. You will most likely discover that people will find it hard to name one.

It is your duty as a fellow scientist to learn about these individuals and their contributions to science and engineering. Working with a partner, you will research and write about one female scientist in an effort to enlighten your classmates, friends, family and your teacher.

Review your class handout for assignment requirements and a list of women in science and engineering.

The class will spend several days in the Library Information Center. Mrs. Hatcher will have a list of available resources. In addition, a selection of reference materials will be placed on a cart for student use.

Library Information Center Resources: (More titles available in the library)

• American women of science- Call #920 Cam


• Dignifying science: stories about women scientists- call #920 Ott PB


• Extraordinary women in medicine- Call #920 Sti


• Women inventors and their discoveries- Call #920 Var


• Hidden from history: the lives of eight American women scientists- Call #920 Zac PB


• World Book's biographical encyclopedia of scientists-Call #Ref 509.2 Wor


• Notable women scientists- Call # Ref 920 Ref


• A to Z of women in science and math- Call # Ref 920 You
  

Learning Standards:

AASL: 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 3.1.2, 2.2.1, 3.2.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4.1, 1.4.3, 1.4.4

NYS-MST 4

Mrs. DiLorenzo- Art Book Review

I recently was able to get some great ideas from the book "Alter This: Radical Ideas for Transforming Books into Art". Finding projects that students relate to is a difficult task at times. This book really gives you some great instruction on how to create projects that are truly unique and interesting to the students. Not only are the directions clear but the book also offers visual aids to help you. While flipping through the pages, I was able to use one of the ideas in the book, and applied it to a line design project I do with 8th grade. The project came out great!

Stefanie DiLorenzo/Art teacher

Mr. Worthington- Decades Assignment

As part of this group assignment students will focus on one of the decades from the lst half of the 20th century. Each group will have 10 minutes to give the class a feel for the decade. The focus should be on political, economic and social aspects of the decade, as well as key cultural and scientific achievements of the era.

Suggested topics but not limited to:

1950's- Civil Rights Movements, Korean War, McCarthyism, etc.
1960's- Malcolm X, Berlin, JFK Assassination, Beatlemania, etc.
1970's- President Nixon, Watergate, Detente, Hostage Crisis (Iran)
1980's- President Reagan, Sandra Day O'Connor, Moral Majority, etc.
1990's- President Bush, Global Warming, NAFTA, Waco, Texas, etc.

See Assignment sheet for additional topics

Students will have time in the Library Information Center to work on the project.

Library Information Center Materials:

General Information on Decades:

• Our American Century- REF 973.923 Tur
• American Decades 1970-1979- REF 973.92 Am
• The 20th Century- REF 909.82 Dow

Specific Topics: Use Search Plus to find individual topics such as Korean War, Global Warming, AIDS, etc.

VRC sites:

• ABC CLIO- American History
• ABC CLIO- World History/Modern
• World Book Online

Information Literacy Standards:

Skills: 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.9, 3.1.2, 3.1.4

Dispositions in Action: 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.2.4, 3.2.1, 3.2.2

Responsibilities: 1.3.2, 1.3.4, 2.3.1

Self-Assessment Strategies: 3.4.2, 3.4.3