Mr. Sussin's APES: Pesticide Periodical

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a pesticide as “any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest.”

A pesticide may be a chemical substance or biological agent (such as a virus or bacteria) used against pests including insects, plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, birds, mammals, fish, nematodes, and microbes.  These organisms may compete with humans for food, invade lawns and gardens, destroy wood in houses, spread disease, or just be a general nuisance in our everyday lives.  Pesticides are usually, but not always, poisonous to humans.

There are 5 major types of pesticides you will encounter: insecticides (insect killers), herbidicides (weed killers), fungicides (fungus killers), nematocides (roundworm killers), and rodenticides (rat and mouse killers).  Be aware that although the 5 are listed here, there are many (e.g. algicides, miticides).

After being assigned one pesticide, you (and up to 3 partners if you would like) will be creating a newspaper.  Review your class handout which is located in the class handout section of this blog for information that needs to be included about your pesticide in your newspaper.   

Your school librarian, Mrs. Hatcher, recommends the following information resources that will be helpful.

Online Databases (VRC):

• Gale's Health Reference Center Academic
• eLibrary Science
• EBSCO General Science Collection
• Facts.com Today's Science

Print Collection: 

• ebook and print resources available by searching WMHS library catalog

VRC Database of the Month

TeachingBooks.net has added a "Best Practices" webpage to its website. It is designed to help you become familiar with the site.

Some key features of Best Practices:

• Show you how to find quality, vetted, multimedia materials about the authors and books you are reading.
• Show how you can encourage reading across all disciplines with these starter strategies for teachers in all grades and subject areas.
• Find out how to use TeachingBooks.net to support specific educational initiatives, including:
• Authors on Nonfiction Writing
• Engaging High/Low Readers with Online Resources
• Literary Connections Using an Interactive Whiteboard
• Writing Tips from Award-winning Authors
• See all Key Articles for Teachers About Using TeachingBooks.net

See your school librarian, A. Hatcher for more information on TeachingBooks or any other online database.

Mrs. Gandt ~ English 11 R ~ College Comparison Research Project

College Comparison

RESEARCH PROJECT

1. Find two or three colleges that interest you.  Look through Naviance and periodicals, either electronic or print form.  Make a copy.
2. Scan the articles/information for needed info
3. Areas to be discussed:

§  Areas of study/ Programs/ Academic Focus

§  Location/Transportation/Geographic Location

§  Campus Setting/ Campus Safety/ Campus Size

§  Public vs. Private/ Religious vs. Nondenominational

§  Cost

§  Class Size/ Student Body Size

§  Reputation/

§  Extracurricular Activities

§  Structured vs. Free Environment

§  Retention Rates/ Graduation Rates

4. Find two more companion articles that include related information, especially that which is concerned with your colleges.
5. Use the NoodleTools to organize your Works Cited Page and the Note Card feature so info cannot be lost.  Ms. Hatcher will review.

 SEE CLASS HANDOUTS (left side of blog) FOR STEPS 1 THOUGH 4 

Mrs. Domino ~ Childcare/ECE ~ My Plate Lesson

Please log on to Choosemyplate.gov

1.     Scroll pictures across to find BLAST OFF GAME- play until the rocket blasts off.

2.     Go to Supertracker then click to food tracker.  Using what you ate yesterday fill in the food tracker and compare to nutrition targets. Use FOOD-A-PEDIA to see how many calories are in your favorite dishes/snacks.

3.     Go to Physcial Activity Tracker to see how you activity is impacting your health-what small adjustments can you implement to make it better???

4.     GO BACK TO MAIN SCREEN. Click on Educators/Teachers. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to Lessons 1, 2, 3.

5.     FIND A LESSON you like and print it out. Write you name on top and hand in before you leave the library.  Must be different from others in your group.

Sra. Gisela Muller-----Foreign Languages Department-----Los Pintores

                          
                                  The Diego Rivera Mural at San Francisco Art Institute

            "The Making of a Fesco Showing the Building of a City ("Making a Fresco" ) (1931) is one of four murals in the Bay Area painted by Mexican Deigo Rivera (1886-1957)"

 

Nombre_______________Fecha_______________

Sra. Muller/Spanish 4 Project Title: Los Pintores

Due: April 16, 2012

You are working in pairs.

You will have four days in the Library (March 27, 28, 29 and 30)

Directions: Using art books in the library, online databases and quality websites you will...

1. Select 4 paintings from any Spanish or Mexcican Painter.

2. Discuss the style of the 4 works of art and explain the theme of the paintings. Write each summary in Spanish.

3. Choose 1 of the 4 paintings and write a paragraph in Spanish why you like the work (a paragraph consists of at least 6 sentences).

4. The project will be presented to the class orally on April 16.

5. Provide a biograpahy about the painters.

6. You will receive an oral and written grade.

Presentations to be placed on powerpoint and presented orally.

Library Resources

Online Databases

Virtual Reference Collection (See these 4 databases)

• Art Museum Image Gallery
• Literature Resource Center 
• Biography Reference Bank Select Edition
• World Book Online

Helpful search hints = Keywords (Spanish Painters, Mexican Painters)

Gale Student Resources in Context (located on Library web page)

Web Collection Plus Online Catalog

(search for books in our collection)

Academic Integrity

(cite your sources)

Noodletools Citation System

Citation Machine

Please consult your VRC handout for home access passwords

Print Resources

REF 709.2 CON Tom Pendergast (ed), Contemporary Artists

REF 703 ENC Bernard S. Meyers (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Art

REF 973 ENC Ilan Stavans, Encyclopedia Latina

921 GOY Evan S. Connell, Francisco Goya

759 VEN Piero Ventura, Great Painters

REF 703 INT James Vinson (ed.), International Dictionary of Art and Artists

759.6 SCH Richard Schikel, The World of Goya, 1746-1828

a book cart is available for student use

Mrs. Gandt English 11 H ~ Research Paper

Here is your opportunity to become a minor authority on one aspect of an American author of your choice.  You will also learn formal research paper techniques that you will use for this assignment and for assignments in your senior year and in college.  Save all “how-to” handouts for future use.  The assignment will receive 3 MAJOR GRADES:  1) content, 2) form and 3) preliminary steps.  Therefore, in addition to the finished product, it is very important to do all preliminary steps on time and according to instructions.   

THE ASSIGNMENT

You should seriously consider if your ‘Independent Reading’ author fits the following categories or select an American author who you enjoy reading but who is NOT from the usual list of white, male authors.  Let’s explore the diversity of America and its literature.  Your author can be:

            a)  either male or female

 b) a novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist, or writer of non-fiction;

            c) late 20th century.

TO BEGIN

Get an OVERVIEW of your author and his/her literature by using the reference works on listed on the assignment on the blogspot (www.wardmelvillehighschoollibrary.blogspot.com).  Virtual  Reference Collection → Literature/Language→ Literature Resource Center or Bloom’s Literary reference

Go to left side bar (class handouts) for the full assignment sheet.  See Mrs. Hatcher if you any questions regarding the recommended resources for this assignment.

Candreva ~ The Arugmentative Research Assignment

In this assignment, students are required to present an argument of their choosing.  Remember that argumentation  musters proof and brings it forth in order to persuade, defend, or, at times attack. In that stricter sense this process of writing is logical and formal. An exposition paper strives to explain, argumentation strives to win. 

Assignment Description:

You are to research a debatable topic.  Almost anything can become controversial, so be mindful in your choice of content.  You will be expected to create a clear, argumentative thesis statement, supporting it with specific examples, and using MLA format to incorporate material from secondary sources by summarizing, paraphrasing, and directly quoting. 

A minimum of five sources must be used, three of which must be scholarly, peer-reviewed articles.  Your other sources can come from websites, magazines, interviews, and other valid resources. 

Your librarian, Mrs. Hatcher, will provide an overview of some recommended resources.  In addition, she will provide instruction in using the Noodletools Citation maker for creating a Work Cited page.

For example:

VRC > Facts.com Issues & Controveries for suggested topics.


See Class Handouts on the left side of this blog for a copy of this assignment.