January 2012
5 posts
Alfred Hitchcock movies on Youtube
If you want to watch some early Alfred Hitchcock movies here are some on youtube. The last two are a bit newer then the others.
The movies are:
The Lodger, A Story of the london fog (1927)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBs9fw9c9WU
Blackmail (1929)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTBxs8KPRI
Juno and the Paycock (1930)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDNnswLmr7k
Murder! (1930)
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Olympics in Greece
There are many thoughts on how the games started, but most believe they originated from the gods. The earliest myth says that Herakles and his two brothers raced at Olympia and the winner was crowned with a laurel wreath, which they use in the modern Olympics that was held in Greece in 2004. The other gods would compete in sports like running, wrestling and jumping.
The first real (not...
December 2011
4 posts
Hurricane facts
I am interested in hurricanes because I know they happen quite a bit, and they are very destructive, so I wanted to learn about them. I also thought they would be interesting to learn about why we don’t get them over here, and how they start.
A hurricane starts to form over warm water, this heat up the air making lighter and the water evaporates making water vapor which is also lighter than...
The China Reflection
For my Humanities project I worked with Taelon, Sherif, and Charmaine. We decided we wanted to learn about ancient China. We all chose a part we wanted to work on Taelon chose government, Sherif chose religion and fashion, Charmaine chose art and architecture, And I chose food and a bit of architecture. When I was looking up information in the beginning it was really hard to find info about food...
Reflecting the Quaternary Project
For my science project I studied the Quaternary period. I chose this period because this is when humans started. I started by looking up information about the Quaternary. I decided I wanted to write a essay for an end result. Other people had cool ideas for their projects that they were doing. I first made a plan for the essay, I was going to talk about humans, the climate, and animals in that...
November 2011
2 posts
Quaternary Essay
I am studying the Quaternary Period for my science project because it was when man first lived and I thought that was the most interesting and I wanted to learn more. The things I researched about the Quaternary Period is how early humans lived and looked, the climate at that time and how it affected life on earth, and the animals that inhabited the land.
Humans first started evolving in Africa....
October 2011
7 posts
Sumerian Reflection
Today I presented my Sumerian project with Sherif. We chose to study Sumerian art because that is what we found interesting. We started by looking up some sites with this info. I looked at the sites and I found some facts about sculptures. I thought it would be a good Idea to make a sculpture of one of the Sumerian gods. I got clay because that is what they had back then, and if I used stone that...
Spaceship Library
Today my class traveled up to UCSD. To get there we had to plan a little. One of our classmates looked up times for the bus and we decided what would be a good time to go. We contacted someone who works there and they offered to meet us and show us around. We found out how much it cost for the bus and it was $2.25 one way per person. Not many of us had money, but luckily three classmates had...
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September 2011
1 post
Awesome Museum
Today at school we were missing a couple students, we thought it would be fun to go on a field trip. We decided to go to the museum of contemporary art. It took about thirty minuets to walk there. when we got there we invited into a large room with nothing in it. The main exhibit today was called Phenomenal. This exhibit played a lot with light and your eyes. Two parts really stand out to me, the...
May 2011
9 posts
The Un-delicious Lollipop
For science class we were looking at sugar. We looked at all the different stages, when heating it. Then we decided we should make sweets using sugar. First we had divide in to two person groups. I was working with Maxx. Each group decided on different stages in heating sugar. Maxx and I choose the Hard Crack stage where you can make lollipops. We looked up a recipe for the lollipops, and read...
Mock Trial Reflection
Last week the seventh and eight grade learned about the legal process by doing mock trials. We were taught how to do the mock trial by John Fraher and Kasra Sader who are lawyers. The classes were divided into a defense group and prosecution group. I was on the prosecution side which means John taught us. To learn about court John made up a court case and gave it to everybody. The case was about...
Great Artists Reflection
Fo our great Artists project, the class chose to do Corita Kent as our artist. Corita was a nun in the 1950s and 60’s. Most of the art she does are of words and sayings, inspirational words and sayings. She tough a few art classes were she sometimes would give cards with holes in them, so her students can look at the world one bit at a time, and see the details. We started thinking of...
April 2011
2 posts
Shoplifting Reflection
For my humanities project I was in was in a group with Taelon and Sherif. We studied the justice system. Are original plan was to find out about all the jobs in the legal system. To do that we found facts about some of the types of people, but we found out that there are too many types of jobs. Then each of us decided to look up our own crime. I chose shoplifting, Taelon chose illegal...
Shoplifting in America By Andrew Beran
Shoplifting is America’s number one property crime, and $20 billion worth of goods are stolen every year. Nine percent of people shoplift in America and one fourth of these people are under the age of 18. The two main kinds of shoplifting are petty theft and grand theft. The consequences of shoplifting range from being banned from the store to community service hours, fines, and even time in...
March 2011
4 posts
(Science) How The ICU2 Crime Really Went Down
ICU2’s career was going down the drain, so he had to get better equipment, sadly he no money. So what can a man do that is desperate for money… well I don’t know, maybe STEAL IT. Sense he was so dumb he needed a insistent, but who. Then ICU2 thought that his smart evil nephew could help him. Vinnie was the kid’s name, he said ok because he was trying to impress a girl named Lu-Lu. Then Vinnie...
Commercial Flight Reflection
For my Humanities project I learned about commercial aviation. I found this topic fascinating because I always found flight an interesting topic. To do my research I went to the Air and Space museum. They had a lot of info, but it was sometimes hard to find what I was looking for. When writing my essay I was at my mom’s work, which was nice because there were no distractions. In my essay I put a...
February 2011
3 posts
Cooking day Reflection
For my food project I was going to make linguini alfredo. I was in a group with Taelon and we decided that we wanted to do a pasta then I said “ Why not linguini alfredo”, Tealon thought that was a good Idea. The next day our whole class went to the supermarket and bought our ingredients. Our recipe included a lot of heavy cream, and butter, but whatever. Then when I went home I got my supplies...
PH Testing
For our Ph testing we used probes to put in different liquids. When it was in the liquid a number would pop up on our Lab quest unit determining if it was a acid or base. The Ph scale is from 1 - 14, a 1 being a strong acid, a 14 being a strong base, and a 7 being neutral. Some times I was surprised on what I saw on the unit, such as Distilled water because I thought it would be neutral, but it...
Humanities Reflection
For are the humanities project each of the students chose a government they wanted to study. I chose Communism because I did not know much about it, but I did hear about it a lot. Then as a group of students we decided to look up The US Constitution and find out what our forms of government answer each statement in the constitution. When looking that up I found it on the harder side because there...
January 2011
7 posts
C4 Johnny (Humanities story)
There is a man named Johnny who likes pie and only pie. This is because if he eats anything else he will explode. That is because when pie is made there is secret ingredient added called Shimsoap. Anything without Shimsoap with will ignite the C4 in his belly causing him to explode and die. He keeps his pantry filled with pies every day. The reason there is C4 in his stomach is because when he was...
WatchRube Goldberg Reflection
December 2010
6 posts
Danger! By Phyllis McDuff
I didn’t chop my fingers. They’re just short and pink and fat. I didn’t chop my fingers when I went CHOP, CHOP, like that! I didn’t chop my fingers when I climbed up on the chair. I’ve still got ALL my fingers, and there’s NO blood, ANYWHERE.
YOU might chop your fingers if you play with Grandma’s knife. Just don’t go in Grandma’s kitchen,...
Space Race Reflection
For the Space Race project I worked with Taelon. We chose the space race because both of us were interested in space and the cold war. We didn’t include the Moon Race because we did not have enough time. The first thing we did was make an expectations document. In it we wrote what we wanted to do. We wanted to do a timeline with a comic explaining the order of events.
For researching we found a...
Christmas Stew
Now here’s a recipe that I think is just fine:
Find a pot and some fire for heating. Get some parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme; Say “Hello” ….. It’s Season’s Greetings.
Place the pot on the fire with intricate ease, Then gently dump in a big can of peas.
Take a delicate leaf from your mistletoe, (Sometimes known as Astronaut’s Foot) Grind it up, pour...
I'm building a rocket
I'm building a rocket.
As soon as I'm done
I'm taking my friends
on a trip to the sun.
But what to you mean
that the sun is too hot?
Oh well, I suppose
I'll just pick a new spot.
I'm building a rocket.
I'm finishing soon
and taking my friends
on a trip to the moon!
But what do you mean
that the moon has no air?
Well dang, then I guess
that we can't go up there.
I'm building a...
I Have to write a poem
I have to write a poem
but I really don't know how.
So maybe I'll just make a rhyme
with something dumb, like "cow."
Okay, I'll write about a cow,
but that's so commonplace.
I think I'll have to make her be...
a cow from outer space!
My cow will need a helmet
and a space suit and a ship.
Of course, she'll keep a blaster
in the holster on her hip.
She'll hurtle through the galaxy
on...
The Tree
The time had come around again it was time to get our tree In the car we piled us boys, my sister on mum’s knee Out into the country, dad drove for miles and miles When at last he found the place, we could not contain our smiles
Dad headed to the tall Pine trees, his sharpest axe in hand Dutiful behind him trailed his merry little band At last he spied the one he sought, a sapling...