Thursday 4-29 CNN10

CNN10

State in Union - Usually done after the first 100 days. 98th time a president has presented in person.

America is on the move again. Climate change - Biden committed the US to reduce greenhouse carbons to zero by 2050.

Ending the pandemic, the economic crises, moving away from social issues that prevailed over the last few years.

Infrastructure - 8-year program - for new bridges, roads, 5G,

Wars - End. the war in Afganistan 

Work Together

Making us competitive in the 21st century 

GOP- Opposing Views -  Tim Scott from South Carolina

Don't need platitudes 

Dem actions are pulling us apart

GOP does want an infrastructure package/ loss of jobs/

Common Ground/Race/

Grace from God

Pulitzer Prize - is an award in Journalism started in 1917. 

Animals attacking video camera lens.

Thursday AM Garden Work on HHS Farm

After we had cleaned up we accidentally drove a wheelbarrow over a sprinkler line and broke it. We made a last-second repair.

Adrian hard at work moving soil and compost into the raised planters.

Lola and Jasmin installing new wheels on our recycling cart.

The new color of eggs we are getting on the HHS Farm

CNN10 Wed 4-28

  CNN10 

2020 Census  331,49,281 lease amount since 1930 in growth.

435 seats in Congress 218 Dem/212 Rep/5 Vacant 

Restaurants - COVID -110,00 biz shut down, some permanently some temporarily.  5 1/2 people out of work. Now that we reopening from COVID -  Restaurants are having trouble finding people to fill jobs. One reason is that unemployment $300/week that goes for another 4 months.

Lumber Shortage.   Supply/Demand caused prices to soar.  $2.95 in Dec 2019.  $7.37 for the same piece of material.  $34 plywood sheet. $60 for the same sheet. Also, a cause there fires along the west coast. With people at home, having time started to do projects. Low house interest made homeowners do projects.

Olympics - Japan - 2020 Olympics held July 2021. No Fans/ minimum access by media. Currently, Japan is in lockdown.

Kansas Xmas Gift sent off on a balloon. traveled 500 miles. Someone found it and provided gifts to the family.

Egg Color out on the Farm....Addition of BCM and OE

 

Work in Garden Wednesday 4-28

 Added last two, east most raised planters.

Work in Garden this AM Tues 4-27

 

Tuesday 4-26 CNN10

 CNN10

India -1.3 Billion people, 2nd largest. 1/3 the size of the U.S.

Last summer COVID peaked at 100k new infections per day. Now the infection rate just crossed 300K new infections per day. Their largest city is now in lockdown. New Delhi.  Other countries are helping out with supplies such as Oxygen.

Ottoman Empire.  This empire lasted until 1922. In 1914 there were 2 million Armenians and by 1922 there were only 400,00.  In 1915 something happened. Genocide occurred.  This took place in the country of Turkey.

R&D Hyperloop: Magnetic Levitation passenger network.  Virgin Hyperloop.  Testing a magnetic ride in San Bernardino County/Las Vegas.

Josh Battle......

Thursday CNN10 April 22

 CNN10

Japan - Looking at ways to get rid of radioactive water - This water was used to cool the Nuclear reactors damaged from a tsunami in 2011. In two years they want to begin releasing the contaminated water into the ocean. North Korea and China have issues with that. The U.S. is indicating that Japan is meeting all current world health requirements so we find it acceptable. 

Chad - It's a country in Africa - Had a recent election - for the 6th time the current president was reelected.  The current president's background was military - (Idris Derby) The current president was killed on Tuesday by gorilla forces - the US we have backed the current president. We used his military to help fight Al-Queda

CHAD President.

Electric Vehicles - Riker Elect was founded in the 1800s.  Telsa, who on Saturday a Telsa Model S 2019 - crashed and two people were killed. The vehicle was in autopilot but according to Tesla autopilot is not the same as autonomous driving. 

Travel Bubble - This is where countries join forces and allow travel between the two countries without the requirement for COVID testing.  Australia / New Zealand

T-Rex and scientists are saying that it probably walked at the speed of 3 MPH. They can use this to determine how much food was used.

Wed AM work

 Cont. Work in the garden. Installed three additional raised gardens. These were placed to the east of the berry trellis and into the grape vine area.

CNN10 April 21 Wednesday

CNN10 

CDC Prevention on clean up -Be careful - people using bleach - more reports to poison control - use in moderation. soap and water ok to clean for COVID.

Colleges - Being vaccinated - Yale and Harvard, Pomona College is requiring all students to be vaccinated before attending.  Most colleges are not making it mandatory. 

Travel Advisory for COVID - 80% of countries are using CDC guidelines which currently are at level 4 - Strongly recommends not flying. 

CVS -will start selling over-the-counter COVID Tests - 3 different types.

Floyd Trial - Police officer found guilty on several counts. For the past year, Floyd has been heavily protested. 

MARS - Ingenuity helicopter - flew for 40 seconds in Mars Atmosphere. 

Grey Wolf - The largest member of the dog family. Collard a wolf tracked for 60 days Found that the wolf fished and ate berries.

Grey Wolf Info

Toughts on a DIY Camper

 

HHS Staff meeting - Monday

 

Work on the HHS Farm

 These photos are from work on Tuesday 4-20

CNN10 Tuesday April 20

 Inflation - Prices go up and up - the money that you have does not buy you as much.  Coronavirus was part of the problem with many things that we were purchasing and would normally. Gas is up 22%.  Consistently Economist likes to see a rise of 2 % - Concern when the economy pricing is going up 2.6% -? is this sustainable.

Airlines - Qantas was founded in 1920. Aviation is 5% of the GDP

Last year due to COVID airlines lost billions.

American Airlines - 300 planes sitting off on the sidelines not being used. Takes 1,000 hours to bring a plane back online.  Will be back online by the end of the month. Flights are currently at 75% capacity.

Plastic Waste - Due to COVID -Cheaper to make new than to try to recycle.  Most excess plastics going to landfills.

Plastic Waster Issues

WW2 plane crash lands into the ocean in Florida over the weekend.

Yellowstone National Park Map

 

Work on the HHS Farm has begun Again!!!!!

 In week 2 of the 4th quarter, work has begun on the HHS Farm after over a year layoff with the Coronavirus Pandemic. This week we began work creating some new raised planters in the old pumpkin area of the garden. With no students and a limited amount of district maintenance workers during the pandemic, lawn work was not getting done in a timely manner. As a result, weeds were able to grow and deposit their seeds. Lots of weeds grew in the garden.

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My slide

Map of The Grand Tetons

 

HHS Map

 

HHS location

 

Thursday April 15 Work on the Farm

AM collected eggs, filled water bowls, raked up the chicken poop. We then continued out in the garden. Gael and Robert secured the new raised bed planters to the ground 2x4s. Sheldon laid the irrigation piped while Lola applied the Teflon tape and installed the valves to the risers.  We backfilled two of the raised planters with soil and compost from our compost pile. Jasmin trimmed the grapevines and removed weeds from the garden area. We filled the larger wheelbarrow with weeds.

Wednesday Construction

 

Wednesday we filled all of the water bowls. We then began construction on four raised planters in the garden. We completed building the four planters and then began securing them to the in ground 2x4 's, only completed two.

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HHS

 

My Slide

 

Construction

 Demo'd an old computer cart for its wheels. Placed the wheels onto the chicken coop brooder. Collected eggs, filled water bowls for chickens.  Transplanted plants in classroom

Map to Hillside High

 

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How to add a google map to your blog page.....Google Map

Q4 W2 April 12-16

This week I hope to have students who want to be on campus to show up in the AM and those that wish to remain online to show up in the afternoon class. 

8:00 -10:45 - Construction/Garden 

1. Work in Garden

2. Work on Farm. Interact with Chickens

3. Work on Portable Chicken Coop Project

4. Work on Tiny Home

12:15 PM - 3:00. Computer Class

1. CNN10

2. Computer - Review last weeks assignment. Google Slides

3. Computer  - This Week

Finally, the HHS Staff photo for 2020/2021

 

Interesting Week....Back to school with students in class and online

 This method of teaching actually slowed me down. Now, with that said, it may have given students a chance to absorb what they were learning.  And with that said, I am trying the following next week. I have asked students that want to stay online, to show up in the afternoons, and those that want to attend online, to show up in the mornings. This may become a school-wide policy.  As a school, we averaged about 15 students at school per session with the rest online approx. 60 per session.

My goal for this change is to teach offline with students out in the garden/farm and on the construction projects that were placed on hold when the coronavirus pandemic began over a year ago.  This will also allow any student that needs extra credit a chance to take both the AM class and PM class.

Welcome Back! 4th Quarter Begins April 6

 We begin the 4th Quarter of the 2021 School year on Tuesday, April 6th. I hope everyone had a relaxing break from school.

I had an opportunity to visit with my wife's parents in Lake Tahoe.  I spent most days walking down to a bridge that was over a stream. In that stream were beaver dams. Unfortunately, they are nocturnal so I did not get to see any beavers in action. We were visited by some ducks and a blue jay.