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Posted by Markia Johnson in American History - Laufenberg on

Bibliography:

"Rittenhouse Town." Inquire Print.

Article about how the rittenhouse area was abondoned and some information about the paper mills that were built by ritten house and his family. (Found in the free library)

"Virtual American Biologies ." Virtuology. N.p., 1887-199. Web. 14 Nov 2010. <http://www.famousamericans.net/williamrittenhouse/>.

 A virtual biography about william rittenhouse . All about his life and some of the things he did in it.

Wenger, J. C. "Rittenhouse, William (1644-1708)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 12 November 2010. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/rittenhouse_william_1644_1708.

A biography on william rittenhouse . This website deals a little bit more about how he was a mennonite  and how he brought it to america.Ruane, Michael.

Spanish project

Posted by Diamond Blenman in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

In order to tell time you definitaly need to know numbers from 1-60 in spanish. Telling time is not hard but you also need to know how to speak Spanish. By that I mean you need to know how to say half and quarter to and say how much to. For example….

Once you have mastered the numbers you are not yet done. Next you need to know that the –y- next to  cincuenta y, or veint y etc. is pronounced like sin-quent-eye-or BENT-EYE also you need to know the pronunciation. Also like “es las tres" which means it is three o'clock. Or es las uno or es las ......etc.

Link to video 

http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=204870&title=Telling_what_time_it_is_in_spanish

In this video  Shay Walkes Up To Profe And Asks What

Time The Test Is The The Profe Replies
It Is At 11:00.

Title: Days of the week

When you do days of the week you need to know how to say days of the week.  In order know how to say the days of the week you need to know the difference in between the capitals and lower case letters and also accents. Accents are the words with little lines on top of the letter and they are pronounces as shown in the graph below. Accents in the word may get you in trouble by saying it wrong and the teacher or Spanish person by them misinterpreting it. Also it may mean something else in Spanish. There will be a video that explains Dime asking shay that walks up what day is the test and dime gets scared because that day is the test so he starts scrambleing. You also need to know how to ask which is....¿que dia de la semana es el? Which means what day of the week is it? 

http://teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=204644&title=Spanish_days_of_the_week

the link is posted above

Dispelling Some Common Misconceptions About Evolution

Posted by Harrison Talese-Rhodes in Science and Society - Best on

Here are some frequently made claims evolution followed by why they are false.

Evolution claims that humans are descended from monkeys

While it is true that humans are somewhat closely related to modern apes, it is not true that we are “evolved from dang-dirty monkeys.” The truth is that humans share a common ancestor with monkeys; it is believed that this ancestor existed between 5 and 8 million years ago. At some point in time, this ancestor’s species evolved into two separate lineages.

So, to provide an analogy, monkeys are more like our cousins than our parents.

Evolution is entirely random

Evolution is the result of natural selection; this means that organisms are more likely to pass on dominant gene traits than recessive gene traits.

Now, to clarify—natural selection does not determine dominance of genes directly based on interactions with the environment.  What happens is very simple—

Organisms with “dominant” genes survive.

Organisms with “recessive” genes do not survive.

Science!

Evolution is just a theory

Yes, evolution is classified as a scientific theory—this doesn’t mean that it has not been proven. It is it is important for one to note the difference between the scientific definition of theory and the contemporary definition of theory.

Contemporary definition of theory: A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, esp. one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Scientific definition of theory: A scientific explanation of an observed phenomenon. 

The theory of intelligent design is as feasible a theory as evolution

This is false; if not for many reasons, then for one:

Evolution is backed by empirical evidence.

Intelligent is not backed by empirical evidence.

More science!

Citations

Harding, Ken. (1999). But it's "just a theory!". Retrieved from http://www.evolution.mbdojo.com/theory.html

PBS. (C 2001). Evolution: frequently asked questions. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat02.html

Life of Cannibalism

Posted by Kimberlea Talington in Science and Society - Best on
Many people around the world have heard of cannibalism, the act of consuming another of the same species. It is frowned upon in mostly every part of the world, yet in the animal kingdom it is seen as a part of nature.

There are 4 different “types” of cannibalism. The most common in the animal world is Sexual Cannibalism, in the female of a species mates and then eats the male of the same species. The next is size structured, in which the strongest and the biggest will eat the weakest and smallest. After that would be cannibalistic infanticide, which is when the mother will eat the weakest of her young. Last is Intrauterine cannibalism which takes place in the womb. It’s when strong embryos will “eat” the weaker for nourishment.

This could have a number of different reasons. Sexual Cannibalism’s reason could be to make sure that each creature only has one mate. Because  the female wants only he r children to be the strongest so by mating with the strongest male and then eating him, she insures that. cannibalistic infanticide could have a lot of reasons. One could be to make sure that there are no “flaws” in the species, but eating the weakest or “flawed” baby. It could also just be another way of getting food. If the mother eats her flawed weak child, then it will give her the nutrition she will need to feed the rest of her young.

9/11 Memorial Medals Act - Alexis Beren

Posted by Alexis Beren in American Government - Laufenberg on

H.R.4684: National September 11 Memorial & Museum Commemorative Medal Act of 2010 

It has been almost 10 years since the tragic attack on the United States. September 11th is still a day that weighs heavy on the hearts of Americans. In late February a bill was passed in the House of Representatives. This bill proposed that the Secretary of Treasury be required to make medals in commemoration for the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. It also presented the idea of establishing the “National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.”

On February 24, 2010 New York Representative Jerrold Nadler (D) proposed the idea and got over 300 co-sponsors, 314 to be exact. The bill was referred to the House Financial Services committee. After many edits and revisions the House passed the bill on July 20, 2010.  The bill was passed on a voice vote and no records were kept of who actually supported the bill.

From the House the Senate took possession of the bill and two days later on July 22nd the Senate voted unanimously on the bill and it was passed on to President Obama for final approval.

A little over two weeks later on August 6th Obama signed the bill and passed it into a law. This law was passed very quickly due to it’s significance to Americans as a whole. In this piece of legislation each medal that is sold under this Act will have a surcharge of $10, which will be donated to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center in order to keep the museum maintained and in operation.

Sources:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4684

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4684/show

The Life of The Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007

Posted by Taylor Tomasco in American Government - Laufenberg on

A slideshow about the life of POCCAF, The Life of The Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007. He goes into some detail about what his job is, how he came to the rescue, and when the president made it possible for him.

Works Cited: 

Text of H.R. 2517 [110th]: Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007. Civic Impulse, LLC, 2007. Web. 16 Nov 2010. <http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-2517>

The House of Cheese

Posted by Thomas Nicolella in American History - Laufenberg on

Thomas Nicolella English/History Benchmark Q1 (Science Leadership Academy) on Prezi

For annotated bibliography click here

Building History: Henry C. Lea Elementry School

Posted by Daniel Mambu on

12/14/1914 http://dmambu.blogspot.com/2010/11/henry-c-lea.html

http://www.vuvox.com/collage/detail/0319419e40

This is the Henry C. Lea Elementary School. The school was named after a Philadelphia historian, civic reformer, and political activist Henry Charles Lea. The Building is located on the corner of 4700 Locust Street PA.  The school was build in 1914 two years after West Philly High school was built. The school cost a lot to be built. The total cost of the school and full construction and instillation of the heating, ventilation, plumbing, and electrical was added up to 190,090.00 dollars. It may not sound like a lot of money now but back then that was a lot of money. Then they had to pay for the classroom. Each classroom cost 6,554.80 dollars. There were 29 classes built in the school. When the school was first build it was about 926,724 cu. Ft.  It cost $.205 per cubic foot. The designer of the building was Henry deCourcy Richards and the superintendent J. Horace Cook. The land was first donated June 19, 1873 to Thomas C. Price and his wife Susan T. It was there thatThomas C. Price School was build. On May 4, 1911 John R. Drexel bought the land for $27,108.53 and three years later Lea was built. Now there has been some changes to the school since the school was built. There are more classrooms added on, security camera, and two playgrounds.  But by looking at the picture’s I found at phillyhistory.org you can get a idea of the changes since it was built.

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Trevor Hinton: Memorial Hall History

Posted by Trevor Hinton in American History - Laufenberg on

This is a project that we had to complete for our United States history class as well as our English class. My project was about Memorial hall in fairmount park and how it came to be known as Memorial hall and exactly the impact it had on the community.

This is the link for all of my bibliographies 

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1x9Y_izU3EJS3Qtadztp7CO7ojdOMpckV8NI1cFEmosk

How does the history of evolution predict the outcome of future evolution?

Posted by Charles Labb in Science and Society - Best on

The history of evolution shows us that when there is a pressure change that threatened the survival of an organism, the organism evolves to continue living.  That shows us that for future evolution, for example, homo sapiens might start to have more and more hair due to the recent climate change and issues of global warming, so they can continue to live and keep warm throughout the decades to come.  If the world where to become flooded, leaving very little land but enough for people to migrate and find new sources for food and shelter etc., then we would have to find another alternative to the way we live now. If people had to swim from point A to B, I don’t think that we would necessarily grow gills, but I do think that our lungs would grow larger and bigger. If you were to look at a mammal that lives in the water, such as a dolphin, whale, or sea lion, they do not have gills. They need to resurface from time to time to get oxygen. So, if  the world did start to flood you could only imagine that people would start to hold their breath longer and probably have webbed fingers and toes to help swim in the water.

I don’t think that evolution can be determined by looking at history and seeing what has happened.  I believe to see the future in evolution you have to look to the present and see what is happening now in front of you.  If there are no selection pressures maybe evolution will just start to get rid of what we don’t need, like the pinky toe or the male nipple.  The problem with the theory of evolution is that there is nowhere near enough data to say this is how evolution works.  The reason being for that, even though evolution is amazing on its own, it takes centuries for it to occur. 

The Marihuana Tax of 1937

Posted by Matthew O'Toole in American Government - Laufenberg on

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If there's trouble with that the link to school tube is below:

www.schooltube.com/video/078efbc9805612e89f36/The-Marihuana-Tax-of-1937

Slide improvements

Posted by Anthony Best in Technology - Hull on

I liked the first slide I made, but I couldn't fight the feeling that there was something missing. I added a picture of myself. I thought that the contrast on the old slide was an overload of color, so I toned it down some. I made a more unique font, with a single poppable color. I took out the pie chart because it was just too much information at once.

I used contrast in the yellow words on red background. I used empty space where there is nothing in the upper-left and kinda rule of thirds in my picture. I used 3 different colors not including the picture.

Top: after   Bottom: before

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John Bartram's historic house and garden

Posted by Gina Dukes in English 3 - Chase on

This is a video that I made to tell the story behind the historic John Bartram house and garden.

Here is the link to my project script:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b58Ei8yxcquHR4XO8GUSBmBdYWpzO-ObUnYFbrKuUWM/edit?hl=en&authkey=CMul9vcG

Here is the link to my annotated bibliography:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Faexpbh2hRhEgJpquB8JVQ2F1JwPiDNPe_3359_cyao/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKfEyo4H

The "Castle" at 8th and Lehigh

Posted by Natalie Sanchez in English 3 - Chase on

Natalie Sanchez 

For our first benchmark in Ms. Laufenberg’s history class and Mr. Chase's English class, we were assigned to tell the story of a building's history. This building had to be named after a person, and in some way, we were supposed to intertwine the stories of the people that influenced the name of the school and the history of the building. I chose to research the building at the intersection of 8th and Lehigh. This structure looks a bit like a castle, and I have always been fascinated by it. I was raised right across the street from this place. My personal memories of the building seem very distant, but I am flooded with good memories whenever I stop to remember my childhood on 8th and Lehigh. I remember playing on the side of the school with my cousins and taking walks with my father around the building just to talk about things. I remember the huge walls of the school and how I felt so microscopic when standing juxtaposed to this huge artifact. This is the impression that the building has left on me. This is why I chose to research, what many have referred to as, the "castle" at 8th and Lehigh.

When I first began my research, it was pretty complicated to find any information on the history of the school. I could find pictures of the building and of the people that the school was named after, but I couldn't find any historical dates and facts about the actual history of the structure. I then started speaking with some of the people that I know that have worked or studied at the school and could give me a more personal view of the school. One morning when I arrived to school, I started speaking with Mr. Paul, the security officer at Science Leadership Academy (SLA), about my project. He told me that he used to work at the school and that he knows some people that work with the school district and that know about the school. I got a lot of information from Mr. Paul. I also researched on the Internet, and found a lot of information on the school's history here and there. I went through the "digging-for-research" stage for about two weeks.

After this, I started to put my research into presentation form. I was going to originally make a documentary, but the videos that I took of the school were not compatible with imovie. Desperate to begin my presentation, I decide to make an iweb instead. I built the frame of my iweb by putting all of the research into the site first. I then gave up on all attempts at converting my video files, and decided to wait until I got to school to receive some help from Ms. Hull to convert my files. Luckily, I had art before English the next day, where I asked Ms. Hull for help converting my files. She showed me how to convert them, and then I was able to put the video files into my iweb. After a couple of clicks and waits, my iweb was finished.

My history and English Benchmark was definitely a challenge for me, but the feeling that I received when I finally found the information about the school was unlike any other. I felt so satisfied and excited, as if I had just made a new discovery. I enjoyed the process of making my history project. It definitely took me back to my roots at 8th and Lehigh Ave.

To see my iweb, click here.

JULIA
JULIA

(Benchmark) Prince Hall

Posted by Delesha Jackson in American History - Laufenberg on

For citations click here.

This project was to take a building named after someone and find the history behind the building and the person. We needed to find out why that building had the person'd name on it. It was also a project that helped our teachers get a sense of where we all were from because my school is so diverse. 

For this I decided to do Prince Hall Elementary School located in the northwest region of Philadelphia. This video is a description of who Prince Hall the man was and what made people name a school after him. 

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