SO ---- TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL !

SO - - - Tell Me How You Really Feel !

Miss Mayne Promotes Overdrive through a Drawing

It's difficult to get feedback from both parents and students about what goes on in the Media Center. So, I'm going to make it easy for you. 

Just answer the following questions and send them back to my email ASAP. It doesn't matter what time of the year it is, my door is always opened. 

1. What is your favorite part about coming to the Media Center?

2. How can I better support your reading?

email to : dmayne@alpinedistrict.org 

THANKS!

Star Wars Final Winners

So Who Won?

COULD YOU SURVIVE IN LEGO LAND OR WOULD YOU
 PULL YOUR HAIR OUT?

The Star Wars Lego contest was very competitive this year with 15 teams vying for the prize of two opening night movie tickets to Star Wars and concessions money. (Because of privacy laws, we cannot put the full names of the students who won, but we can put their team name on our blog. )

TEAM BELUGA WHALE WON!

The Beluga Whale assembled 490 pieces of a ship in 38 minutes and 29 sec.

 CONGRATS guys!  Not only were we impressed with their time, but also the determination of the two final teams and how they stayed after an hour last day before Christmas Break to duke things out.

LESSONS LEARNED

What we found out are teams who practiced together before the competition, even if it wasn't the same Lego model,  usually did better. Roles were split, a rhythm was established, and fingers and brains were limbered up. There was nothing in the rules that said competitors couldn't practice.  We were happily surprised to learn how many girls were obsessed with Legos, which traditionally have been a guy thing. Look at the newer Lego advertisements and you'll they have more photos of young girls  at a tender age holding completed Legos projects. This is a good thing. . . the world needs lady engineers too!

We have ordered a KLUTZ Lego Chain Reactions Craft Kit in our next Amazon order. It allows you to build 10 amazing moving Lego machines. It will be coming soon so stay in touch!

KLUTZ

So you think you're good at Lego building?

WIN 2 TICKETS FOR STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

They Like Legos & Star Wars & sign up as a team

With the Dec 18, 2015 release of the 7th in a series of Star Wars movies, The Force Awakens, we barely have enough time to finish up a contest of putting together a 490 piece Lego puzzle of a Jedi Scout ship. Whoever does it fastest wins two tickets to the Star Wars Movie and $10 for concession stand treats. The question is, "Is Star Wars Science fiction or Fantasy?"

BAD DUDE TOWEL

CONTEST SCHEDULE

TUES, Dec 8, 2015    Apply for prequal rounds

TUES, Dec 15            Finalist Duel

FRI, Dec 18                Tickets awarded at lunch in the Media Center. When you hear the Star Wars trailer over our speakers and see it on our screens, time to assemble and find out who the winners are! The tickets should be able to used at any time; they will come in card form.

Science teacher Wentz's collection can be checked out by you

Download OverDrive, Win 2 Movie Tickets for Mockingjay 2 !

Mrs. Pollock, a reluctant photo model, shows where the tickets are

So you've read ALL the Hunger Games books and seen ALL the movies - - - ALMOST. If you would like 2 free movie tickets which you can use any time, with $10 worth of treat money for tempting tidbits from the concession stand, come to the Media Center 
and do this:

1. Download the Overdrive app through the app store 

2. Set up an account

3. Check out an ebook

5. Show Miss Mayne or Mrs. Pollock that you have a book checked out through Overdrive

6. They will give you a red ticket to  put in the drawings fishbowl, and a coupon to keep

7. Show up at the Media Center during lunch Nov 19th to see if you won the prize.

See--- bookmarks & tickets

See---Miss Mayne

We have handouts & bookmarks with instructions for those of you who think you can do this independently.

 Miss Mayne will be running tutorials after school, on demand, for students who like personal help. She will give you tickets to fill out to put in the fishbowl when you are finished.

Puzzles and Games

SPEED Up Your Learning Curve !

Come check these out  and use them in the conference room

 A famous statistician by the name of Nate Silver recently said "By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right type of learning processes."

What's the "right type" is up to you and your teachers. "Make it fun and it will get done," is another great idea from Flylady.com to get you through onerous tasks, i.e. cleaning your room, doing your homework, getting that last lap in for the day. O-o-o-o, back to playing games. When was the last time you made something you dislike doing fun? That's creativity.
If life is a drag or boring, maybe you just need to unleash your brain.
Come to the Media Center and play games with your friends, maybe it will help you in Math!

We have 20 puzzles of all different sizes.

Puzzles can help your brain too. If you are one of those people who like to create order out of chaos, or better yet need to learn to create order out of chaos and see the patterns in things, then come try our puzzles. 

We buy new puzzles every year. If you see one you'd like to get your hands on, come tell Miss Mayne, and she will see what she can do for you.

GET'CHER GEEK ON!

Come sticky note which computer books you want to use first.

How many of you out there are closet technology geeks? Come to the library to see our latest purchases of how to better use your new iPhone, how to network and qualify for networking licensing to make yourself more employable, how to better use your existing versions of Windows products. Many of the books are easier to understand than the companies' HELP button, especially the books with "Teach Yourself Visually" in the title. Come on, don't be shy. You can actually use a computer to find out where our computer books are. You'll be right at home !

DON'T TAKE ANY WOODEN SKITTLES

A while back the esteemed members of the MacGyver Club read the book The Raft  by S.A. Bodeen together. During our discussion we went through every item the main character had in her raft. We debated if she used each item to its maximum usefulness. We wondered if she would have been any better off with an Altoids Survival kit, like the ones we've been making all year. 

One person said , "You know, she really should have saved the Skittles for fish bait, then she would have been able to bring in more food." Someone else said, "She would have been better off with Starbursts as bait, they would of lasted longer. Another debate ensued, so we set up an experiment after school that would answer some of the following MacGyver Think Outside the Box Questions.

1. How long would Skittles last in salt water as fish bait?
2. How long would Skittles last in fresh water?
3. Is there a difference between sea salt and iodized salt and their corrosive powers?
4. Is Skittles healthier as a survival food than Starbursts?




THE GRAND EXPERIMENT

Threading Bait

Adding Water

Grind sea salt & stir in water

Assemble bait, hooks, water, different types of salt, cups, pencils, duct tape, water, paper towels so Miss Mayne doesn't go all OCD on us. Thread the bait on the hook (we had to slightly squash the Skittles) ; put the water at the same level in the plain water cup, sea salt cup, and iodized salt cup. Dip two hooks in each water filled cup after you've taped it on a pencil to help them stay in place. Use your phones as timers to see which candy melts fastest in which type of water.
*  (TO BE CONTINUED) See Friday for test results :)