Idea Hive http://www.ideahive.org Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:07:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Half Brother Part 2: Chapters 10-13 (p.136-183) http://www.ideahive.org/blog/2012/02/12/half-brother-chapters-10-13-p-136-183/ http://www.ideahive.org/blog/2012/02/12/half-brother-chapters-10-13-p-136-183/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:35:11 +0000 Mrs. Durnin http://www.ideahive.org/?p=237 TodaysMeet 125-135   Stickies #13 125-135

Your homework for Tuesday:)

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“Stairway to Heaven” is a song by British rock band Led Zeppelin.  It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant and released in 1971. Take the time to listen to this song – considered one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. The sections increase in (tempo) speed and volume. Rolling Stone readers named it the best Classic Rock song of all time.

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Blog Post Topics

Peter describes Zan’s situation – being taking from the wild and brought up as a human – as a “kind of slavery” (p. 161). What does he mean by this? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

Ben is conflicted, disturbed by William Eckler’s lecture on the horror’s of animal testing, but realizing it would be “hypocritical to worry about animals’ feelings or how we treated them” (p. 166) since he isn’t vegetarian.  Do you feel guilty about eating animals or wearing leather goods? Why or why not?

How do you feel about animal testing? If you are against it, does your opinion change if the animals are treated well?


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]]> http://www.ideahive.org/blog/2012/02/12/half-brother-chapters-10-13-p-136-183/feed/ 2 Northern Lights Seen From Space http://www.ideahive.org/blog/2012/02/09/northern-lights-seen-from-space/ http://www.ideahive.org/blog/2012/02/09/northern-lights-seen-from-space/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:21:12 +0000 Mr. Fisher http://www.ideahive.org/?p=233 We’ve seen Abba over the last few days so I thought this video was worth while taking a look at as well.

NASA has recently released this short video that is a time lapse shot that clearly shows the northern lights over Canada.

More information on northern lights can be found here.

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How about those Jets…?

Just… ya know… wondering….

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Places: Victoria, B.C., Beaver Lake, Windermere University School

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Jennifer loves ABBA, Ben is infatuated with Jennifer. The Swedish singing sensation, ABBA is like the Black Eyed Peas of the 70′s. Preview the video – you’ll be hearing more about them in today’s reading.

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Watch this 3 minute video to see scientists fill an ant colony with concrete and then dig it out to see how huge it is. Amazing…

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The things that we are able to do in the Idea Hive are sometimes pretty cool – they’re also using real skills that businesses and jobs might require you to have one day.

Here’s a link to an article that was in the Globe and Mail this weekend talking about the challenges one business was facing trying to work with employees scattered in multiple time zones, the software they were using, and a few options to improve working with people in other places.

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During the last reading we were introduced to David, his friend Hugh, David’s sister Jennifer.  Today you met Tim’s friend Jamie.

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In the last section, we met Ben’s new friend, Tim, who turned out to be, as you wrote on the stickies, “quite interesting”. We’re sure you’ll find today’s reading to be just as enlightening.

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We’re off!  Today is the first reading of the novel, Half Brother, by Canadian author, Kenneth Oppel.

During the reading, you and your computer partner will listen, post questions, or thoughts if needed to help clear up anything you don’t understand. Help each other out by answering your classmates’ questions. Don’t overuse the chatroom, or you’ll miss some important details.

Click on TodaysMeet HalfBrother1-9

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