Cabrillo Elem School Visit 2-25-2020

Week 5 Feb 24-28

We are now halfway through the 3rd quarter. Wow, how time flies.

Computers:

Cont. with video.  At this point, I hope each student has an intro for the video. We have worked on a Google fly-in recording the fly-in with Quicktime screen capture software.  We also filmed an earth spin using the preloaded images and recorded a spin from somewhere on earth to Upland, CA. We recorded ourselves walking backward from inside the school to the front of the school.  We took photo's last week around campus.

OA's this week.

Monday: If given a million dollars what would you do?
Tuesday: None class out with Cabrillo Elem
Wednesday: Fav Artist
Thurs: Fav Book
Fri

Garden:

This week
1. Work on completing the placement of the bird netting. The chickens are really getting into the center raised garden and scratching it up.
2. Prepare for the visit of 75 2nd graders on Tuesday the 25th from Cabrillo Elem. The kids will be here from 10:00 to 11:00.
3. Begin planting of vegetables when bird netting installed.

Construction:

This Week:
1. Place a 2" x 6" fascia board around the top of the tiny home wall. This will help shed water away from the vertical walls.
2. I had volunteers who indicated they were willing to help with the second graders on Tuesday.
3. Place the cap sheet on the roof. This is part of the two-ply system we will be placing on the roof of the tiny home.

4. Install  drip edge
5. Installation of 2nd ply of roofing if we complete install of fascia/first ply/ and drip edge.

HHS Awarded Model Continuation High School Award again! Hillside has it's Model Continuation HS award extended another two years!

Friday!!!!

Thursday Photos

Today students went around campus and took some photos. I hope to begin collecting theirs soon.
Here are a few of mine.

How Cool are These!

Our Long Term Sub Mrs. Cazarez printed these up in honor of our Garden. How cool are these!  She captured the essence of the farm! Felicia & the polish rooster 'Rockstar'

Week 4 Feb 17 - 21

Monday is presidents day, no school!

Tuesday - Friday

Computers - Cont. working on the Hillside High (Upland City) video
4 parts

1. Google Fly-In - record using QuickTime video
2. World spin to HHS
3.Backward Walk
4.. This is Upland 3 images
5. Combine above 4 together to create an intro.

Thursday - We will be outside to take photos/video of animals for HHS project


Opening Assignments:
Mon. no school
Tues Silent movie
Wed Favorite movie
thurs scariest movie.


Construction:

This week we intend to complete the framing and structural work of the tiny home.

1. Finish off screwing of 4 x 8 shear panel edges
2. Install 2x6 blocking on ceiling
3. Drill holes for 3/8 inch x 8 " long carriage bolts
4. Install carriage bolts through sill plate into Unistrut support on trailer at 4' OC.
5. Install wrap behind windows/reinstall window
6. Install a window in the loft (original opening is 1 " too tall.
7. Install 3' screws to sill plate at 16" O.C.
8 Install Tyvek wrap to the exterior of a tiny home.
9 Begin installation of rough electrical.
10 Install an exterior door to secure the tiny home from unwanted visitors during off-hours.

Farm

1 Cont collecting and recording eggs
2 Cont feeding goats and chickens
3 Install bird netting around newly completed center raised planter
4 Install 3/4 irrigation line to north raised planters
5 Install control valves at each planter.

Cool Photos:

Don't Give Up on ME!

We have a 7th chick hatched!

I came into the classroom on Saturday, Feb 15 and found a new Lavender chick hatched! This brings the total to just two hatched out of six. The earliest egg dated Jan 18 was infertile. The egg dated 1/19 had a chick that did not hatch. The two that hatched were dated 1/20 and 1/24.

Six new chicks hatch

Six chicks hatched on Tuesday, Feb 11th. The chicks were from two blue eggs and four brown eggs.

W3 February 10-14

Note Monday is a holiday.

This week....

Explore Google Earth
Google Earth Fly into HHS video
Add Fly in video to the video already recorded this is Upland Video.


Opening Assignments:
Mon no school
Tues: Chickens how long to hatch
Wed. Someone you admire
Thurs. Best part of your day
Fri: History of Valentines Day

Period 3 students move Jan chicks to HHS Farm

We bring the Jan 2020 chicks out to their new home in the coop. The students completed the installation of two new holding cages each 7' x 4'. And some finishing touches to the cages! These 14 chicks were all hatched from tan eggs.

Students working on a trellis for center raised garden area!

Period 1 students completed the repair to the center raised garden. Period 7 and Period 1 students are adding a trellis like structure over the raised garden to help support tomato plants.

Two new chicken coops completed!

Farm Fun

Students engaging with the animals!

W2 Feb 3-7 Cont. on HHS Movie

I am hoping to guide my computer class in to the creation of a video/movie for Hillside High.  Last week the students worked on the development of an intro entitled "This is Upland"

Upland fly in map......

Backward Walk