Jack Carnahan 7/8 Gold Apple said that is has sold a million iPads in the month after its launch. The iPad has been selling more than twice as fast as the iPhone did when it was new. The first models of the iPad had only Wi-Fi access. "One million iPads in 28 days — that's less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone," said the CEO of Apple.
Who is the CEO of Apple?
A Frank Jones
B Steve Jobs
C Goege Lewis
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
• Journal entrys
There was a depression in 1837 and again in 1842.
• The government was offering free land to anyone who would make a farm in the Oregon country.
• The U.S. government wanted people to move to the west because some people believed strongly in Manifest Destiny, so they migrated to the Oregon country.
• A settler could claim about 650 acres in Oregon by planting crops and making a home in the first few year of living there.
• Some of the people went west so they could practice their own religion freely like the Mormons who ventured west during the Oregon trial and ended up in Utah.
• Some people were bothered by the existence of slavery so they packed up their things and headed west.
• Some farmers were feeling crowded and needed more space or farmers felt like 650 Acres were too much land to
There was a depression in 1837 and again in 1842.
• The government was offering free land to anyone who would make a farm in the Oregon country.
• The U.S. government wanted people to move to the west because some people believed strongly in Manifest Destiny, so they migrated to the Oregon country.
• A settler could claim about 650 acres in Oregon by planting crops and making a home in the first few year of living there.
• Some of the people went west so they could practice their own religion freely like the Mormons who ventured west during the Oregon trial and ended up in Utah.
• Some people were bothered by the existence of slavery so they packed up their things and headed west.
• Some farmers were feeling crowded and needed more space or farmers felt like 650 Acres were too much land to
Thursday, April 8, 2010
High Tec. School
Jack Carnahan 7/8 Gold
In western Pennsylvania a University is willing to give a Macbook or an Ipad for any student who is a full-time student starting this fall. The University In western Pennsylvania says about 1,500 students will be able for the new Ipad. The Ipad goes went on sale this week.
When does the Ipad go on sale?
A Friday
B Saturday
C Sunday
In western Pennsylvania a University is willing to give a Macbook or an Ipad for any student who is a full-time student starting this fall. The University In western Pennsylvania says about 1,500 students will be able for the new Ipad. The Ipad goes went on sale this week.
When does the Ipad go on sale?
A Friday
B Saturday
C Sunday
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
What we are going to make:
Jack and I would like to make a 3 dimensional map of the Oregon country which includes the Rookie Mountains as the 3 dimensional pieces. To help us with that we are going to use real journal entries from people who went on the trail and map there trek. Also including a description about the trip.
Sharing the work:
We will use Google to record journal entries that one of us has found. Also we are going to take pictures of the map and if possible put that on Google docs.
Deadlines:
By April 5, 2010 have the map done. With mountains on and states labeled.
By April 9, 2010 have a journey mapped out based on journal entries.
By April 12, 2010 have reasons for moving. May extend date depending.
By April 14, 2010 have Tasks & Chores and Food & Clothing descriptions done.
By April 18, 2010 have Dangers & Hardships and Fun & Amusement descriptions done.
By April 21, 2010 have Frontier Justice and Frontier Towns descriptions done.
By April 25, 2010 have everything done!
People who are going to \look at our project:
We would like to have one of the art teachers to look at our map, to see if it looks neat enough. We would also like to have jack’s mom look at project to check for errors.
Jack and I would like to make a 3 dimensional map of the Oregon country which includes the Rookie Mountains as the 3 dimensional pieces. To help us with that we are going to use real journal entries from people who went on the trail and map there trek. Also including a description about the trip.
Sharing the work:
We will use Google to record journal entries that one of us has found. Also we are going to take pictures of the map and if possible put that on Google docs.
Deadlines:
By April 5, 2010 have the map done. With mountains on and states labeled.
By April 9, 2010 have a journey mapped out based on journal entries.
By April 12, 2010 have reasons for moving. May extend date depending.
By April 14, 2010 have Tasks & Chores and Food & Clothing descriptions done.
By April 18, 2010 have Dangers & Hardships and Fun & Amusement descriptions done.
By April 21, 2010 have Frontier Justice and Frontier Towns descriptions done.
By April 25, 2010 have everything done!
People who are going to \look at our project:
We would like to have one of the art teachers to look at our map, to see if it looks neat enough. We would also like to have jack’s mom look at project to check for errors.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Current Events
Jack Carnahan 78 gold 3/15/10
22 year old Katie Spotz rowed all the way across the Atlantic solo. Katie Spotz is the youngest person in history to ever row across the Atlantic. At night, she would drift aboard the ocean row boat, which had solar panels for power, a satellite phone and a laptop to update face book and Email’s. Katie Spotz spent two months alone at sea and would row for a certain amount of hours.
How many hours would Katie Spotz have to row for each day?
A 5 hours
B 10 hours
C 17 hours
22 year old Katie Spotz rowed all the way across the Atlantic solo. Katie Spotz is the youngest person in history to ever row across the Atlantic. At night, she would drift aboard the ocean row boat, which had solar panels for power, a satellite phone and a laptop to update face book and Email’s. Katie Spotz spent two months alone at sea and would row for a certain amount of hours.
How many hours would Katie Spotz have to row for each day?
A 5 hours
B 10 hours
C 17 hours
Friday, March 12, 2010
Its raining fish
Jack Carnahan 78 gold 3/11/10
Its Raining Fish
In Australia on Thursday and Friday a crazy thing happened it rained fish right out of the sky around 6pm. Christine Balmer took several pictures of fish on the ground and in buckets. Her family thought she had gone crazy when she told them about the fish falling from the sky.
“I haven't lost my marbles,” Christine Balmer said, reassuring herself she said she was glad that something else did not fall from the sky.
What was Chiristine Balmer glad didn’t rain?
A Humans
B Sharks
C crocodiles
Its Raining Fish
In Australia on Thursday and Friday a crazy thing happened it rained fish right out of the sky around 6pm. Christine Balmer took several pictures of fish on the ground and in buckets. Her family thought she had gone crazy when she told them about the fish falling from the sky.
“I haven't lost my marbles,” Christine Balmer said, reassuring herself she said she was glad that something else did not fall from the sky.
What was Chiristine Balmer glad didn’t rain?
A Humans
B Sharks
C crocodiles
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
1/6/09 Jack Carnahan 78 Gold
In May 2009 Justice David Souter retired so Obama was left to choose a nominee for the open chair in the Supreme Court. So as a result of David’s retiring Obama choose Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee. After he picked his nominee the U.S. Senate will then confirmed Obama’s choice. Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in to the Supreme Court.
What day was Sonia sworn in to the Supreme Court?
A February 12th
B April 8th
C June 18th
On July 20, 1969 the Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. “That’s one small step for man one giant leap for mankind,” he said. Almost 600 million people watched it on TV. Putting men on the moon was a accomplishment for the United States. The success of Apollo 11 and later Apollo flights increased our knowledge of the moon, the sun, and one other planet.
What other planet did the Apollo mission give us more knowledge about?
A Mars
B Saturn
C Earth
In May 2009 Justice David Souter retired so Obama was left to choose a nominee for the open chair in the Supreme Court. So as a result of David’s retiring Obama choose Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee. After he picked his nominee the U.S. Senate will then confirmed Obama’s choice. Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in to the Supreme Court.
What day was Sonia sworn in to the Supreme Court?
A February 12th
B April 8th
C June 18th
On July 20, 1969 the Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. “That’s one small step for man one giant leap for mankind,” he said. Almost 600 million people watched it on TV. Putting men on the moon was a accomplishment for the United States. The success of Apollo 11 and later Apollo flights increased our knowledge of the moon, the sun, and one other planet.
What other planet did the Apollo mission give us more knowledge about?
A Mars
B Saturn
C Earth
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Jack Carnahan 78 gold 12/8/09
A hand full of researchers started to lure great white sharks with a fake seal to the back of the bout to tag and track them. The reason the researchers choose a seal for bait because the great white sharks natural pray is seal because it so tasty. After luring the shark to the bout the researchers would attach two types to tags the first tag they put on the shark is a tag to track movement, the second tag is a tag to track the sharks precise location this tag is called______.
What is the name of the second tag?
(A) Acoustic tag
B sonar tag
C shark tracking tag
You many not know but a large amount of honey bees disappearing these days. Most of those honey bees have a whim to fly out of there hive and then they die. Empty hives left by the honey bees are a lot of worry about important food crops. Researchers do have ideas about what is affecting the bee’s health. There theory is that the honey bees are getting sick from poisons widely used to kill ____.
What does the poison that affects the honey bee’s health spouse to kill?
A Human’s
B germs
C insects
A hand full of researchers started to lure great white sharks with a fake seal to the back of the bout to tag and track them. The reason the researchers choose a seal for bait because the great white sharks natural pray is seal because it so tasty. After luring the shark to the bout the researchers would attach two types to tags the first tag they put on the shark is a tag to track movement, the second tag is a tag to track the sharks precise location this tag is called______.
What is the name of the second tag?
(A) Acoustic tag
B sonar tag
C shark tracking tag
You many not know but a large amount of honey bees disappearing these days. Most of those honey bees have a whim to fly out of there hive and then they die. Empty hives left by the honey bees are a lot of worry about important food crops. Researchers do have ideas about what is affecting the bee’s health. There theory is that the honey bees are getting sick from poisons widely used to kill ____.
What does the poison that affects the honey bee’s health spouse to kill?
A Human’s
B germs
C insects
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
If you visited Sesame Street in 1969 you would see a lot of the original cast like Big Bird, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, and Bert and Ernie these are some of the most famous puppets puppeteer Jim Henson has created over the years. But some of the older cast that you may have seen a while back like Big Bird’s friend Snuffleupagus, the big spaghetti looking elephant, who started in 1971 are now gone. Elmo, who started at Sesame Street in 1979 and is now the super star of Sesame Street, started as _________.
What was the original name of Elmo?
A Little red Monster
B Little Monster
C Elmo
Did you know 20% of all American children don’t get vary nutritious foods that’s 17 million children. Resent reports show that the # of people who are really hungry rose from 700,000 to about 1.1 million. This new figure is the highest since_____.
What was the date that the old recorded had?
A 1995
B 1996
C 1998
Jack Carnahan 12/2/09 5/6 gold
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753051&grade=78
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec09/hunger_11-24.html
What was the original name of Elmo?
A Little red Monster
B Little Monster
C Elmo
Did you know 20% of all American children don’t get vary nutritious foods that’s 17 million children. Resent reports show that the # of people who are really hungry rose from 700,000 to about 1.1 million. This new figure is the highest since_____.
What was the date that the old recorded had?
A 1995
B 1996
C 1998
Jack Carnahan 12/2/09 5/6 gold
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753051&grade=78
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec09/hunger_11-24.html
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Current Events 1/1/09
Current Events
By Jack Carnahan
Thomas Jefferson's choice to lead an expedition was Lewis, his secretary and a fellow native of Albemarle County Virginia. Reaching the rank of captain in the U.S. Army Lewis possessed military experience that would be invaluable. While in the Army Lewis had served in a rifle company commanded by Will (William) Clark. It was Clark whom Lewis chose to assist him in leading this commonly known today as the "Corps of Discovery." On ______ Congress appropriated funds for the Expedition and Jefferson's dream came closer to becoming a reality.
What date did Congress appropriated funds for the Expedition?
A February 24, 1803
B February 26, 1803
C February 28, 1803
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How many Bras do you have to buy until you get one free?
A 4 Brass
B 5 Brass
C 6 Brass
By Jack Carnahan
Thomas Jefferson's choice to lead an expedition was Lewis, his secretary and a fellow native of Albemarle County Virginia. Reaching the rank of captain in the U.S. Army Lewis possessed military experience that would be invaluable. While in the Army Lewis had served in a rifle company commanded by Will (William) Clark. It was Clark whom Lewis chose to assist him in leading this commonly known today as the "Corps of Discovery." On ______ Congress appropriated funds for the Expedition and Jefferson's dream came closer to becoming a reality.
What date did Congress appropriated funds for the Expedition?
A February 24, 1803
B February 26, 1803
C February 28, 1803
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Expiration: 31-Mar-2009
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Buy ___ Bras Get 1 Free with Bra Club Buy 5 bras in one year and save on one for free from One Stop Plus. Click on the link and then "Lingerie and Sleepwear" to start shopping.
How many Bras do you have to buy until you get one free?
A 4 Brass
B 5 Brass
C 6 Brass
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Current Events September 23 09
Napoleon had acknowledged the importance of Santo Domingo as a critical island to start a naval base from which he start controlling an American empire. Things cooled down in Santo Domingo and Napoleon’s dream of a Western empire abated. In 1802 Napoleon sent men to regain control of the island. The French captured the rebel leader Toussaint but could not take the island. By 1804, the French were driven out of Santo Domingo and the country got its original name ______.
What is the original name of the island?
A Florida
B Haiti
C Hawaii
Jack Carnahan 9/22/09 78 gold Current events
In California the unemployment rate has increased from the state average rate of 9.7% to _____according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California’s unemployment rate was 14.7% in 1940. Two major industries that are contributing to this crisis are banking and construction.
What is the current unemployment rate in California?
A: 12.2%
B: 14.7%
C: 10.3%
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/us/19calif.html?_r=1
What is the original name of the island?
A Florida
B Haiti
C Hawaii
Jack Carnahan 9/22/09 78 gold Current events
In California the unemployment rate has increased from the state average rate of 9.7% to _____according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California’s unemployment rate was 14.7% in 1940. Two major industries that are contributing to this crisis are banking and construction.
What is the current unemployment rate in California?
A: 12.2%
B: 14.7%
C: 10.3%
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/us/19calif.html?_r=1
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