My Little Pocket Note Pad

Hi, I found this website - Prezi.com - and I was amazed at the creativity that can be drawn from a presentation! Click on the links below to view a few examples. To make your own Prezi, simply create your own free account here! Need help with Prezi: view this tutorial or check out the Prezi Manual.

Getting Started: Prezi in 3 minutes


Prezi Workflow in 15 minutes

Some Examples:

• Leyenda Negra de América a la Iglesia
• Biografía de Carlos Perrault
• Math is not linear
• Mixing Mind and Metaphor
• Organic Chemistry
• The Roaring Twenties
• French Clothing Vocabulary
• Macbeth Conflicts

Enjoy using Prezi!

Follow this link to view 10th grade geography review worksheets created by Ms. Tonia Moore and answered by myself. Most of the review worksheets include vocabulary words to know, a map, study questions and their answers. The link includes the following topics:

1. Climate Factors - LOWERN
2. Basic Geography Skills
3. Physical Geography
4. Human Geography
5. US & Canada
6. Europe
7. Latin America
8. Africa
9. Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica

En esta entrada, yo he puesto una lista de documentos y presentaciones hechas por algunos de mis compañeros y yo sobre educación cívica. Mayormente, son sobre Honduras y su historia. Espero que te ayuden en tu clase.

Sigue este enlace para abrir las siguientes presentaciones y documentos:

1. El Estado
2. Nacionalidad y Ciudadanía
3. Declaraciones, Derechos y Garantías
4. Garantías Constitucionales
5. Los Poderes del Estado
6. Reforma e Inviolabilidad de la Constitución
7. Brochure Tit.1 Constitución.doc
8. Código de la Familia Art. 1-10
9. Código de la Niñez Art. 35-45
10. Datos Políticos Históricos de Honduras.doc
11. Dictaduras 1
12. Dictaduras 2
13. Fundamentalismo Religioso 1
14. Fundamentalismo Religioso 2
15. Guia del Himno Nacional de Honduras.doc
16. La Contaminación del Aire
17. La Contaminación del Aire
18. Los Derechos Fundamentales.doc
19. Mapa Conceptual - El Estado.doc
20. Mapa Conceptual - La Humanidad.doc
21. Nacionalsocialismo 1
22. Nacionalsocialismo 2
23. Parque Nacional Capiro y Calentura
24. Personas y Grupos Importantes.doc

In this post, I have a set of list of power point presentations made by Ms. Darlene Heilman about an introduction to psychology. These presentations were used for a tenth grade psychology class for one semester only.

Follow this link to open the following presentations and documents:

1. Intro to Psych
2. Nature vs. Nurture
3. Research Methods
4. Learning
5. Learning continued
6. Prenatal to Newborn
7. Infancy and Childhood
8. Infancy and Childhood social
9. Adolescence
10. Psychological Disorders
11. Anxiety Disorders
12. Dissociative Disorders
13. Mood Disorders
14. Schizophrenia
15. Psychology Exam.doc
16. Psychology Notes.doc
17. Psychological Disorders Worksheet.doc
18. Human Development Project (Baby Egg Talk)

In this post, I have a set of list of power point presentations made by Ms. Darlene Heilman about an introduction to sociology. These presentations were used for a tenth grade sociology class for one full semester only.

Follow this link to open the following presentations:

1. Sociology of Names
2. History and People - The Who's Who of Sociology
3. Culture
4. Socialization
5. Social Structure
6. Groups and Formal Organizations
7. Deviance
8. Social Inequality and Change
9. Sociology Notes.doc
10. Sociology Study Guide.doc

Thanks to all the people who have made some of the reviews, presentations, and study guides I have posted in my blog.

-Gracia Elena

Human Geography (Part B) Review

Definitions

• Birth Rate
• Carrying Capacity
• Cultural Diffusion
• Culture
• Death Rate
• Doubling Time
• Ecological Footprint
• Migration
• Natural Increase
• Population Cartogram

Population

1. What is a population pyramid? What can it tell us about a population?
2. Be able to explain the characteristics of a population based on the shape (remember that there are 3 main shapes) of its pyramid.
3. Be able to draw and label a population pyramid.
4. What is population density? Be able to calculate it given population and area of places.
5. Where is the majority of the world’s population located?
6. What are the advantages of high population density? Low population density? Which would you prefer? Why?

Migration/Culture

1. What is the difference between immigration and emigration?
2. What is a push factor? Provide an example.
3. What is a pull factor? Provide an example.
4. What are the main elements of culture?
5. What forces cause cultural change?

Economies

1. What are the 3 economic categories used to group countries? Explain the characteristics of each group.
2. Where are the majority of developing countries located in the world?

Government

1. What are the 3 types of government? Explain their characteristics.
2. Which type of government would you prefer? Why?

Humans and the Environment

1. What are some ways for people to reduce their ecological footprint?
2. What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources?
3. How does “The Lorax” demonstrate the need for sustainable development?

Climate Factors
(LOWERN)

Latitude

• The further away from the equator you go, the more seasonal variation there is (and the colder it gets).
• Locations near the equator are warm.
• This region receives the most direct sunlight and energy all year long.

Ocean Currents

• Warm currents heat, and cold currents cool, the air above water.
• Cold currents from the Arctic cool the air and reduce the amount of precipitation in a region (cold air doesn’t evaporate as easily as warm air does).
• When cold and warm currents meet, they can create fog.

Winds and air masses

• Air brings climate conditions from where it came.
• Winds move air masses over land.

Elevation

• Climates get colder as elevations get higher.
• As warm air rises, it expands and loses heat.

Relief

• Mountains form a natural barrier that causes air masses to rise.
• As air rises, it expands and becomes less dense, causing it to cool.
• Therefore, the leeward side of the mountain is colder and has less precipitation.

Near water

• Water bodies have a moderating affect on climates of land masses near them.
• Water cools & heats slower than land.
• Therefore, the land near water remains cooler or warmer.
• This also means there is less temperature range from season to season.

Physical Geography (Part A) Review

Definitions

• Erosion
• Earthquake
• Faulting
• Folding
• Volcano
• Weather
• Weathering
• Climate
• Precipitation
• Global Warming

Plate Tectonics

1. Who is Alfred Wegener?
2. What proof did he have to explain his theory of continental drift? (HINT: there are 4 proofs)
3. Who came up with the theory of plate tectonics? What is it?
4. What is Pangaea?
5. Where do earthquakes and volcanoes take place?

Geologic History

1. What are the 4 geologic eras? Be able to put them in order.
2. Provide an example of a major event that took place in each era.

Earth’s Cycles

1. What are the 3 main types of rock? How are they formed?
2. Be able to draw/label a diagram of the rock cycle.
3. What percentage of Earth’s total water is fresh water?
4. Be able to draw/label a diagram of the water cycle.

Climate

1. What is the difference between weather and climate?
2. What are the main characteristics of weather? (Hint: temperature, etc.)
3. What are the factors that affect climate? (Hint: LOWERN*)
4. What is a climate graph? What is their purpose?
5. Be able to draw/label a climate graph.
6. What is the greenhouse effect? How is it related to global warming?

Basic Geography Skills

Maps

1. What is a map?
2. What are the 6 basic features of a map? Why is each of them important?
3. What color should never be used for coloring land on a map?
4. What is a gazetteer?
5. Regions of the World: be able to name/locate the regions and bodies of water from your map assignment.

Scale

1. What are the 3 types of scale?
2. Be able to convert from one to another.

Compass

1. What are the cardinal points of a compass?
2. What are their bearings?

Grid Maps

1. Be able to locate 4-point and 6-point grid references on a map.

Latitude and Longitude

1. What are the unique meridians of longitude?
2. What are the 5 unique parallels of latitude?
3. Be able to locate places/coordinates on a map.

Time Zones

1. How many time zones are there in the world?
2. Be able to calculate time differences between places when given a map.
3. Be able to complete word problems involving time change.

Issue Analysis

1. Be able to explain the links between any given current issue and geography.

I have decided I will post anything written by myself plus anything that I may consider helpful for high school students who are having trouble on specific subjects and topics. So I hope this becomes useful and enjoyable for  everyone.

Attentively,
Gracia Elena

Last school year, I faced a difficult problem. A decision that I needed to make before school. I had to choose one elective class from many I wanted to be in. My top choices were: French, MUN, Art, and Band. I had a special and different reason for each one. But to choose one on top of all of the others was a problem.

I started asking suggestions, advise, and experiences from students and teachers that were taking, had taken or were teaching those courses. After I had all my questions and doubts answered and had a general idea of what each class was about, I decided to talk this with my parents.

We talked about what course would be most efficient, necessary, helpful, and enjoyable for me. we also discussed my strengths, weaknesses, and what had caught my attention the most. Something that I really wanted was to learn French. I've wanted to learn French ever since I was in fifth grade. So basically, that's the main reason why, in the end, I chose the French One course this year.

At the beginning of June, my sister and I wanted to bake cookies and brownies to sell. My father told us that it would be great to sell them at my aunt's store in el Centro of San Pedro Sula. So for basically two and a half weeks, we baked and sold brownies there.



At the end of June, my grandmother died (my father's mom) in Tegucigalpa one Thursday. At that time, my father was in Utila, Bay Islands. But his sister told him about that quickly, and he was able to get the 2:00 pm trip to La Ceiba. We were on the way to selling our brownies when he called us. So we went back home to prepare our suitcases. When he got to La Ceiba, his brother-in-law went to pick him up in our car and immediately headed for San Pedro.

We were entering Tegucigalpa when at 10:15 a police stopped us. Why were we out when there was a strict curfew at 10:00 pm? My parents both got out of the car to explain the reason and the cop let us go through. We stopped 3 more times before we to my dad's brother-in-law's mama's house at 11:40. We went to my grandma's funeral the next day, and now we visit her at the cemetery in Tegus.

I wrote this story when I was in 4th grade, just 9 years old. Please excuse my errors; I wanted to conserve my way of writing when I was that age.

"Uh!" I grumbled in a bored and tired way. "Oh, I wish I could go out to play with Dulce, Rocío, and Joan." I thought for a moment: "If I would ask my dad to play, he would tell me to put on my tennis shoes and to also wear a nice shirt to go out to play." So before I asked him, I changed my clothes and got ready to go outside. When I was ready, he gave me permission and I opened the fence. My sister came running after me.

We went on to Dulce's house which is riht in front of mine. She came out with nothing to play with. We played "2CS1RL," which means "two chasing scooters and one running legs" (runs fasts with the legs). We three got tired of playing this. Then we wanted to know what Joan and Rocío were doing. Maybe, they would have a better idea to play. We invited them and at last Joan came with the idea of skating shoes.