Hiking in Lake Tahoe

26 miles in three days around Lake Tahoe! 

Check out the meteor shower tonight Monday 5/30 10 PM ish.

 The meteor shower will last only 5 minutes, so it is kind of a hit or miss. The meteor pieces should come from the east just after 10 pm. Take a look! If it is good it will be really good!

The storm brought large fire, but no storm!

Q4W8 Tuesday Web Hunt - West Side of the Sierra Mountain Range

 All of the questions that you will search are located on the west side

Of the Sierra Mountain Range.

1 Using Google maps how far is it to drive from Upland CA. 

 to South Lake Tahoe using the 210, 5, 99, and 50 highway routes. 

 This route will take you to the west side of the Sierra mountain range.

 

2 Where and when was gold first discovered in California? 

3 When did Yosemite become a National Park?

4 What president signed the Yosemite 

Land Grant into law in 1864?

5 Who is  John Muir?

6 When did Sequoia become a national park,

 and from its formation, Sequoia became the

first park to protect what?

7  What type of trees are in Sequoia National

Park? What is the name of the tallest?

8. When did Kings Canyon become a 

National Park?

9. What is the name of the first national park created

 and what state is it located in and when?

10 What is the state capitol of California, 

what year did the location become the current capitol site?

11. When is the California High Speed Rail estimated completion

date?

11. Finish the web hunt for the Eastern Sierras, hwy 395 from Friday.

Q4 W7 Friday WEb Search May 27, 2022

 Web Search - Please answer the following questions- You can place your answers on your blog page or on Google Classroom.

Friday, May 27, 2022  Internet Search

1. Today, I am traveling on highway 395 in California from Upland to lake Tahoe.

2. Go to Google maps and find the distance between Upland and South Lake Tahoe.

3. Take a screenshot of the map  (Command Shift 4) and drag diagonally across the image.

4. Post the image as part of the answer.  Google Maps

2. What is Manzanar? What happened in America to create Manzanar?

3. How does it make you feel that the USA did this? Note: Manzanar is on Highway 395.

3. George Chaffey, brother of Southern California's Wiliam Chaffey,

4. bought up thousands of acres of lands south of Independence in the

5. Owens Valley in the early 1900s, with the intent of developing what?

6. These are the same Chaffey brothers of Ontario who Chaffey High School is

7. named after.

4. Los Angeles did what in the Owens Valley? 

5. A century ago, agents from Los Angeles converged on the

6. Owens Valley is on a secret mission to do what? It has to do with water!

5. Who were the first white settlers of Owens Valley in 1861,

6. I’m looking for names? Go to First White Settlers

6. What happened in Owens Valley in 1872?

7. What are Fossil Falls? Fossil Falls

8. What is Mammoth Mountain known for? Mammoth

9. How tall is Mount Whitney?

10. What was mined in Bodie, which is now Bodie Ghost Town?

11. What birds migrate to Mono Lake?

12. What unusual rock formations are found at Mono Lake?

13.  With the third year of a drought what has happened to the Mono Lake

14. and Los Angeles water agreement?

14.  Go to the Wierd and Wonderful website and give a brief description of the

15. Crowley Lake Columns. View the Crowley Lake Columns. 

15. Also on the Wierd and Wonderful website and give a brief description of the Burro

16. Schmidt Tunnel

15. What is the elevation of Lake Tahoe above sea level is Lake Tahoe?

17.  How deep is Lake Tahoe and if emptied how would it cover California if flat?

18. I will be at a place called Fallen Leaf Lake, it's near Lake Tahoe,

18. take a look. How deep is Fallen Leaf Lake?

19. What is Lucky Baldwin known for? He also invested in parts of Tahoe too.

20. How much gold was discovered during California's gold rush?

Sierra Vista Farm Visit!

 

The Shirts have Arrived!

 

Testing Tents Cont....

 

It's that Time of Year!

 

3 person tents - Testing - 3 people 1 minute hold pressure

 Pass or Fail?

Pass

Walk off the Earth....Beatles Songs...

 Just a fun well choreographed video!

3 person Tent Construction

 Objective: Build a tent out of 5 plastic trash bags and a roll of packaging tape that can hold 3 people in it while inflating with air from a leaf blower.

Background. In this scenario, the students have crashed and landed on a deserted planet far from earth. The atmosphere is similar to earth, but when it rises, the moon of this planet has a death ray that can kill humans. Luckily the students were able to salvage from their rocket ship 5 NASA trash bags, a roll of tape, a leaf blower, a power source, and scissors. The trash bags can protect them from the moon's death rays.

They have two class periods to construct a tent.

Empire Skate shop Tie In

 

Game Sites

 Hooda Math

Computer Class - How much $ to Live

 Our discussion today was centered on the cost of living in today's world.

Income:

We came up with $14/hr x 40 hours = $560 and in a month that would be approx $2,240

Expenses:

Rent

Utilities: including gas, electric, water, waste

Food

Car:  gas, insurance, ownership

Entertainment

Clothing

Cable TV

The students were able to combine income and then deduct expenses to see if they could make it in the place where they want to live.

Construction Classes - Mobile Portable Homeless shelter Discussion

Today in class we discussed the idea of making a mobile homeless shelter. Here are some of the ideas expressed in the classes. 

An inexpensive structure like a micro-pod – with insulation, a small bed, and a place to store belongings – is a good, temporary solution to keep a person warm, safe, and out of jail

Objective: Mobile Homeless Shelter wants/needs. 

Lightweight, portable, easy to use

Bed, blanket, pillow

Change of clothing

Light Source

Energy, power, battery

hook

Wheels, wheel locks/chain

light materials

foam/blow up

handle to push around

bicycle connections

toilet/privacy/water holder/

collect rainwater

storage 

Window

_____

fridge

stove

tub/toilet

dining room

AC

scooter/bike/walk

Students were to find some examples online that currently exist:

 

Winding Down Work on Tiny Home

 Today, unfortunately, it was one step forward three steps backward. Trying to finish the touching up of the paint. It takes concentration so that you don't touch the other paint colors than are on your brush! We are getting it done. 

With the paint winding down, other students have been working on the electrical, insulation installation, and painting the metal cap.  A couple others are making a door for the four-legged creature pen.

Daniela repainted trim where someone else had gotten white paint on the gray paint.

Jorge finishing the metal cap painting

Carlos lent a hand in installing the wall insulation.

Ashim making up an electrical outlet

Josh measuring out a piece of 2x4 wood for a door and Dameon working on a special project.