LMC @ RTHS
News for the week of Monday, November 11
Lab & Classroom Schedule
Click here to see this week's schedule. Visitors this week include Ms. Mercer-Curtis, Mrs. Flanagan, Mr. Reineck, the KEC Business Class, G.A.C.M.E. Club, Pins & Needles Club, Tiered Incentives Committee, and Credit Recovery. Please send an email A.S.A.P. if your plans have changed. Thank you!
Email: ajinkins@rths.rochelle.net
New from the Back 2 Books Grant
Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The molecules resulted in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they determined what we now eat, drink, and wear.
A collection of essays on The Apollo II Moon Landing, featuring first-person narratives, along with primary and secondary source materials, providing a historical overview of the event, and discussing controversies surrounding the lunar landing, the impact of the landing on the American public, and other related topics.
In Brilliant Blunders, astrophysicist and award-winning author Livio (The Golden Ratio) analyzes ruinous errors of five great scientific minds in the wake of their most prominent discoveries and how those errors have not only propelled scientific breakthroughs, but provide 'insights...into the operation of the human mind.' Summoning Charles Darwin, Lord Kelvin, Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein, Livio argues there is no progress without lessons in humility.
Try-It! Illinois Returns: FREE Database Trial Period Available Through November 30
Believe or not, now is the time to test out databases with your classes to identify possible purchases for the 2014-2015 school year. Our subscriptions to Pop Culture Universe, Literary Reference Center, Discovering Collection, and Teen Health & Wellness all came from teachers making recommendations to Ann Marie after testing out a new database.
"The State Library is pleased to announce that Try-It! Illinois, our popular, free annual statewide electronic database trial, has returned and is available through November 30, 2013. The trial offers all ILLINET member libraries, their staffs and patrons an opportunity to evaluate a wide variety of electronic resources. Thanks to a collaboration between the State Library and the participating electronic resource vendors, there is no charge for accessing these databases during Try-It! Illinois."
Username: GIVEUSATRY
Password: ILLINET
"The State Library is pleased to announce that Try-It! Illinois, our popular, free annual statewide electronic database trial, has returned and is available through November 30, 2013. The trial offers all ILLINET member libraries, their staffs and patrons an opportunity to evaluate a wide variety of electronic resources. Thanks to a collaboration between the State Library and the participating electronic resource vendors, there is no charge for accessing these databases during Try-It! Illinois."
Username: GIVEUSATRY
Password: ILLINET