Today's schedule is D-C-Lunch-A-B
D - Geography 12 - Today is our last day in the library to work on our Severe Weather Power Point project. Your project will need to be submitted into the assignments directory at school NO LATER than Monday, December 15th. This will give me enough time to have them marked before the Christmas Break. I hope that you have enjoyed looking at severe weather so far and realize that we aren't done quite yet. Next week we will look at thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes with lots of video footage of hail (a short but sweet video of hailstones pounding down in Texas), tornadoes (including the monster May 3, 1999 F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma), and hurricanes (National Geographic's Inside Hurricane Katrina).
C - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today we will look at the collection and processing of DNA evidence. We will work through the simulation on the Rice University CSI site and then we will watch an episode of "I Detective" (Identity Unknown). On the video, you'll be presented with a crime scene and at a point will be posed with a multiple choice question to answer.
A - Law 12 - Today we will continue our look at civil law procedures focusing on judgements. We'll look at the differences between pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses (general damages) and then we'll look at special, punative, and nominal damages along with injunctions and enforcing judgements. We'll go over the Thornton et al. v. Board of School Trustees of School District No. 57 (Prince George) et al. (1978) case together. I'd like you to work on Exploring Legal Concepts questions 5 a & b and 6 a & b on page 286 and Reviewing Your Reading questions 1 a & b, 3, and 4 on pages 278-9 in your All About Law textbook. If there is time left over you can work on your case study project.
B- Earth and Space Science 11 - Today Mr. Luxemberger will be taking you to the library to continue your work on the overarching question "Is Climate Change a naturally occurring phenomena or is it anthropogenic (caused by humans)?" You'll be working in partners on a web based activity then presenting your information to the rest of the class. Afterwords, the class as a whole will address the question and hopefully you will have a better idea of the debate surrounding climate change.
Consider what the Ministry of Education would like you to learn in Earth and Space Science 11:
Seeing the topic of climate change through a systems approach (remember we are learning about earth systems) is really important. Many things affect climate and our job is to weed through "rhetoric" to try and find some answers that we can use to form a basis for action. How is our climate system affected by cycles of energy and matter through the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere? What changes may cause a shift in temperatures? What will that shift then affect? Remember feedback loops? There are no easy answers and I hope that the work you do with Mr. Luxemberger shows you the difficulty of scientific inquiry.
Pau Hana!
B- Earth and Space Science 11 - Today Mr. Luxemberger will be taking you to the library to continue your work on the overarching question "Is Climate Change a naturally occurring phenomena or is it anthropogenic (caused by humans)?" You'll be working in partners on a web based activity then presenting your information to the rest of the class. Afterwords, the class as a whole will address the question and hopefully you will have a better idea of the debate surrounding climate change.
Consider what the Ministry of Education would like you to learn in Earth and Space Science 11:
- Identify the major branches of Earth and space science and show how each branch relates to everyday life,
- Describe methods of obtaining, visualising, and analysing local and regional information about the Earth and space,
- Describe the structure of the atmosphere and the abundance of various substances in it, &
- Predict the effects of changing the composition of the atmosphere (e.g., ozone depletion, adding water vapour, greenhouse gases, and pollutants)
- Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions.
- Students will construct knowledge and understandings of concepts in life science, physical science, and Earth and space science, and apply these understandings to interpret, integrate, and extend their knowledge.
- Students will be encouraged to develop attitudes that support the responsible acquisition and application of scientific and technological knowledge to the mutual benefit of self, society, and the environment.
Seeing the topic of climate change through a systems approach (remember we are learning about earth systems) is really important. Many things affect climate and our job is to weed through "rhetoric" to try and find some answers that we can use to form a basis for action. How is our climate system affected by cycles of energy and matter through the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere? What changes may cause a shift in temperatures? What will that shift then affect? Remember feedback loops? There are no easy answers and I hope that the work you do with Mr. Luxemberger shows you the difficulty of scientific inquiry.
Pau Hana!
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