Monday, January 4, 2010

Welcome back family; I hope your break was refreshing and that you're ready to go because there are a scant fifteen classes remaining in Term 2.

Today's schedule is D-C-Lunch-A-B

D - Law 12 - Today we will go over the elements necessary for a negligence case to move forward. We will understand: Duty of Care; Standard of care (including foreseeability and the reasonable person's test); Causation; and Actual Loss (real loss or injury). Included in this will be understanding the legal principle res ipsa loquitur (the facts speak for themselves). We'll go over the precedent setting Donoghue v. Stevenson (1932) case along with a few other negligence related cases on pages 294-296 of the All About Law textbook and then you'll have time to continue working on your case study project.

C - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today we are going to the library to continue working on your last major assignment: Forensic Science web page. On December 17th I posted the following...

There are many on line web page creation sites (including this site which is kind of like a bloggers for dummies site). Try the following:
http://www.weebly.com/
http://sites.google.com/
http://geocities.yahoo.com/
http://www.webs.com/
Of course the creation of your site is really the last step in the process. Once you've chosen your topic (through me) you will need to get started working on finding information about it. Don't forget there are some fabulous print resources in the library and you must have at least one print source for this assignment. The details for the assignment (criteria) are listed on page 12 of your course book (handout). But here's a review:

It will be your responsibility to create one section of the G.P. Vanier Forensic Science / Criminology web page. You will need to find the following information about your chosen subject topic:

1. A description of your subject which includes an explanation of what is (history, background information, people associated with it, important milestones and discoveries).
2. An explanation of how your topic is collected at the crime scene and the tools that are used to interpret the evidence at the crime lab.
3. An description showing how the subject is used to solve crimes (identifying suspects, showing the cause of death, tracing the source of evidence or identifying a possible alternate crime scene).
4. Graphics - photos, illustrations, and animations that show and explain your subject.
5. Case Study - Provide one example of how your subject was used to solve a real crime.
6. Provide URL’s as links for further investigation of your subject.
   

A - Social Studies 11 - Today we'll be focusing on Quebec "nationalism" and the roots of the separatist movement (Chapter 8 - pages 190-197 in the Counterpoints textbook). You will need to work on questions 1, 2 & 3 from page 194. You'll also get a chance to watch four episodes of Canada: A People's History as well. There are many many websites and on-line stories dedicated to separatism here are two that may help:

Global Security - Quebec Separatism

CBC Archives - Levesque & Separatism

B - Geography 12 - Today we are going to take a look at climatology and climate types on the planet. We will make sense of the Koppen climate classification system and today you'll need to explain in your own words the follwing climates: Af, Am, Aw, Cfb, Csa, Csb, Dfb, Dwb, Dfc, Dwc, ET (don't say it!), Bw, and Bs (Many thanks to Michael Ritter for his on line Physical Environment textbook!). You'll also need to complete questions 9, 14, and 19 from page 326 in your Geosystems text.

For help with Koppen - Geiger see:
Blue Planet Biomes - World Climates
Physicalgeography.net - Climate classification
About.com - Koppen chart