Thursday, February 24. 2011

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

D & A - Criminology 12 - Today we'll finish our discussion with a few notes on the question: Where does violence come from? We'll look at personal traits, ineffective families, evolutionary factors, exposure to violence, cultural values, substance abuse, and firearm availability. After that we'll we'll discuss murder and homicide. We'll discuss the divisions of murder in Canada (1st and 2nd degree and manslaughter), the extent of murder in Canada, and murderous relations (acquaintance and stranger homicide). If there's time I'd like to talk about multiple homicides (mass and serial murder) and motives for killing other human beings.

C - Geography 12 - Today we'll finish up the tsunami DVD from yesterday, work on the tsunami questions and then work on a plate tectonic boundary map of the world. You will need coloured pencils to copy the plate map from your Geosystems text or if you're not here check out:
http://www.platetectonics.com/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/Graphics/framework.html

Ensure that you use different colours for divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries. You'll need to name the plates and show the relative direction that they travel as well. HINT: Do NOT forget the Juan de Fuca plate!

B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today we'll continue with our look at rocks with the Sedimentary Rock Identification lab from yesterday and then we'll complete the lab with the Metamorphic Rock Identification portion. We'll get a few notes about metamorphic rocks and metamorphism (contact, regional, and dynamic) as well as Sedimentary and Igneous rocks.

For more on Metamorphic Rocks check out:
Cal Poly GSC 101 Notes on Metamorphism
Tulane University Geol 212 Notes on Metamorphic Rock Types