A & D - Criminology 12 - Today we'll watch some Warner Brothers cartoons with all the glorious violence in them and we'll have a discussion about the acceptance of violence in our modern culture. While we watch the cartoons I want you to think about the implicit and implied messages that each cartoon sends to kids (rather than the explicit and obvious messages) and then we'll talk about what those messages do even if kids understand the difference between cartoon and real violence. We'll then complete 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. Tomorrow, we'll try to make sense of homicide along with mass and serial murder.
B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today we'll continue with our look at rocks by finishing up the Igneous Rock lab that we started yesterday. After that, we'll look at clastic and non-clastic sedimentary rocks (process and composition). If there's time we'll continue our lab with part 2 (sedimentary rock identification) and if not we'll get to that tomorrow. For more on sedimentary rocks check out NRCanada's website on the three rock types in Canada at Geoscape Canada
For more on Sedimentary Rocks check out:
EarthSci.org Sedimentary Rocks
Physical Geography Sedimentary Rocks
Geology Sedimentary Rocks
C - Geography 12 - Yesterday we looked at earthquakes and the seismic gap concept (focusing on Izmit Turkey in 1999). Today....Oh today we look at Tsunamis and the west coast of North America. We'll watch sections of the Discovery Channel documentary "America's Tsunami: Are we Next?" You will have two questions to work on tonight in your week four package:
How do Tsunami’s work? from p.11 &
- Why can tsunamis cause such damage and devastation? What are some characteristics of the wave that factor into how much damage it could cause? How do coastal or shoreline features factor into the extent of damage? What role could a warning system play? How effective would a warning system be for the west coast of Vancouver Island? Why?
You can find more information at:
PBS documentary "The Wave that Shook the World"
PEP Tsunami Preparedness website
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