Thursday, April 7. 2011

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

B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today, we'll continue our work on volcanoes by looking at magma formation and magma behaviour. There will be a few notes with a diagram or two and then you'll need to work on "For Review" questions 2-8 and "For Discussion" questions 1 & 2 from page 194 in your Earth Science and the Environment textbook. While you are working on your questions, I'll show you some footage of the different types of lava at Kilauea so that you can see how it moves and flows.

A & D - Criminology 12 - Today we continue our seminar discussions on the topics you've been researching. Thank you to Lea and Ariel who started us off yesterday and I am really looking forward to seeing what Criminological topic you're going to share with the class today. Remember you've got a minimum of five minutes and this is not a stressful situation. Good luck.

C - Geography 12 - Today we're continuing our look at water by focusing on coastal processes and landforms. We will look at how water erodes, shapes, and creates coastal landscapes by focusing on long shore current & drift. We'll analyze the differences between an erosional and depositional coastline and try to make sense of the hazards of living along depositional coastlines (think Cape Hatteras, North Carolina). For additional information and help on questions 8, 11, 13, & 14 in your Geosystems text go to:

Cerritos College Earth Science Coast Landforms
University of Regina Geomorphology Class notes
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Geomorphology from space site
USGS Coastal & Marine Geology program
NOAA: Pressures on Coastal Environments

There's a great article on the dangers of people moving to coastlines at EARTH magazine here.

There's a great web page on the Graveyard of the Atlantic: Sable Island Nova Scotia. Check out the topographic map here