C - Geography 12 - To start the class, we will discuss Jared Diamond's book Collapse, trying to make sense of how civilizations in the past collapsed (Maya & Rapa Nui) and extrapolating his findings to our modern society today. We'll look at the twelve major modern environmental problems that Diamond identifies and examine his conclusions about our potential future. Remember to ask me about bunnies and Australia, specifically the 24 bunnies that the British brought with them in 1859 and how much the Australian government spends annually to control them. See Diamond talk at TED here.
D & A - Criminology 12 - Today you'll be in the library to do two things: 1. finish any missing blog entries that you have yet to complete for assessment; and 2. begin work on your seminar assignment for later this week. A Reminder that the blog topics are:
Blog # 7 Can Corporations Commit Murder?
Blog # 6 Auto Theft
Blog # 5 Clifford Olson & Marc Lepine
Blog # 4 Sexual Assault
Blog # 3 Short & Long term Impacts of Crime Victims
Blog # 2 Crime Trends and Rates
Blog # 1 Personal Theory of Crime Causation
If you're finished all of your blog entries then you can begin to research your seminar topic. Instead of an essay or a survey of criminological theory worksheet I thought I'd give you the opportunity to spend some time looking at something that really interests you in Criminology. So basically I'd like to have a seminar on Wednesday and Thursday where you have up to five minutes to present information on a criminology topic to the class. You can look at a specific crime, a specific criminal, a specific criminological theory, a criminal justice & enforcement technique that reduces crime, or any other criminological topic but it really should be of interest to you. So if you're really interested in gangs you can choose that (what they do, how they do it, where they operate). If you're really interested in a specific gang you can choose that (the Hells Angels or the Bandidos). If you're really interested in how police infiltrate gangs you can choose that. What should this look like? You'll have five minutes and you can use either your blog or powerpoint or some web based resource for graphic information. Tell the class what you found out about your topic and why it interests you.
B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today we'll finish the Stars and Galaxies Worksheets 1 & 2 that we began on Thursday of last week. I'll go through the worksheet with you and then if there's time we'll watch Cosmic Voyage (a sweet IMAX movie on space and size - from sub atomic particles to galaxies and the universe).
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So structured! Absolutely no controversey over what the day has in store.
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