Wednesday, June 7. 2011

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

Today we have a one hour tutorial block first thing this morning. As a result all classes will be shortened for the rest of the day. The schedule looks like this

8:55 - 10:00 Tutorial
10:05 - 11:05 D Block
11:10 - 12:10 C Block
12:10 - 12:50 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 A Block
2:05 - 3:10 B Block

D & A - Criminology 12 - Today we'll start with a bit of time to finish up the gang activity that we started yesterday in class. Don't forget you need to explain the activities of each group (aboriginal crime groups, cartels, ethnic crime groups, and outlaw motorcycle gangs): What do they do? How do they do it? What do they control? Where are they based in Canada? After this
we'll take a few notes down about gangs and then I'll show you a quick video on biker gangs in the United States. We'll look at "Bandido Army" an episode from Gangland season three where a profile of the Bandidos, a gang in San Antonio is featured. Former members of the Bandidos take us inside the most feared motorcycle gang in Texas. Insiders discuss the gang’s crimes and what is required to earn the famous “No Mercy” patch.


C - Geography 12 - Today we're back in the library for our second day for your final project. Remember that you need to create a case study and I'd highly suggest that you look at previous examples on the Ministry of Education Exam Site. Take a look at yesterday's blog site entry to find out more information on the questions and how you need to ask them...

Using your understanding of Geography and the Data provided:

1. Describe the (physical and natural characteristics of your chosen area or the factors that lead to the problem at hand)
2. Explain how humans have (contributed to the problem or have affected the environment)
3. Suggest (solutions to the problem or reasons why the problem is so difficult to solve)

B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Yesterday we worked on an activity dealing with the Hubble Relation and Red Shift. Today I'll get you working on Stars and Galaxies worksheets 3 & 4 which deals with the creation of the universe, the main sequence of stars, pulsars, neutron stars, nebulae, galaxies and dark matter. While you're working on this we'll watch the IMAX movie "Cosmic Voyage. From the IMDb...The film takes a very useful approach to examining the size of the universe, from tiny sub-atomic particles to the vastness of the whole universe. The film starts in Venice, where the discovery of the telescope originated, and uses a one-meter hoop as a reference point, then gradually goes larger by powers of 10, e.g. 10 meters, 100, 1000, etc until we can see the whole universe. Then it takes the opposite journey, going smaller by powers of 10 until be see inside sub-atomic particles.