Sunday, January 14, 2018

Monday, January 15. 2018

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

B Block Physical Geography 12 - Today we'll begin our look at resources, resource use, and management issues. We'll talk about renewable and non-renewable resources along with the four ethical views on resource use (economic/exploitation; preservationist; balanced-multiple use; and ecological or sustainable). Our focus will be on water consumption (Don't forget I'd like you to track your water consumption for the week). After, we'll watch the first few sections of the Human Footprint DVD we previewed yesterday. We'll get through scenes 1-6 today (from birth up to early 20's) and this will take about 45 minutes of class time. When the DVD is over I'd like you to answer the following:
  1. Why do different cultures use and consume things at different rates? What do the numbers and facts in the video say about North American society?
  2. In some areas of the world people are already in conflict over a limited amount of natural resources. How will a growing population affect people’s access to food, potable (safe drinking) water, and fuel? What affect might the population increase have on pollution and encroachment on wildlife habitats?



The test topics for Thursday include:

  • the structure of the atmosphere (tropo & strato)
  • ozone depletion (CFC's), the enhanced greenhouse effect (GHG's) & air pollution (acid rain)
  • solar energy & insolation (heat, albedo, energy distribution, & seasons)
  • atmospheric pressure & global wind patterns (coriolis force, wind pattern names, pressure zones)
  • low & high pressure systems (how they happen, winds & weather associated with them, including air masses)
  • precipitation (lifting mechanisims - orographic, frontal, radiative, convectional - fronts and storms)
  • weather maps (station plots / models and low pressure cyclonic storms - cold and warm fronts)
  • severe weather (specifically hurricanes - how they develop & how they cause damage)
  • biomes (on a world map locate, as well as define the characteristic climate and vegetation of terrestrial biomes - forests, grasslands, deserts and tundra)
  • ecosystems (habitat; biotic and abiotic ecosystem components, autotrophs, heterotrophs, photosynthesis, decomposers, herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore, food chain, food web and bio-accumulation, Compare and contrast the human concepts of: Preservation, Conservation, and Exploitation) 

C Block Human Geography 11 -  Today is your Religion and Ethnicity test and you may use your weeks 10, 12, and 13 note/question packages as references. You have the whole block to do the test and if you finish early then you may work on your Week 15, 16, or 17 note/question packages for the remaining time. Breathe, be well and dazzle me with what you know.

D Block Criminology 12 - Today we're back in the library working on your blogs. Now for today I'd like you to do two things:

First...Last week we looked at the crime media coverage of the Russell Williams case both from Canada and the United States. I would like for you to answer Do you think that Canadian media coverage of crime is similar to American media coverage of crime? After your answer add an "and I think..." or a "so it may be..." or a "but not in all..." or any other descriptor to help you with your answer. Try to answer the following in your blog entry as well:

  • Do you think it would be a good idea to add video cameras and recording devices to the court room in Canada so that the media could add to their coverage of trials (like that of Russell Williams)? 
  •  Do you think the media should state their opinion when reporting on crime cases or should they remain "neutral"? 
  • Should all of the details from a trial be fully disclosed to the public or should the media select what information is presented?
  •  How much do we need to know about trials and the accused actions? 

Second, work on your individual media monitoring project/assignment. Remember,
You need to become an expert on one type of crime media. You`ll need to give an overview of what it is along with what it shows. Describe what crimes were shown or reported including as much criminological information (type of crime and why it was perpetrated) and sociological information (age, gender, race, ethnicity, class) about victims and perpetrators as you can find.

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