9:05 am – 10:05 am Block - B
10:10 am – 11:10 am Block- A
11:10 am – 12:00 pm Lunch Break
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Block - D
1:05 pm – 2:05 pm Block- C
2:05 pm – 3:15 pm Personalized Learning
B Block Human Geography - Today you'll look at Genetically Modified Organisms (connected to food). Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) are living organisms that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained using modern biotechnology. US agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug successfully bred what became known as miracle seeds of high-yielding dwarf wheat varieties. He and others launched what is known as the "green revolution"; yields could be doubled or even trebled with heavy doses of synthetic chemical fertilizers and other inputs. On the back of his discoveries, countries such as Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are said to have averted famines and started to export grains
Until last year, only four GM crops have been grown in Canada: corn, canola, soy and white sugar beet (for sugar processing). In 2016, GM alfalfa was planted for the first time and in March 2016, a GM potato was approved. The potato is genetically engineered to have less asparagine, an amino acid that oxidizes into acrylamide (a probable carcinogen) at high-temperatures (e.g. frying). Source Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN). Also AquaBounty Technologies has indicated that it sold GM salmon filets here in Canada where Atlantic Salmon have been endowed with a growth hormone taken from Pacific chinook salmon that makes it grow faster. GM is especially widespread in the United States. Three-fourths of the processed food that Americans consume has at least one genetically modified ingredient
You have some questions to answer for me:
- There is little new land available for farming. In fact, the current trend is to reduce agricultural land rather than increase it. Identify and briefly describe three reasons why land is currently being removed from agricultural use.
- Why do you think Europeans generally avoid genetically modified food while Americans generally do not? Does your family avoid foods made with GMO seeds? Why or why not?
- Describe the characteristics of the “miracle wheat seed”.
- Describe the characteristics of the “miracle rice seed”.
- What specific problems do farmers in LDCs have which might prevent them from taking full advantage of the Green Revolution?
- What three crops are often genetically modified?
- Approximately how much of major crops in the US are genetically modified?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified foods?
A Block Physical Geography - Today we'll continue our map/poster on severe weather for elementary school students or our weather report for a newscast project in the library. Check the blog for sites to help. If you are doing the forecast option, Mr. Ingram is in room 003 and that is where the green screen is. You should have your script and props ready before you go and seeing as though tomorrow is the last class time, realistically today is the best day for your scripting and organization to be done. Please remember, for the green screen, don't wear green...D Block Law - Today I think I have the library/learning commons booked for you to continue your work on the major civil law project that is due in just a month from now. You have ten library blocks left to finish this assignment...no pressure really. And don't forget if you're choosing to do three cases with a video for your law firm...you had better start script writing and planning your production dates ASAP.
FYI:
The 12 high-school cliques that exist today, and how they differ from past decades
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When I started to track my social media, I approximately put 20 to 10 min in each hour, because on a normal weekday 8 don't consume a lot, because I have better things to do, like going out with my friends or just hanging out with my host family, etc, because I didn’t came here for being on my phone 24/7 a thing that i really did was spending 30 minutes talking with my parents, and when I wake up I play some music meanwhile im in the bus or doing my makeup, at the end of the day I check my internet use and it was 1hr with 6 minutes the total use of my phone, with the music and the call, but I sometimes use my ipad as well for make some school work, for me not getting distracted that easily, but it was a Wednesday that day, that means short periods, so I didn't really use it in my classes, I Really used it for watching an episode of “the
House of Heist” with my boyfriend at my house, because my TV doesnt has netflix so we use my ipad, but otherwise, that day I didn't really use it a lot, I don't consume so much media to be honest, and I wasn’t surprised, sometimes when i talk to my parents or with my friends back at home but its not a lot that im 24/7 sending “snaps” to have a bigger score, like I've seen that a lot of kids here ask when they first met you, what's your snap score? When I arrived here I had Snapchat deleted already, because in Mexico nobody uses it, we use more IG, whatsapp, (its an app that you can send free text and you can have free calls that its used worldwide except in the canadian and US culture, facebook (yes I still use facebook) spotify, and since I came, snapchat again, but it's just for adapt because the organisms that does not adapt in the environment they die, and i don't wanna die.
I only use my phone and my ipad, i dont like to play the radio, but my host mom in the mornings she plays it like 10 min, but i barely listen to it because i have to take the bus.
I se to sit on the couch with her after going to the gym, and we used to watch a tv show, but then I got into a relationship and I stop consuming that amount of media (which im kinda happy because she likes some shows that are t very cultural, like the kardashians or the next bachelor i think that's the name) anyways, i've never been a fan of social media, i don’t understand technology very well, but i like books, i think that's a healthier way of media and a better one.
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