Wednesday, October 9. 2019

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Human Geography - Today, you'll have time to answer the following:

1. As you read pages 100-103, “Attitudes toward Immigrants learning Outcome 3.4.3 Describe characteristics of immigrants to the United States”, complete the Venn diagram to compare and contrast attitudes in the U.S. and Europe toward immigrants. 
2. Americans purchase products made in foreign countries using cheap labor. Is this any different than allowing low-cost labor to immigrate to the United States? How?  Why are employers who knowingly hire undocumented immigrants under less scrutiny than the immigrants themselves?
3. Why are new migrants to an area frequently the butt of racist or ethnic jokes? Explain in the context of the history of European emigration to the United States. Which groups were more frequently made fun of?

Don't forget to look at yesterday's blog post for videos to help.

A Block Physical Geography - Aloha family, today we'll take the class to work on the Koko Head (Hawai'i Kai) topographic map assignment in your Canadian Landscape topographic map textbook.

The scale of the map is 1:24000 which means 1 cm = 240m (.24km)
The contour interval is 40' (12.12m)

1. Study topographic map 1 and describe the relief from west to east across the upper half of the map

a) what is the length and width (in kilometers) of the map? What is the total area (in kilometers squared)
b) Determine the road distance (in kilometers) from BM16 in Hawaii Kai to the park in the northeast. What do you think is the significance of the white area crossed by Lunalilo Home Road?
c) Determine the road distance (in kilometers) from Holy Trinity School near Kuliouou to Halona Point. Suggest some factors that posed difficulties for the construction of State Highway 72

2. On map 1 and Photo 3 locate and name three other craters in Koko Head Park. How are they indicated on the map? How do they compare in size relative to Koko crater? Does Hanauma Bay qualify as a caldera and if so, why?

3. Identify the features labelled A to E on stereo photo 3.

a) What indicates that Koko crater has been inactive for some time?
b) What is the area (in kilometers squared) of Hanauma Bay? What do you think makes it an interesting site for an underwater park?

5. a) Along line XY, measure the distance (in km) from the shoreline to the outer edge of the coral reef. What is the average width of the reefs in Maunalua Bay on map 1?
b) What is the greatest depth at which coral has formed a reef in Maunalua Bay on Map 1?
c) Find the wide break in the coral reef southwest of Kuapa Pond and suggest reasons for this gap
d) Refer to map 1 to identify the features labelled F to H on photo 5.

6. Is map 1 or photo 3 more recent? How can you tell?
a/b) Locate an area of land reclamation on the map and photo, explain why reclamation projects are needed in this area.

7. From a study of both the map and the photos, suggest how the settlement pattern has been influenced by topography
a) How has this pattern influenced population density in localized areas?
b) How has the topography created problems for highway planning? Why might traffic congestion be a problem along the shoreline highway?





D & C Blocks Environmental and Social Sciences - Okay, so yesterday I spoke to the staff and they approved of our modified Method A (stationary voting scenario). Teachers will take their grade 8, 9 & 10 classes to the polling station at pre-set times throughout C/D Blocks on Thursday, while grade 11 and 12 will follow through on Friday. When students arrive at the polling station, poll clerks (from our class) will instruct them on where to line up to cast a ballot. Poll clerks are the individuals who staff the polling station. They are responsible for checking ID (optional), crossing voters off the list of
electors, distributing ballots, and collecting ballots.

A list of electors is recommended when using a stationary voting scenario to provide authenticity and to ensure that students do not vote multiple times. As with an actual list of electors, when a student enters the polling station and is handed a ballot, the poll clerk will cross off the name of the student
to indicate that they have participated in the election. The poll station in the Multi Purpose Room needs to look like this:

So today we need to work on publicizing the election...the process and get info to students on their options for voting next week. To that end check out:

2019 FEDERAL ELECTION: Courtenay-Alberni candidates
Candidates in Courtenay-Alberni
Courtenay-Alberni riding profile and candidates