D/C Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - We start with Young and do all the things we didn't do yesterday...which is everything 😆 BUT, thank you for your biome maps and data 😍
So...we'll work through the following:
- Compare four abiotic factors (such as water availability, temperature, day length, wind, latitude, and geographical/geological structures) from the Equatorial & Tropical Rain forest (ETR) along with the Temperate Rain forest (TeR) and explain their purposes in contributing to the diversity of life?
- What is the geographic distribution (latitude, continents) of the Equatorial & Tropical Rain forest (ETR) along with the Temperate Rain forest (TeR)
- Give the apex species and five other examples of flora and fauna in the Equatorial & Tropical Rain forest (ETR) along with the Temperate Rain forest (TeR)
- Identify the adaptations to the environment for flora and fauna in the Equatorial & Tropical Rain forest (ETR) along with the Temperate Rain forest (TeR)
- Identify the competing values (instrumental and intrinsic) of the Equatorial & Tropical Rain forest (ETR) along with the Temperate Rain forest (TeR)
To help:
1. For Temperate Rain forest (TeR)
2. for Equatorial & Tropical Rain forest (ETR)
In the second block you'll be outside and Benton will have you estimate the height of some trees on the Vanier property. From the open source textbook Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach
How does one figure out how tall a tree is? Surely not by climbing each tree with a tape or measuring its shadow. A simple, accurate, and rapid measuring method is needed to make tree height a feasible part of our inventory data. Here is the easiest way for good precision:In determining tree height, a tree is presumed perpendicular to the ground (Figure 2.3). Therefore, the tree makes a right angle with the ground, and a right triangle can be drawn from it. The triangle’s three sides are: 1) the tree, 2) a horizontal distance along the ground, and 3) an imaginary diagonal line running from the top of the tree to the ground. Likewise, the tree’s height can be considered the rise and the horizontal ground distance the run. (Sound familiar?) If a horizontal distance from the tree to a place where we can see the tree’s top can be measured, the tree’s height can be determined using %slope.
After Benton will continue with DBH (Diameter at Breast Height). From Bioforest.ca
Diameter is the most important and most common tree measurement. With diameter, stand characteristics and an estimate of tree volume or weight can be determined. Diameter is generally measured 1.3 m (4.5 feet) above the ground, which is roughly at breast height.DBH is measured on standing trees outside of the bark. Diameter can be calculated by measuring the circumference of the tree, then divide circumference by π (3.1416). Tree calipers and DBH tapes can be used to measure diameter directly.
B Block Human Geography - Today we are back in the learning commons / library for our next day of work on your immigrant/migration project. Remember, you will imagine yourself in the role of a refugee/migrant who has relocated from one part of the world to another. Your job is to research in detail the many factors that are involved in a migration. You will need to produce a thorough written summary of your personal migration (A.K.A. Diary or Reflection journal or Newspaper article) or an audio podcast, a news video, an online blog, or whatever format you feel best tells your story. Good luck.
A Block Legal Studies - Today we'll talk about the duties of police officers. From the All About Law textbook:
Police officers often have to make quick decisions to save lives - their own as well as others. They have to act reasonably because they are held responsible for their conduct and behaviour when carrying out their duties. If they break the rules of police conduct, their evidence may be refused, which can result in an acquittal. In rare situations, the officers involved can be charged under criminal law or sued under civil law (Murphy, Elliott, Mete and Glass; 2009)
A black person is killed by a police officer in America at the rate of more than one every other day. Floyd’s death followed that of Breonna Taylor, shot at least eight times inside her Louisville, Ky., home by plain-clothes police executing a no-knock warrant. From 2015 to 2019, according to statistics compiled by the Washington Post, police shot and killed 962 to 1,004 Americans each year. Black Americans are nearly three times as likely as white people to be killed by police, according to the database Mapping Police Violence.
We'll talk about the rights of police officers in Canada and in connection to the George Floyd case and we'll work on questions 2, 3 & 4 from page 154 of the AAL text.
Chapter 17.1 of the RCMP’s operational manual sets out guidelines for use of force by officers. It includes a requirement that officers use lethal force “only when preventing death, or the threat of death, or grievous bodily harm to peace officers and the public, and when no lesser means is appropriate.” The RCMP also requires officers to complete a Subject Behaviour/Officer Response, or SBOR report, each time they use force on the job. The RCMP does have a use of force diagram called the “Incident Management/Intervention Model” (IMIM) that officers are trained to use as they determine what level of force is appropriate for a given situation however the IMIM does not include any detail about specific situations or use-of-force options..
Ethics in Law Enforcement (text) Use of Force Philosophy Theory and Law
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