Room 611: Friday, April 25. 2025

Today's schedule is ABCD

A Block Physical Geography - Today we'll look at glaciers and we'll make sense of how they erode the landscape and examine the land forms they create. We'll understand the differences amongst the various alpine and continental glaciers and we'll define: cirque, arete, pyramidical peak, hanging valley, truncated spur, esker, drumlin, kettle lake, and fjord; along with some questions from your Geosystems Core text.

For glacier websites check out:

USGS Glaciers of Canada book
National Snow & Ice Data Center All About Glaciers
USGS Glacier terminology
Encyclopedia of the Earth: Glaciers
Rocky Mountain National Park glacier basics

We'll watch the BBC Earth - Power of the Planet episode on Ice

2X Faster: Glaciers disappear as more rain falls in winter
Receding before our eyes:’ Vancouver Island glaciers likely to be all gone by mid-century

Comox Glacier 2013 to 2018 Ice Loss

B Block Criminology - Today we'll

look at gangs and gang activity in Canada. Your job will be to make a gang information poster about organized crime in Canada. In Triads (groups of three) you'll need to:

Identify the gangs we have in Canada (aboriginal crime groups, cartels, ethnic crime groups, and outlaw motorcycle gangs - be specific) and
Explain the activities of each group: What do they do? How do they do it? What do they control? Where are they based in Canada?

Organized crime by nature (according to Howard Abadinsky) is monopolistic - in other words organized crime groups want to have a monopoly over a specific geographic area for the illicit activity they wish to pursue. (Note: use the section in your text to help as well). For more stories about organized crime (especially a particularly interesting court case in Ontario and Manitoba involving the Bandidos) see:

The Canadian Encyclopedia Organized Crime in Canada