Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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

C - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today we will finish the "I Detective" video from Friday and then have the class to work on our Crime Scene reconstruction - investigation report. You'll hand in the "I Detective" answer sheet today and remember that your report is due next Monday (I have previous examples in the class that you can review). If you forgot about the activity, there is a description on the class posts for: Thursday, November 27, 2008 and Wednesday, December 3, 2008. This crime scene reconstruction - investigation makes up a pretty big part of your term mark so it would be a good idea to dedicate some time to it this week. We will start criminal law procedures tomorrow (what is a crime, intent, strict liability and indictable offenses along with the four parties to an offense).

D - Geography 12 - Today we look at mesoscale convective complexes and tornadoes. I'll show you some footage of a tornado captured on video by a Kansas television crew. This footage was actually detrimental to tornado safety as most people who saw it assumed that a highway overpass provides shelter and safety. This proved deadly with the May 3, 1999 Moore Oklahoma F5 tornado. We'll also watch footage of the Moore tornado and see the damage it wrought. At the end of the class you will need to work on questions 15 and 16 from page 248 of your Geosystems textbook.

B- Earth and Space Science 11 - Today we'll continue watching the BBC video "The Weather" episode on heat. You can work on "For Review" questions 2, 3, 5, and 6 from page 445 while we're watching the episode. In the last few minutes of class we'll look at radiation balance, conduction, convection, advection and the transfer of energy on the planet. Tomorrow we're looking at seasons.

A - Law 12 - Today we will finish the introduction to civil law by looking at alternatives to civil litigation. We'll understand what arbitration, negotiation, and mediation are and then you'll have the remainder of the class to work on your major civil case study project. To practice we'll work on the Unger et al. v. City of Ottawa et al. (1989) and McEvay et al. v. Tory et al. (1990) cases as a class. For the rest of the class you'll need to work on one of your cases. Tomorrow sees us dive into Negligence and Unintentional Torts (Chapter 11) by starting with the precedent setting Donoghue v. Stevenson (1932) case.