Monday, May 27. 2019

Today's schedule is A-AG-BCD

A Block Physical Geography - Today in Geography we will begin looking at biomes and biogeographic realms. Biomes are the major regional groupings of plants and animals discernible at a global scale. The distribution of these biomes is connected to climate, soil, and the physical topography of the earth. Biogeography is the study of the distribution and patterns of plants and animals throughout the biosphere.

Using chapter 20 of your Geosystems textbook along with this online source, and other links below, I would like you to describe the adaptations and structure for flora (plants) in each of the following terrestrial biomes (land based not aquatic): Equatorial & Tropical Rain forest (ETR); Tropical Seasonal Forest and Scrub (TrSF); Tropical Savanna (TrS); Mid latitude Broad leaf & Mixed Forest (MBME); Needle leaf & Montane Forest (NF/MF); Temperate Rain forest (TeR); Mediterranean Shrub land (MSh); Mid latitude Grasslands (MGr); Deserts (DBW & DBC); and Arctic & Alpine Tundra (AAT). At the end of this there are questions 8, 12, 13, & 15 from page 693 to complete as well. Tomorrow we'll watch the Planet Earth episode Pole to Pole to help. For help with biomes, look at:

Environmental Biology: Terrestrial Biomes
NASA Earth Observatory - Mission Biomes
University of California Biomes web page
Enchanted Learning - Biomes
Blue Planet Biomes
Center for Educational Technologies Biome page
Earth Rangers Types of Biomes
Fact Monster Biomes of the World
Major Biomes and their Characteristics

B.C. Labour Market Outlook (2018-2028)

B Block Human Geography - This week we begin our last topic for Human Geography - urbanization. Our focus this week will be on the services we find in rural and urban communities. Services account for more than two-thirds of GDP in most developed countries, compared to less than one-half in most developing countries. Services cluster in developed countries because more people who can buy services live there. The service sector of the economy is subdivided into three types: consumer services, business services, and public services and each of these sectors is divided into several major sub sectors. So our key issue for the day is "Where Are Services Distributed"? You'll have a few questions to answer for me:

1. Define consumer services
2. What are the four main types of consumer services, and provide an example of each
3. Define business services
4. What are the three types of business services, and provide an example of each
5. In most communities, the largest employers other than the local government are consumer services. What are the largest consumer services in the Comox Valley? (You can Google “largest employers Courtenay or Comox Valley” to find out.)

C Block Criminology - Today we're in the Learning Commons and you've got three questions to answer for your online work today:

1. Have you ever perceived anomie if so what and why? What causes anomie? Is there more than one cause of strain?
2. Have you ever been given a negative label, and, if so, did it cause you social harm? How did you lose the label, or did it become a permanent marker that still troubles you today?
3. Is conflict inevitable in all cultures? If not, what can be done to reduce the level of conflict in our own society?

D Block Law - Today we are back in the Learning Commons for another work day on our civil law litigator project. Remember, for today I would like a rough draft of your first case done. I will bring in some previous student work for you to take a look at, while I go over what you've go laid out as a first draft. Starting this week, M-W-F we are in the learning commons and T-R in class. You have 24 classes remaining in the semester which makes 12-13 classes left in the learning commons. Tomorrow back in the class and we'll look at family law.