Wednesday, October 2. 2019

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Human Geography - Today we'll continue examining the key issue "Why Do Countries Face Obstacles to Development"? Developing countries do not have access to the funds necessary to fund development, so they obtain financial support from developed countries. Finance comes from two main sources: direct investment by transnational corporations and loans from banks and international organizations. To promote the international trade development model (for development investment by transnational corporations), countries representing 97 percent of world trade established the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995 (there are 164 member countries as of 29 July 2016). Commerce in which products are made and traded according to standards that protect workers and small businesses in developing countries is considered fair trade. The fair-trade movement is an alternative vision of the international trade approach which attempts to increase the prices that are paid to producers in LDCs. Fair trade also tries to eliminate the very low wages and extremely poor working conditions for workers in LDCs (check out the who gets what from the price of a banana website here)

Two UN agencies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, provide loans to LDCs to develop. An alternative source of loans for would-be business owners in developing countries is microfinance. Microfinance is the provision of a small loan to individuals and small businesses that are unable to get a loan from commercial banks

You'll have some questions to finish up the week 4 package for me.

A Block Physical Geography - Today we'll start by watching the CBC video Japan's Tsunami: Caught on Camera. Don't forget the questions in your week 4 package:

Why can tsunamis cause such damage and devastation? What are some characteristics of the wave that factor into how much damage it could cause? How do coastal or shoreline features factor into the extent of damage? What role could a warning system play? How effective would a warning system be for the west coast of Vancouver Island? Why?


AND wait for it...listen to what Tilly says at 45 seconds into the video here
That's right...geography lessons can save your life. Atta girl Tilly!
For more Check out:
Get Prepared for a Tsunami in British Columbia
Tsunami: When the Ocean Roars
City of Victoria Tsunami Hazard Map
Cascadia Tsunamis in British Columbia

C & D Blocks Environmental and Social Sciences - Back in the learning commons/library

today to begin/continue work on your water conflict poster project. Remember:

1. Why is there a crisis over water in your area? What social and environmental factors do you think are contributing to the water crisis? What are common factors that go along with the water disputes, such as political instability, social unrest, economic downturn, heavy unemployment, civil warfare, etc.? 
2. Who are the “players” or "stakeholders" in this conflict? What are their motives and interests in the water dispute?
3. What is the water source in question (river, aqueduct, canal, watershed, tributary, reservoir, dam, etc.)? How large is the water source, and how large is the area through which the water source flows? Approximately how many people use this waterway as their main source of water?
4. Where in the world and in the country and/or region is the water source? Identify the waterway on a map, and highlight areas of the map involved in or affected by the issues in dispute (locations of villages, industries, crops, next closest water source, other water sources, country/clan borders, etc.).
5. How would the water source be affected by different outcomes of the water dispute? Use different colors or a symbol to indicate how the water source would be diverted, dammed or re-aligned. How would the items you highlighted in the previous question be affected by these changes?
6. How, if at all, would this water conflict be resolved? What is the current state of the dispute, if it is ongoing? What are solutions to the water crisis? Can you come up with ways that would provide the basis for a water-sharing plan?

I will give you poster paper today.