Friday, November 29. 2019

Today's schedule is ABCDL

A Block Physical Geography - We'll finish the two sections of the National Geographic video "Six Degrees Could Change the World" (1 to 3 degree temperature changes). In class today, you will need to work on questions 9 & 11 on page 118 AND questions 5, 8, 12 & 13 from page 141 and 16 from page 142 of your Geosystems textbook. We will pay more attention to global warming and climate change later on in the course. Oymyakon, in Russia’s Yakutia region, has earned the reputation as the coldest permanently occupied human settlement in the world.

B Block Human Geography - Remember, this semester, rather than a final exam, you will be completing an extended individual research project guided by the tenets of Inquiry Learning. As this is an extended project, you will have a lot of class time where you will be working independently, and you will need to manage your homework time effectively. Inquiry is the process of being puzzled about something, generating your own questions about the subject, using information to satisfy your own interests and to develop your knowledge. What does it include? Planning, Research, Focus, Creating, Sharing, Evaluating and Reflecting. In essence you are telling a Geo-Inquiry story. The Geo-Inquiry Process forced you to ask geographic questions, collect geospatial data, and then visualize that data in order to create a compelling story that drives an action. It provided a systematic way to investigate and understand the world through the patterns, processes, and interactions between human and natural systems, take action on issues they identify, and make a difference in our own community. So you're telling a story...a story of research and discovery.

Within the context of Geography  in order to start your inquiry process you'll need to ask/consider:

• What is my broad area of inquiry?
• How can I narrow down my focus...
• Some possible inquiry questions are...
• Where can I find reliable information sources?
• Who will be the audience and what format will I make my presentation?
• How will I be evaluated on this inquiry project?

So:

1. Identify Key Topic of Interest
a.) What do you know? What do you want to know?  (List/brainstorm the possible topics you would like to know more about; use your textbook as a guide)
2. Key topics of interest:  b) Generate a list of questions about these issues/topics.

C/D Blocks Environmental & Social Sciences - A little bit of Blue Planet today.

Posters, letters, missing work and a discussion on our Inquiry project as well.