Wednesday, December 11. 2019

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Human Geography - Today is your Culture (Language, Religion, and Ethnicity) test. Your first order of business is to relax and then dazzle me with what you know. Answer every question and if you're confused about anything ask for clarification. Make sure you understand what each question is asking of you. Breathe. You have the entire block if you need it (you won't) and then you may finish up your questions from week 14.

A Block Physical Geography - Today we'll continue our look at severe weather focusing on 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.


So why is it dangerous to hide under an overpass when a tornado strikes?

We'll watch the Raging planet video on Tornadoes.



Don't forget questions:

1. Evaluate the pattern of tornado activity in Canada and the United States. Where is Tornado Alley? What generalizations can you make about the distribution and timing of tornadoes? What happened in 2003?
2. Describe the formation process of a mesocyclone. How is this development associated with that of a tornado?

And websites to help:
NWS Jetstream Tornadoes
Weather underground Supercells
How Mesocyclones Work
Weather Network Tornado Alley
CBC What is Tornado Alley
NOAA Tornado Alley

From 2013 a storm chasing team inside the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV2)

D/C Blocks Environmental and Social Sciences - First block, you'll be with Benton listening to a guest speaker about Indigenous shellfish aquaculture in the Comox Harbour, Royston and Baynes Sound. In the second block, you'll head to the learning commons/library to finish up work on your Mauna Kea/Hawai’i questions:

1. What is the history of the United States acquisition of Hawai'i?
2. What are the Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) beliefs surrounding the mountain?
3. What is “ceded lands” or "crown land" and how has it played a role in this conflict?
4. What agreements over astronomical use of the mountain have taken place?
5. What is the astronomical value of the location?
6. What are the ecological, economic and scientific impacts of currently operating telescopes at Mauna Kea?
7. What is the current proposal for construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope?
8. Summarize the arguments for and against the construction of the TMT
9. In a perfect world, what is the "best outcome" solution to the conflict? Explain why you have that opinion