Geography 12: November 4, 5 & 6th

 November 4th

The major topic of today was Tsunamis.  Students reviewed waves and parts of a wave and how it creates energy (text pp. 173).

Students watched the following videos, take notes, answer questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oPb_9gOdn4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9vPv-T51I

Questions:

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 the damage?  What role could a warning system play?

Wave Properties

• Describe the unique properties of tsunami waves:

• Wave height in deep ocean vs. near the shore

• Wave speed in deep ocean vs. near the shore

Stages of a Tsunami

• Identify and describe the four main stages of a tsunami: generation, propagation, shoaling, and inundation.

Read case study on p. 174/75 and discussed questions 1 and 2.

November 5th

Today's focus topic was plate tectonics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=p-vNSqUy0l4&feature=emb_logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=48&v=PgEO-4qPyUc&feature=emb_logo

We finished the class by reading p. 47-49 and p. 21-25 and completing the chart on p. 25.

November 6th

In the first half of class we reviewed plate tectonics and the theory of continental drift.  We started class by discussing the chart that we completed on page 25 on the core, mantle and crust.  We watched the following videos and took some more notes.  We completed two diagrams, one being a map of the earth and the different plates and what those plates are doing (p. 49) and one on what is happening at a fault line.

Convection currents explained in this video operate the same in the mantle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUU69ParFM

Seafloor spreading and the early discovery of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMLlLxbfa4

Exploring the Marianna trench, the deepest part of the ocean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5DG5Eup9ss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r17kLJxJcwM

In the second half we discussed Earthquakes.  We took several notes on Earthquakes and completed a sheet (seismology freyer diagrams sheet) on the different types of waves that come from the focus above the epicenter.  We also discussed seismographs and the Richter scale to measure magnitude and Modified Mercali scale to measure the intensity. (p. 54 & 58 in text have some info but ensure you get the notes).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=e7ho6z32yyo&feature=emb_logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaNw9LHq9dc

Early warning systems in BC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTonS2Bkqxw

Why earthquakes are so hard to predict:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhRuUoTnA6g

On Tuesday we will be doing a lab on plate tectonics and earthquakes.

Socials 10: November 4, 5, 6

 Monday November 4th

We started class reviewing the Friday 5, this was a jumping off point for some further review on WWI and the outcomes of WWI.  We re-read p. 88 and finished these questions:

• Who were the big 3 and what did they each want at the end of the war?
• What was Canada’s role at the Paris Peace conferences?
• Were the terms of the treaty of Versailles just and fair?
• How might the treaty led to further unrest?

Once questions were complete students worked on their Issues part 1.  (due Tuesday Nov. 5).  Students who were done started the the 1920's scrap book.

Tuesday November 5th

Today we started the class by handing in our Issues projects part 1 and a homework check on the questions from last class.  From here we reviewed the above questions.  After this we completed a notes frame on the issues post WWI in Canada.  Upon completion we worked on the 1920's scrapbook.

Wednesday November 6th

In the first half of today's class we discussed the expectations of part 2 of our issues project.  Link to the outline of part 2 here.  Those that had finished part 1 successfully started the research and creation of their annotated bibliographies.

In the second half we reviewed the assignment that goes with the movie "The Untouchables" and we started the movie (we watched to 58minutes).  Here is the link to the movie off of stream in your microsoft word suite from the insignia section of the library.