Geography 12: week of Dec. 9th

 This week we have started our weather unit.  We started by focusing on atmospheric circulation looking at the main reason we have weather:  wind.  We examined the atmospheric layers, understood the atmospheric circulation patterns and atmospheric pressure.  

We watched a couple of videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fd03fBRsuU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqM83_og1Fc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDEcAxfSYaI&t=8s

This will help you understand why the globe experiences uneven heating, the circulation cells and why and how wind moves.  We also checked out a weather map and how they work.  See this video to help with understanding:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd7DcVnrSL8

Check out this site on wind:  https://earth.nullschool.net/

We read chapter 14, completed the chart on p. 237 and you should be able to answer #9 on p. 239.

On Thursday this week we focused in on the polar, ferrel and hadley cells and what climate we would match with these understanding the lows and highs that form as a result.  (work sheet that is a hand in).

We also created three climate graphs and matched these with each of the cells above.  Check out some examples of climate graphs on page 403 in Earth Matters.  

Ensure the graphs are fully labelled. 

Decide which climate graph represents a region under:

The Hadley Cell

The Ferrel Cell

The Polar Cell

Make sure you write an explanation as to why you made your choice.  

Here are is the data for the three climate graphs: 

Social Studies 10: week of Dec. 9th

 This week in Socials 10 we focused in on the Great Depression, particularly the reasons for it.  We looked at the business cycle, examined the causes and consequences of the depression.  We discussed the government response to the depression and what we as citizens would expect of the government during hard times.  Students learned and took notes on relief, and relief camps and the On to Ottawa trek.  

We also continued on with our issues papers.  Students started part 5:  writing the paper.  I did a quick lesson on footnotes and how to format these with your quotes.

We also continued watching Cinderella Man and working on the sheet that goes with it.  

This is chapter 9 in the text book which starts on page 250.