Earthquakes and Quizes

The land beneath us is moving -whether or not we want it to.  Wegener knew it, Hess knew it and Wilson knew it -and together they have convinced us.

Now as we explore more the dynamics of this movement, earthquakes, volcanoes, fault lines and earthquake drills make a whole lot more sense.

Find the notes for SEISMIC WAVES here.

Please remember that both sections will have a QUIZ on TUESDAY November 4th on chapter 12.

Tectonics!

We answers some questions today in class.  Wegener's questions really -about how the continents all moved.  He knew they did, but couldn't figure out how or even why... and when it comes down to it -that 's the cool part of science!

You can check out the 12.1 notes and the 12.2 ppt to supplement your notes and don't forget to draw out the 5 different plate boundary interactions (with features labelled).  Block B -we will do this on Tuesday!

Happy long weekend!

Chapter 10 and 11 additional assignment

Now that you have your tests back and have had a good look at them, you might feel like you'd like another assessment for these chapters.  Please follow THIS LINK to see the additional assignment for chapters 10 and 11.  If you are interested in finishing another assessment for this unit, please complete all of the questions and hand it into Ms. Logher (electronically or hard copy) by Thursday November 7th, 2014.  This assignment is not mandatory, but if completed, will count towards your tests assessments (which means if you do really well, your test mark will increase!)

Late assignments will not be accepted unless you speak with me before November 5th.

Humans and Climate Change

Check out this link!

Everything to know about Climate Change

Climate Change -the natural causes

So the terms climate change and global warming have become pretty common (and commonly contested) in our society these days, with crazy weather events like massive hurricanes, ice storms or serious floods not to mention cold wet summers or super warm winters (resulting in too little snow to ski!).  But what does it all mean and more importantly -what is causing these changes?!
Well, it turns out that its not (just) us!  There are NATURAL CAUSES of climate change too!

We will review this document in class, but feel free to check it out, and comment if you're inspired!

Remember the test next week!  We'll chat more about format and review on Thursday!