Term 2 Outstanding Assignments

At this point in the term, some of you have missing assignments and it is too late to complete them.  Here are two alternate assignments that could be completed in order to avoid getting zeros on your Term 2 report card.

GLACIER & RIVER WEBQUEST:  Alternate Assignment

DOCUMENTARY

Watch one of the following documentaries that is newly available

  • This Changes Everything - CBC on Thursday, Feb 18th - PVR, or you can download from Itunes or see Ms. Sawatsky to watch her copy. 
  • Fractured Land - http://www.fracturedland.com/  - Feb. 20th @ Vancity Theatres
  • Haida Gwaii - On the Edge of the World - Feb 20th - Rio Theatre or Feb 25th - Rio 
Or... if you are busy, then find a Netflix account that you can access and choose from one of the following films: 
  • Chasing Ice - 
  • Antarctic Edge - 70 degrees south
  • Episode 6 of Frozen Planet - Human Journeys
1. Then watch the movie and take notes on 3 categories:  Impacts/Effects on Biosphere (animals/plants); Impacts/Effects on Lithosphere/Hydropshere; Other Interesting Facts


2. Summarize your notes into 2 paragraphs describing what you have learned, connections to this class and our course material, and why these issues raised in the movies are important to us as people and as global citizens.


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