Thank You!

Thank you so much for the huge card! I'm very sad I missed the surprise cupcakes! : ( I was trying to make it back from Peterborough after our basketball game in time, but got there just as the bell was ringing.

You were an excellent class, and I will miss you too! Although, very talkative, you all produced some amazing work for Grade 9. : ) I'll be around the school supplying, so I will see you around for sure.

Thanks again! I love the card!

Enjoy your long weekend,

Miss Desbarbieux

Tuesday November 17th

The final assignment for population, "Population Pyramids Canada" should have been handed in this period.

Everyone should have read Chapter 17 (Immigration) by now.
Homework tonight: page 199, questions #1ab, 2ab, & 3.

Monday November 16th

Today you were given your final assignment for the population section of our Demographic unit. Some finished in class yesterday. You will be given a bit of time during Tuesday's class to complete.

Make sure you have the definition fill in the blanks sheet we completed as a class in your notes. It will be very helpful for the Demographic unit test later this month.

Thursday November 12th & Friday November 13th

The assignment, "Do you want to be a babysitter in Cobourg", was completed on Thursday with the supply teacher. Some of you have said you struggled with it, if you have any questions ask me. We will look at it today.

Friday, was a catchup day. All work that was to be included on the midterm reports was to be finished by the end of class.

Wednesday November 11th

The Macleans article (on birth rate) questions are due tomorrow. Most of you finished and handed this in already at the end of class.

Make sure that the following assignments have been completed and handed in for our Population unit.

-Canada and the World Population
-Population Statistics
-Bear Facts/Endangered Species newspaper articles
-Macleans article questions

If everything has been completed then no homework!

Tuesday November 10th

The class was spent working on a Birth Rate/Death Rate/Natural Increase assignment. It is due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Don't forget the questions that go with the graphing.

Monday November 9th

Today took a bit of a step away from our unit to focus on Endangered Species.

We looked a two newspaper articles (one on Threatened Species, the other on the battle over polar bears between the Inuit and Environmentalists/the Government)

The activity for both newspaper articles is due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Friday November 5th

No homework this week! We will continue on Monday with Population.

Good luck to Alex, Matt, and Troy, who are competing at OFSSA Cross-Country this weekend! That's an amazing accomplishment! Good luck!

Thursday November 5th

We went over the test outline, and last minute studying for the Unit 2 Part 2 test tomorrow.

Students had the chance to study in class.
Reminder that we are in Room 205 for tomorrow's class.

Unit 2 Part 2 Test Outline

Part 1: Climate
-6 factors that affect climate
-details about 2 of these factors
-maritime climate, continental climate definitions
-difference between climate and weather

Part 2: Precipitation & Weather
-2 main points of precipitation
-explain 1 type of precipitation
-weather report (from newspaper)

Part 3: Climographs
-create a climograph
-calculate annual temperature, temperature range, total precipitation, high/low temperature, continental or maritime climates

Part 4: Soil & Vegetation
-MOMA
-3 layers
-difference between leaching and calcification
-2 reasons soil is important
-Natural Vegetation definition
-Chart information for 3 vegetation regions
Types of Natural Vegetation/Temperature Characteristics/Precipitation
Characteristics/Soil Characteristics

Part 5: Ecozones
-5 components that make up an ecozone
-how many ecozones in Canada
-describe your ecozone (the 5 components) that your National Park was in

I am available in Room 309 tomorrow for any last minute questions.

See you in Room 205.

Tuesday November 3rd

We continued to look at Population. We focused on birth rates and population pyramids in today's class.

Remember to complete the Canada/World Population graphs & questions for Thursday.

Have fun at your Take Your Kid to Work Day jobs!!!

Monday November 2nd

The 1st part of the Geography Unit Test was written today in class. The 2nd part which will include the rest of the unit, will be held on Thursday November 5th. If there are any questions about content of the unit, I will be available during the 2nd part of lunch on Tuesday and Thursday.

After the test, we took a quick look at an introduction to population. We will continue with this tomorrow.

Unit 2 Test Part 1

Just wanted to remind you that the test tomorrow will just be on the first page of review.

It will cover plate tectonics, the 4 eras, the rock cycle, as well as landforms.

Most of the information to study for this part can come right from the review sheet. It has the basics of plate tectonics and the 4 different eras right on the review sheet. The rock cycle, you will need to study the little diagram outlining the cycle. The information from landforms can come right from the chart "Landform Regions Organizer".

There is not too much that will be on it tomorrow, this is the easier, simpler part of the test, so just make sure you look over the above information and know it!

Hope you all had a great Hallowe'en. I will be in Room 309 after my lunch duty (so, from 11:20 on), for extra help. Stop by if needed.