Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Monday, 25 March 2013

Final Test for Unit 3

The last test for Unit 3 will be on Thursday March 28 (this week) and will cover the all of the notes from the unit. 

I will be available during lunch and after school Tuesday if you have questions or would like to do some review. 

As for Wednesday, I may be out for the ski trip, but if there is interest I can arrange to meet early in the evening at the school (around 6:30 pm):  please notify me before the end of the day on Tuesday, if you wish to meet Wednesday evening.

See you soon,

Lesson 5 - Last Notes

Here are the final notes for the unit: Lesson 5.  This concludes the unit and you will be starting a new unit when you return from Easter Break.

Please note that your Unit Test (final for this unit) is on Thursday March 28.

See you soon.

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Unit 3 Quiz

As discussed earlier this week, your next Quiz will be on Monday March 11, 2013.  The Quiz will only cover Lesson 1 (Unit 3.1 - Forests) to Lesson 3 (Unit 3.3 Old Growth) which are available in postings below.

Here are the Review-Questions which we corrected in class today.  There is also a list of keywords to focus your attention important concepts and topics.

Have a great weekend and happy studying.

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Lesson 4 (Forest Management 1)

We have completed Lesson 4 today, and started the mini-lab on p.302.  We will be continuing the mini-lab next class (Friday).

Final deadline for the case study "The Main River - old growth forest watershed" (p. 279 - 282, #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 7) as well as for previous assignment is this Friday (March 1st).

Monday, 18 February 2013

Unit 3 - Lesson 3

Here are the notes for Lesson 3, which mainly dealt with old growth forests in NL.  A reminder that your Assignments have to be in.

We are starting today our first case study for this unit:  The Main River - old growth forest watershed (p. 279 - 282, #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 7).

Here is the video link for the Main River:

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Assignment due tomorrow

A friendly reminder that your assignment is due tomorrow (p.253 #s; 1, 2, 3 & 5) - the assignment is focussing on forest values and uses.

See you in class!

Monday, 11 February 2013

Unit 3 - Lesson 2

Here is Lesson 2, which deals with the forest (boreal) as a resource, forest characteristics and the role of forest fires.  There is an assignment to be completed (to be passed in) as well: 
p.253 #s; 1, 2, 3 & 5.

Time: 2 classes

Friday, 8 February 2013

Unit 3 - Lesson 1

Here is the first topic covered for Lesson 1.  The lesson mainly dealt with major global forest ecosystems.  We also discussed the roles and values of forests and how we interact with them locally.

Time in class: 2 classes

New site for Environmental Science 3206

Hello students,

Hopefully this new site, will help you keep track of course notes, assignments and tests.  Feel free to let me know if you need more information or if you have any comments or suggestions.

See you in class!

Mr. Soucy