Focus Wall
Unit Theme: Balancing Competing Needs
Guiding Questions:
1. How can we develop informed opinions about an issue based on our research, analysis, and reflection upon different points of view?
2. How can we effectively communicate opinions?
Essential Questions:
Description:
Students conduct a case study of the Mary River Iron Mine proposal on Baffin Island, in the present-day Inuit territory of Nunavut. Students read and view informational texts and video that present multiple accounts of the opposing viewpoints regarding whether or not the mine should be approved.
Guiding Questions:
1. How can we develop informed opinions about an issue based on our research, analysis, and reflection upon different points of view?
2. How can we effectively communicate opinions?
Essential Questions:
- How are Canada's available resources used to meet people's needs and wants today?
- How can I integrate information from a variety of text and media to build knowledge about a topic?
- How do natural resource industries modify the physical environment?
Description:
Students conduct a case study of the Mary River Iron Mine proposal on Baffin Island, in the present-day Inuit territory of Nunavut. Students read and view informational texts and video that present multiple accounts of the opposing viewpoints regarding whether or not the mine should be approved.
Project: Natural Disaster
Volcano Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/volcano.htm
http://www.livescience.com/volcanoes/
http://www.livescience.com/environment/most-destructive-volcanoes-100323.html
http://video.pbs.org/video/995218127/chapter/1/
Earthquake Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/earthquake.htm
http://www.livescience.com/earthquakes/
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/htdocs/abouteq.html#general
Tsunami Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm
http://www.livescience.com/environment/how-tsunamis-work-100227.html
http://www.livescience.com/tsunami/
http://video.pbs.org/video/995218127/chapter/4/
Tornado Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm
http://www.livescience.com/tornadoes/
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-ca&vid=95803bb9-5cd4-402e-9482-b62d85d25aa5
Hurricane Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm
http://www.livescience.com/hurricanes/
http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_080905_gustav
Flood Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/flood.htm
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/floods/science.html
http://video.pbs.org/video/1218652893/
Landslide Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/landslide.htm
http://www.ussartf.org/landslides.htm
http://video.pbs.org/video/995218127/chapter/3/
http://www.livescience.com/volcanoes/
http://www.livescience.com/environment/most-destructive-volcanoes-100323.html
http://video.pbs.org/video/995218127/chapter/1/
Earthquake Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/earthquake.htm
http://www.livescience.com/earthquakes/
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/htdocs/abouteq.html#general
Tsunami Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm
http://www.livescience.com/environment/how-tsunamis-work-100227.html
http://www.livescience.com/tsunami/
http://video.pbs.org/video/995218127/chapter/4/
Tornado Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm
http://www.livescience.com/tornadoes/
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-ca&vid=95803bb9-5cd4-402e-9482-b62d85d25aa5
Hurricane Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm
http://www.livescience.com/hurricanes/
http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_080905_gustav
Flood Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/flood.htm
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/floods/science.html
http://video.pbs.org/video/1218652893/
Landslide Resourceshttp://science.howstuffworks.com/landslide.htm
http://www.ussartf.org/landslides.htm
http://video.pbs.org/video/995218127/chapter/3/
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