science - particle theory of matter 1.

KQ2

(.1) what are the 5 points in the particle theory of matter?

1. Everything is made up of particles.

2. Particles are always moving.

3. There's tiny spaces between particles.

4. When you heat up particles they move faster.

5. when you cool particles down they move slower.

6. particles are attracted to each other.

(.2) draw 3 diagrams showing how molecules may be arranged in a solid form, liquid form and gaseous form. Check internet and youbtube.

Gas: 

 The particles are not close together, there is a lot of space for it to move around expanding the volume and shape but the mass stays the same.

Liquid:

There close together but there is space for them to move but only a little bit. The mass and volume stay the same but the shape changes, it flows.

Solid:

 the particles are so close together,the they dont move and there for their mass volume and shape stay the same.

History then and now poster

Then (1900's).   &  Now (2015)

Most people are now urban (city) or rural (country).

Few people had cars, and all in Ontario (although first one was P.E.I) now most people have cars or take busses.

Few woman worked and those who did were mostly maid's. Now women often work and even run businesses.

Phones were rare and an operator (woman) connected you. Now we have cell phones that are like computers, watches, calendars, camera's, etc and call centers get it set up for you.

Most people shopped through Eaton's catalogue. Now most people shop in malls or online. Also shopping used to be done as a necessity, now it is a past time.

Canada's map and and flag have both changed.

Discrimination is no longer accepted or legal.

civics - Canadian government 1.

KQ 3(.1)
Describe each of the following terms.  State how each connect to the Canadian government
•government. The governing body of a nation state or community.

• confederation. An organization that consists of a number of parties or group united in an alliance or league.

• British North America Act  (BNA). The British North America Acts 1867–1975 are the original names of a series of Acts at the core of the constitution of Canada. They were enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Parliament of Canada. In Canada, some of the Acts were amended or repealed by the Constitution Act, 1982.
• constitution the fundamental rights and freedoms in a country.

• amending formula. The rules on how to change a constitution.

• charter of rights and freedoms. The CanadianCharter of Rights and Freedoms is one part of the Canadian Constitution. The Constitution is a set of laws containing the basic rules about how our country operates. For example, it contains the powers of the federal government and those of the provincial governments in Canada.
• fundamental freedoms. The fundamental freedoms arefreedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedomof belief, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of association.
• Great Britain. A country.

• constitutional monarchy. Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a king or queen acts as Head of State. The ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected Parliament, not with theMonarch.
• governor general. the chief representative of the Crown in a Commonwealth country of which the British monarch is head of state.
Q1.  At the Aboriginal talking circle with local MP candidates each FN's person was asked to give a word describing what they wanted in a local candidate.  

Paul wants an humble MP
Georgina...authenticity
Beth...brave (to do things totally different)
Susan...humble
Cheyenne... Strong
Jeff...warrior (for change)
Terry...inclusive
Leanne...commitment (to FN's)
Shannon... Fearless creativity
Michelle....most representative
Matthew... Open (to new ideas)
David.... Understanding (of FN issues)
Peter...heroic
Jack...understanding
Barb....visibility
Sharron...respect
Gerry...fortified foundations
Kate...equality (to fight for it)
Laurel...collaborative.

Add your descriptive word. Environmentally friendly.

What does this say about what kind of person the community wants. Someone who lives up to First Nations value's.

history

SQ 11: why were the following important? 

Pulp and paper in Eastern Canada. Its is important for the Canadian economy, its also important for artist, readers, and righters, people also use paper to communicat with others, it is also a hug export for Canada.

Gold in the Caribou and and Klondike. It is why the west coast was settled, it help make the history in the west coast it is also a valuable resource and export for the Canadian economy.

Fishing in the Maritimes and BC. It is important to the economy because people like me love sea food, and hug amounts are taken out of both oceans every day.

Mining in Ontario and Quebec. It is good for the economy because jules and minerals are very expensive and lots of people want/need things like tools, technology, and julery, so the economy makes lots of money off these.

Q1.  Each of these "important" industries still exist today.  They are each a form if resource extraction.  Find (internet) a FN negatively effected by 2 of these forms of resource extraction. 
Attiwapiskat and diamond mining:  it distroys the earth and traditional hunting and fishing, also most natives won't work there because it goes against their beliefs, and the money for having the mine go's to First Nations trust that is controlled by the government. Also most people in Attiwapiskat live shack's and don't have a proper school and education.

KI First Nation and logging:  the KI village is located in the boreal forest in Northern Ontario. Logging rights were given to the logging company's given by the government to cut down all the trees they won't. Logging effects hunting for the FN'S witch they rely on. Because the logging rights were given to the logging company by the government the KI people can't cute down trees to use for fire wood, repairs, and to build homes and building's. It cost to much to ship wood all the way to Northern Ontario.

Q2. How does resource extraction break our treaty rights? (Google First Nations rights section 35 of the constitution). Section 35 protects Native rights. The Supreme Court says that this means Natives must be consulted on anything that effects their land an rights.

History -Western settlement

SQ5: why was the government concerned about the west? 
The government was concerned about the west and wanted to fill it with immigrants to protect it from the US taking over.  Plus the immigrants could defend it.


SQ6: what kind of settlers were wanted for the west?
Western Europeans such as Ukrainians because they would be good farmers.

SQ7: what evidence was there that some immigrants were not welcome?
Policies against Chinese people like the head tax


SQ8 (revised): did western settlement or McDonald's and Laurier's policies more negatively effect the Metis. It effected their lives because Jonh A. And Laurier Tried starving them out and than destroyed their homes and arrested the men.

KQ1: imagine yourself as a recent immigrant.  Write 3 paragraphs based on the following questions:
A) why did you come to Canada (what brought you here, why did you leave your country)
B: how did you feel about your experiences? What immigration policies affected you (head tax, land offer etc)?
C: what do you hope for the future here?
*must reference (min) 3 websites you used as resources *check rubric. 

Year 1909
My name is Sveta Shevechenko & I have a husband names Sasha Shevechenko & a sister named Olga.  I am 22 years old, my husband is 26 years old and my sister is 20.  I am from the Ukraine (Russian Empire).  I left because of political and ethnic tensions (I think there will be a war soon) & I thought it would be best to take the opportunity to move to Canada and get a house with my husband and build a farm.

The boat was nice.  Kind of like a vacation.  It wasn't as good as 1st or 2nd class of course but it was nice.  I got a little sea sick the first day but other then that I liked it.

The train to Saskatchewan was totally different.  I was scared, it was disturbing and uncomfortable.  People were scared and sad.  I couldn't move & I had to use a bucket for a bathroom.  I held it till we reached train stops.  People and myself were hungry and thirsty, it was unpleasant.
It was hard making the decision to come but I think but was for the best.  It cost a lot & it was hard making up the money & we didn't have enough for my sister sadly but we decided to save enough money in Canada to pay for her trip to Canada.

Arriving in Canada was scary.  I was nervous, we had nothing but our clothes and some money, but not much at all.  We had no home, not knowing where we would sleep, we had no one or nothing waiting for us.  We had to build our home and farm with nothing but our hands and imagination.  I didn't know where to start.  We did receive land for our farm thankfully but we have to build and have everything up and running within 3 years or the government takes it back.  It was really hard on us.

I was able to get a job with a Chinese laundry.  The owner is very kind to me which is nice and it will help me to buy food and tools for me and my husband and our life here in Canada.  I worry though because there is talk the government will stop allowing white women to work for Chinese.
We are building our house by digging a hole in the ground, packing dirt together really hard for walls and floor and we have to build a roof and cover it with sod.  Others do to and we call them soddies.  It is taking lots of work but I know we will get through it together.

I picture my future with my husband and sister in a nice home with a good running farm and some kids maybe to run the farm when we can't anymore.  I picture my future with my family.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_during_World_War_I

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/timePortals/milestones/11mile.asp

http://www.saskarchives.com/sasksettlement/display.php?cat=1900-1910&subcat=Introduction

http://access-cht.ca/chinese-history/head-tax-history/coffee-shop-employee/?lang=en

civics - direct and indirect democracy

K5 explain the difference between Direct democracy and indirect democracy by creating a chart similar to the one following.  You must provide a minimum of 2 examples each.

Direct democracy
Advantage 1. Everyone has their own say on every decision
Advantage 2.  You can speak for yourself
Disadvantage 1. It would take a really long time.
Disadvantage 2. Does not work if a community is to big

Indirect democracy
Advantage 1. The interests of the majority of the people are heard
Advantage 2.  Allows democracy in a large community.
Disadvantage 1.  If the person you vote for doesn't win your views aren't heard.
Disadvantage 2. You have to trust that the person you vote for will do what they say and sometimes they don't.

K6 explain the difference between majority rule and minority rights.  State weather you agree or disagree.  

Majority rule is when the majority (51%) make thedecision, in theory.  For example in Canada there are 4 main parties (5 in Quebec), so the majority is usually closer to 30%.
 Minority rights is when the rights of a minority are protected.  In Canada this is language rights for French Canadians, Native rights for First Nations.  Also rights to be free from discrimination because of race, religion or sexuality.  I believe this is a very good thing as it protects people from racism in laws or government or jobs.

Science Lab - Scientific Method

KQ7 - showing scientific method.
Q1 - define compile and use; a useful term in math and science
Produce by assembling information collected from other sources.

Sun Spots & The Global Average Temperature

Problem:
I am interested in figuring out the sunspot inactivity and how it effects global temperature.  In the 1700's a period of solar inactivity (the Maunder Minimum) was believed to have caused the "little ice age".  This is important to know because understanding our past helps us prepare for the future.

Hypothesis:
I believe that sunspot inactivity only partially effects global temperature because I believe other factors also affect global temperature.  

Materials & Sources Used:
Sources: http://solar science.msfc.nasa.gov/sunspotcycle/news.html
http://www.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/notes/section2/news.html
38.kbJPEGimages
www.sidc.be

Materials:
Research information

Sunspot charts

Global temperature charts

Graph paper
Markers
Calculator
Ruler

Procedures:
• I read the research of sunspot inactivity & Mauder Minimum.
• I choose a specific era based on temperature.
• Then I compiled temperature data.
• And then I compared the sunspot chart to www.sidc.be text data because the sunspot chart was hard to read.

• Then I compiled the sunspot data.

• Then I compared the results.
• For a more clear picture I compiled the data for each 11 year sunspot cycle to get an average. 

1953-1963
°C.         Sunspot
12.         20
12.           6
11.         50
11.5.      200
11.25.   215
11.25.   215
11.25.   215
10.75.   159
11.        75
11.        56
11.5.     39
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124.5.  1250. Total
÷11.      ÷11
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11.31.  113.63.  Cycle averages

1964-1974
°C.        Sunspot
11.         16
11.         22
10.7.      65
11.         137
10.7.      151
11.         150
11.         150
10.7.       94
11.          97
11.5.       49
11.5.       50
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121.1.   981.  Total
÷11.       ÷11
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11.         89.18.  Cycle average

1975-1985
°C.          Sunspot
11.          55
11.          18
11.5.       39
10.5.       136
11.5.       215
12.          215
12.         198
11.         161
11.          96
11.          60
11.          20
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123.5.    1180. Total
÷11.        ÷11
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11.22.     107.27.   Cycle average

Results:
I observed a difference in temperature in relation to sunspot inactivity.  

Conclusion:
I've learned that sunspot inactivity does have an effect on global temperature & might be able to cause a little ice.  However I think pollution and the melting of Pilar ice caps have a bigger effect on climate change and likely to cause a full ice age.