All classes this week are to be used for review. I have provided students with an extensive amount of material they can use to work through in preparing for the final exam. I will be absent due to meetings for two classes but students can access me during lunch and after school most days except Thursday. Students should focus on topics and questions they have difficulty with during review time. Final exam is on Friday, June 17 during the morning session. Stduents were given an outline of the fianl during last Friday's class.

Today we essentially finished the new material for the year. We viewed a PowerPoint and took notes on various form of energy - most of them renewable. Students should knew how each source of energy works and 1-2 advantages and disadvantages of each type. Tomorrow an outline of test and we begin our review.

I encourage students to bring questions to class they want clarified and be ready to work on their review. Final exam is Friday, June 17 in the morning. Prepare and do your best!!

Today students were presented with a video that looked at various jobs in the oil industry. It is a good video and certainly points out the various options available to young people. It is based on Newfoundland and is fairly interesting. It also highlighted some of the information we have been discussing.

The final 15 minuets we began the last set of notes on this topic we will take this year. This will concluded in Thursday's class and on Friday we will; go over an outline of the test and begin our review.

Students should make good use of the review classes and bring topics and questions to class that they wish to have clarified.

We are completing the final 3-4 classes before we begin review for the final exam. Highlighted the key concepts that students should be aware of in respect to energy. Remainder of class we concluded our first power point in respect to the oil industry, especially the offshore.

Continued to cover the energy topic. Looking at why Canada is such a large consumer of energy and has such a reliance on oil products. Using a PowerPoint to cover this material and students should be taking good notes from this. On Wednesday students will have a worksheet on various types of alternative energy sources and renewable sources. 9 classes left and students should make sure they stay abreast of all work. Last three classes will be for review.

Stduents need to read Chapyter 11 (pages 207-241 in the text).

We spent the first 10-15 minutes summarising the key points students should be aware of in respect to the fishery.

We then started the last topic we will be covering this year in the course. This is the understandings related to energy. In particular we will be focusing primarily on oil and hydroelectricity because of their importance to Newfoundland & Labrador. We started covering the reasons for energy consumption and why Canada is a major user of energy as compared to other nations around the world. We also looked at the fluctuation in the price of oil since the late 1940s. We will be exploring this topic further in coming classes and students should really try to gain an appreciation of the importance of petroleum products in their lives.

Although the text is older students have to read pages 207 - 241. Despite some of the information being dated many of the concepts and definitions are still relevant and have not changed. Renewable resources are still renewable resources......

Today we worked on an 4 page in-class assignment related to the fishery. Students had the entire class to work on the questions. It is due on Wednesday. Also last week's assignment which has been handed back to some students will not be accepted after Wednesday. We are nearing the end of the year and marks are being entered for final calculations.