Today we finished notes on how various factors such as transportation, income, services, industry etc, are addressed in the core and periphery. This is straightforward but important concept and should be noted by students. We then began a short interesting project that I am having stduents complete prior to Easter and should provide a nice reprieve from normal class work. They are to design a mall according to certain guidelines. They are given a sheet of graph paper and directions as to how much space to devote to each store (page 339). This has to be completed prior to Easter. Any students who do not have their city assignment handed in are to do so before Easter. See me if there are difficulties with this.

The first item today was looking at the site and situation factors as they apply to the town of Bishop's Falls. Students should make a special note of that topic. After that we completed some notes and had a good discussion about threshold population, low-order products, middle order products, and high-order products and how they impact whether a particular business can be established in a certain location. We worked through an example (Figure 15.13 page 318) in class and students will complete a short exercise on this next class.

Today we went over the work students had been assigned last week. Want to make sure that students understand the importance of site and situation in the establishment of a settlement. It was emphasized that students need to know the difference between the two terms and how they can be applied to different locations. Students should make sure they know this topic well as there will be several references to this both on the final and possibly on the public exam in Grade 12. Remember Timbuktu!!!!!!!!!

Today students had a presentation by Joel Hynes with the Level II and III students on drug and substance abuse. It was quite thought provoking. We only had class for 20 minutes during which time we discussed the presentation. Students are to complete the work assigned during the Wednesday class for class on Monday. Page 313 - Activity next to Figure 15.7 Page 314 - Go through the factors identified in Figure 15.8 and apply them to Figure 15.9 on the same page. read page 317 and complete # 16 and 18 on page 318.

Gave students their marks today and will get the test back on Thursday. We will spend a short period now addressing some additional issues related to population. Today we started to discuss site and situation as factors in the establishment of towns and cities. After introducing the terms we went through a number of examples in a PowerPoint which illustrated the impact of site and situation on various locations around the world such as New York, London, cape Town, Istanbul, Alexandria, Quebec City and so on. Students should consider and understand how site and situation impact the settlement of Bishop's Falls and Grand Falls - Windsor. I am away for a meeting tomorrow but there will be assigned work for students to complete.