La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 04/27/2017

What We Did Today
We explored energy usage.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Sources of energy; non-renewable/renewable energy sources; important/interesting facts or statistics about energy.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 02/03/2017

What We Did Today
We analyzed population pyramids, then had classroom meetings.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Population pyramids; rapid, slow, and negative population growth; US Census International Database.

Special Event - Hidden Figures - 01/30/2017

What We Did Today
The entire middle school went to Emagine Theater in Royal Oak to view Hidden Figures.  Students participated in other activities throughout the day related to issues raised in the film.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Hidden Figures; Sharon Harper (guest speaker).

Links for further exploration
Katherine Johnson's biography
Mary Jackson's biography
Dorothy Vaughan's biography
President Kennedy's call for Americans to go to the moon
Women currently working for NASA

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 01/23/2017

What We Did Today
We started talking about population growth.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Birth rate; death rate; 7 billion; population growth; improvements in medicine and agriculture.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 11/30/2016

What We Did Today
We finished talking about latitude/longitude, and began discussing map projections.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Latitude and climate; degree confluence project; making a map from a globe.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 11/29/2016

What We Did Today
We continued talking about latitude and longitude, and discussed how it relates to climate.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Polar, tropical, and temperate regions.

Geo-Challenge!
How many times per year does the sun rise and set at the South Pole?

Bonus Video:
Frozen South: 24 hour Sun

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 10/18/2016

What We Did Today
We analyzed lists of global problems to determine what experts believe are the most pressing global concerns.

Homework
Ask five adults the following question: what is the most serious problem in the world today?  Bring your responses to class tomorrow (Wednesday, October 19th).  Click this sentence to download the survey paper given in class.

Discussion Starters
List of global problems; survey.

La Framboise - Individuals & Societies - 10/10/2016

What We Did Today
We continued our discussion of the five themes of geography.

Homework
Complete the Five Themes of Earth assignment.  Download the Five Themes of Earth Assignment if you need it.

Discussion Starters
Five Themes of Geography; What3Words; Five Themes of Earth.