ESY 11 Outdoors

The students of the ESY 11 classes have been outside documenting the arrival of spring using the sensors and their senses. This a picture of ESY 11 A at site A and a picture of one of the students taking time to record her personal observations.

ESY and the Atmosphere

In ESY 12 the students are concluding their investigation of the earth's atmosphere with an examination of the global carbon dioxide record as well as an investigation of the world's greenhouse and ozone depleting gasses. They are examining data from a variety of sources including: Mauna Loa, Barrow, and the South Pole. Part of there investigation includes viewing the NPP animation for the globe.

Trip to the Woodlot

Today the C block ENS class travelled to the school woodlot and conducted the first set of observations for what will be a term-long set of observations. There was little variation in terms of temperature and light intensity between the four sites as the leaves are not yet out and there was no wind. We did see deer tracks in the snow as well as dog or coyote tracks.

Identifying Conifers

Yesterday, the G block ENS class went outside to practise the use of identification keys for coniferous trees. While using the keys several students discovered that they could distinguish between several of the tree species based upon smell as well as by appearance.