Thursday, April 30, 2015

April 27 - May 1

All HSP and Gerontology class information can be found on edmodo.

HSP students be ready to present your projects on Friday

Gerontology students remember that we have now switched our Huronview visits to Wednesdays

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Gerontology April 20 - 25

Here is a look at the upcoming week - a short one with the Pd Day on Friday

Monday - 5 mores conferences with me about your health issues presentation, the rest of you need to make sure you have your one page handout done as well as your Huronview relfection. Then start thinking about your final project and what you would like it to look like.

Tuesday - Huronview

Wednesday - Theories of Ageing

Thursday - Caring for elderly relatives/long term care home residents

Friday - PD Day

HSP 3U April 20 - 14

Here is a look at our upcoming week - it is a short one with the PD DAy on Friday
Monday = Learning and Personality - the test ends here
Tuesday = Perception and Memory
Wednesday = Stress
Thursday = test
Next week = Mental Illness

TEST INFO: It is out of 45 marks
Knowledge and Understanding = 10 marks, 10 multiple choice
Application = 10 marks, Matching (6 marks) short answer 4 marks
Thinking and Inquiry = 9 marks, label a diagram (4 marks), two short answer questions (3 marks, 2 marks)
Communication = 16 marks, vocabulary (8 marks) longer answer (8 marks)

You need to focus on everything in the psychology unit, until the end of learning.  Know the psychologists you took notes on and I summarized in the chart handout, study the brain notes and diagrams and notes on learning (conditioning, - classical and operant, observational, and learning styles)
Everything you need to know is in your notes and posted on Edmodo, it would be wise to rewatch the videos that are listed in the presentations.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Gerontology April 13-17

Here is a look at the upcoming week

Monday - you will be writing last Wednesday's test if you have not done that - there are 3 of you. Then you will be starting the Health Issues for the Elderly project.  Everyone is working individually on this - the information is posted on Edmodo.  If you have already written the test - you will be continuing with the project.  Conferences/presentations begin on Wednesday

Tuesday - Huronview

Wednesday - Conferences/presentations for the health issues project begin.  Everyone will be sharing their information individually with me and then we will consolidate together when we are done.

Thursday/Friday - theories of aging

HSP 3U April 13 - 17

Week of April 13 - 17
Here is a look at the upcoming week:
Monday - I am at the Board office and you will have a supply - you will be completing the psychology theorist write ups we started on Friday and then your work is posted on edmodo. You will also be spending some time on NeuroNation brain training
Tuesday - Finish up from yesterday if necessary, review and do another brain training session
Wednesday - Learning
Thursday/Friday - movie and assignment on learning

Sunday, April 5, 2015

HSP 3U April 6 - 10

Monday - Happy Easter Monday - no school...a perfect day to study for tomorrow's test

Tuesday - Anthropology test - see Edmodo and last week's post for details

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday - We start on psychology....we sill start with an intro, look at perspective and mindset


Gerontology April 6 - 10 and Test Notes

Here is a look at the upcoming week

Monday - Easter Monday - no school

Tuesday - Huronview visit

Wednesday - Test

Thursday/Friday - Health concerns of seniors

Reminder of Wednesday's test.  With Easter Monday tomorrow it is the perfect opportunity to study - everything on the test can be found on edmodo...in the nutrition folder.  Here are test details - it is a longer test and an important one - be sure to study!

Knowledge and Understanding - 21 marks....21 multiple choice questions
Application - 14 marks - 10 marks matching and 4 marks short answer questions
Thinking - 16 marks - 6 marks short answer question (3 questions x 2 marks each) and 10 mark question on healthy eating (you will be looking up information in nutrition charts and using what you find)
Communication - 7 marks....a question worth 4 marks and a question worth 3 marks

Be sure to review the nutrition notes on the 6 nutrients - (protein, water, vitamins, minerals, carbs and fats)
Review the notes you took while watching the "Fed Up"  Sugar documentary
Review the presentation by Jenessa Dalton on nutrition and seniors
Review the notes from the video we watched on the 12 unhealthy habits  - Gillian the Dietitian