Monday, 27 January 2014

PARENTING AND COLLEGE EXPENSES


How I made sure all 12 of my kids could pay for college themselves 

By Francis L. Thompson January 12, 2014
Francis L. Thompson is an engineer at Northrop Grumman Corp. He led the teams that designed the first Direct TV satellites and missile defense satellites, as well as ground control for these systems.
click to read this interesting take on Parenting

http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-10250/11-things-i-wish-every-parent-knew.html

Thursday, 22 August 2013

Grade 12: List of some of the Notes handed out




Durban Girls High School Notes:

  • Responsible Citizenship
  • Basic Conditions of Employment Act
  • Development of Self
  • Media& Democracy
  • Personal well-being
  • Stress Management
  • Career & Career Choices
  • Effective Communication
  • Study Skills
  • Bibliographies 
  • Personal Mission Statement
  • Relationships


Teenactiv notes:


  • Discrimination & violation of human rights at school
  • Sexual harrassment in the workplace
  • Just Matriculated- Now what?
  • Freedom of Expression: Purpose, Danger & Responsibility
  • Social Media- Changing the World, changing values 
  • Why I should vote
  • Factors that cause ill health and disasters




Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Grade 12 Lo Project: Social and Environmental issues








Just a heads up for Internet Research:
  • More reliable articles can be found on google scholar (scholar.google.com) also sites that end in ac.za or have edu in the web address a generally recognised academic sites.

Click here to go to Google Scholar for academic research purposes



In the Library you could look under the following sections:
Environmental Issues and Human factors causing ill-heallth( e.g drunk driving and the effects on the road death toll or factors that affect water pollution, over fishing...).

639.9 Wildlife Conservation (dwindling rhino/ whale populations/ ocen pollution)
574. 5 ecology (study of ecosystems and environments)
550- sciences of the earth
551.6 Weather (global warming< acid rain)

364. Criminology (study of criminal minds)
302.23 Media (how to analyse articles)


Social Issues ( health and nutrition (part 2))

796.42- sport and track and field events
793 - indoor games

641- food and drink

Remember to Reference (consult your bibliography notes) and to use your own words.

Good luck and your projects are due in your first LO lesson in term 3 (set 9- 18 July; set 11- 16 July)