Thursday: Entrepreneurship and Learning

12/6/2012

We visited and supported the grade 5 students in the Young Entrepreneurs Show today; we were amazed by their creativity and wonderful ideas!
Along the same theme of business education, we discussed about the stock market, stock prices, and trading stocks in math. Students were intrigued, and asked many excellent questions about factors that influence the stock market. We will be practicing virtual stock trading, and using it as a platform for decimal calculations.

1.) MATH 6- For Monday: Research 5 companies you want to invest in. For each company, write down the following information in a Google spreadsheet:

a.) The name and 'ticker' symbol of the company.
b.) The open price and the closing price of the company for December 6th and for December 7th.
c.) Ensure that all the information is organized! You should have a separate column for the company name, ticker symbol, date, open price, and closing price. You need this Google Document (Spreadsheet) ready on Monday!

MATH 7- Math quiz on Monday!

2.) POST A RESPONSE- Remember to follow the criteria and complete.

a.) Write a response about the video below: 1) Do you think the video is biased or unbiased? Why? Ask yourself - Who made the video? What is the message it is promoting? Does it give both sides of the story? How can I find this information? 2) Did your opinion about the pipeline change after watching the video? If not, why? If so, how has it changed? 3) Summarize your current opinion on the pipeline issue. (2-3 sentences)
b.) Ask a quality question to one other student (who has not been asked a question yet)
c.) Respond to the question that someone has asked you

VIDEO LINK:
- BC's Huge Gamble- Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

Minnie mouse

12/6/2012 08:18:37 am

First! :D
In my opinion after watching the video I think that it is biased because its only talking about the pros and not the cons of the new pipeline. It doesn't give both sides of the story. After watching the video I have changed my mind because the video is unbiased because they talked about what happened when there was a big oil spill and people got hurt. I don't think that we should have a pipeline because if that oil spill happens again then it would be a lot of work to clean it up.

Lio link

12/6/2012 08:21:06 am

What kind of pros did they say at first? Because, I didn't think that it had any pros in it. Your response is easy to understand and good.

Lio link

12/6/2012 08:19:06 am

I think that this video is biased because it talks about the cons. It's not made by an oil industry. During the middle, a man digs the sand in the water and finds a lot of oil, if we build the pipeline, that's what will happen. At about 6:00, a man has a seizure and the guy next to him with the camera says to stop these oil companies, it's causing harm.
The message that it is promoting is to fight against Enbridge. I highly agree with them.

Lio link

12/6/2012 08:19:33 am

By 1 minute, Hello Kitty.

Loi

12/6/2012 08:29:09 am

I mean Minnie Mouse.

Krozar

12/6/2012 08:44:25 am

I highly agree with you Lio.

If there were a leak to happen, amagine what it could do to all the wildlife.

Mr. Hong link

12/6/2012 10:18:37 am

@ Krozar - What do you think would happen to the wildlife that lives near or in the sea?

Cole link

12/6/2012 08:47:33 am

How do you know if the pipe will bust and leak into the water and also, why do you think that the man was having a seizure was it because he consumed oil or was it because he had some form of epilepsy.

Lio link

12/6/2012 10:14:20 am

@ Cole I think that he consumed oil.
@Krozar I think that if a leaked happened, I would imagine the wildlife being all burnt and ruined.

Lio

12/6/2012 10:35:09 am

@Mr. Hong
I think that the wildlife close to the sea will die or get harmed badly.

Krozar

12/6/2012 08:41:41 am

I think the video is unbiased because it talks about the cons in the video link. And the video Is not made by ANY oil company at all. In the video of how the man digs up a scoop of sand, there is a whole lot of oil in that sand. Can you imagine how terrible it would to have gone to a beach and have the water and sand on the beach be coverd in oil? And if these pipelines were built and they would end up having a major leak there would be some terrible amount of oil everywhere. 😱

Hello Kitty

12/6/2012 08:57:41 am

So you this video is unbiased because they are talking about the cons?

Mr. Hong link

12/6/2012 10:08:09 am

@ Krozar - Is an opinion unbiased if it only talks about cons? Hmmmm. What do you think?

Noonoo

12/9/2012 05:42:55 am

@ Krozar - covered is spelt COVERED. Not coverd.

SpongeBob

12/9/2012 02:08:58 pm

Are you sure this video is unbiased because in ever heard it say any good things it only said the bad things.

Cole link

12/6/2012 08:42:09 am

I think the video is biased because it only talks about the cons about about building this pipe line and they only state the cons because they think it is bad thing for the enviroment and according to the video the oil comany Enbrige has a history of oil spills and not cleaning them up they are just hiding what they did and that is mainly why the people in the video are so against building the pipe because they have not yet seen the pros about building the pipe and the pipe will be above ground so they will have to clear some room for the vehicles to build it. My opinion about the pipe line did not change because i am on both sides because if you think about it and reaserch it a bit more you will relize that the pros and cons are pretty much the same. My opinion has not changed because I think that the economy of Canada will get a lot of money and build better stuff and maybe we will not have to pay a toll on the Port Mann bride if we let them build this pipe line and we will probably have better health care in this country. The cons even out because it will destroy a little bit of our forest but forests grow back and money does not and it can destroy habitatsbut it does depend on where they put the pipe and that evens it out a little more.

Slender Man link

12/6/2012 08:47:24 am

Your analogy is really great but do you really think that other things might happen if we put the pipeline underground through layers of rocks down underneath? That might help to not cause as big problems with oil spills.

Cole link

12/6/2012 09:31:16 am

I think that putting the pipe underground will change things because if we were to put the pipe underground then firstly, it would take longer secondly, the layers of rock might crush the pipe lastly, if the pipe breaks undergrond the oil could seep through the layers and kill the roots of the plants and kill the enviroment faster.

Krozar

12/6/2012 08:48:37 am

True, but what do you think would happen if we had a earthquake and a huge oil spill?🙊

Cole link

12/6/2012 09:35:47 am

I think that it would casue a big oil spill and just like any other oil spill it will probably get cleaned up over time. Also, if they put the pipe underground they could put it on a techtonic plate and the pipe will move with the plate I think that that is possibility.

ghost link

12/9/2012 08:36:49 am

@ Cole
great response but i noticed two tiny spelling/grammar mistakes "about about building" and "comany" also do you know why Enbridge does not clean up the oil spills? other than those tiny tiny mistakes great job.

Cole link

12/9/2012 09:22:31 am

Revised
I think the video is biased because it only talks about the cons about building this pipe line and they only state the cons because they think it is bad thing for the environment and according to the video the oil company Enbrige has a history of oil spills and not cleaning them up they are just hiding what they did and that is mainly why the people in the video are so against building the pipe because they have not yet seen the pros about building the pipe and the pipe will be above ground so they will have to clear some room for the vehicles to build it. My opinion about the pipe line did not change because i am on both sides because if you think about it and reaserch it a bit more you will relize that the pros and cons are pretty much the same. My opinion has not changed because I think that the economy of Canada will get a lot of money and build better stuff and maybe we will not have to pay a toll on the Port Mann bride if we let them build this pipe line and we will probably have better health care in this country. The cons even out because it will destroy a little bit of our forest but forests grow back and money does not and it can destroy habitats but it does depend on where they put the pipe and that evens it out a little more.

I think I know why Enbrige does not clean up there oil spills because it is a lot of work to clean up that much oil and it could cost money to clean it all up.

Also, Mr Hong did you know that if they build this pipe this could potentially mean that there will be better education because the economy will have more money and they could increase the payment you get.

Slender Man link

12/6/2012 08:42:51 am

I think this video is biased because it talks about what is going to be affected by this pipeline. My opinion about this did change, we already talked about what could happen if something went wrong but this shows what it really is but I'm still in a stalemate mode on this because good things and bad can come out of this but my opinion changed a bit more because of this video. The things that are happening with this is that they are cleaning up oil spills but people are realizing that the oil is just hidden. They are also showing that this oil company can be deceiving which is a bad thing because they are only covering what they messed up.

noonoo

12/6/2012 09:45:05 am

@ Slender Man - Very good response, but your second sentence is very long! Is there any way you can fix that?

Slender Man link

12/6/2012 01:53:03 pm

There is a way to shorten that sentence.

Eg. My opinion changed because of that but I still feel that in between mode, this is very dangerous but can reap great rewards.

Hello Kitty

12/6/2012 08:56:28 am

A.) I think that the video is biased because it is saying pretty much only the cons of the pipeline and how the animals and wildlife will be hurt by the pipeline and stuff like that. I think that a wild like group of people made that to try to protect the area the the government would build the pipeline on. Even before I watched the video I didn't want the pipeline to be installed because I agree with the video I think that it will hurt the wildlife that is around the area that they will build the pipeline on.(There is more why on my other response.)

ATV BOY

12/6/2012 09:12:55 am

Good point but what do you think about the wild life being hurt by the pipelines?

Mr. Hong link

12/6/2012 08:58:39 am

@ Everyone - I like what I see so far. I wonder if everyone will complete tonight's challenge? Only time will tell.....

Hello Kitty

12/6/2012 09:00:38 am

@ Mr. Hong - what if the person that wasn't at school today does not post?

Mr. Hong link

12/6/2012 10:12:35 am

@ Hello Kitty - They know to check the website. Also, you can email them. However, I think everyone was at school today.

Spongebob Squarepants

12/6/2012 10:32:58 am

@mr Hong, I was not there today but I did post

Sandy

12/7/2012 01:16:21 am

Did we complete the challenge?

ATV BOY link

12/6/2012 09:09:16 am

I think that this is biased because this is what everyone does not want this happen, and does not want any more oil spills. Also this video is by: PacificWildLive and this video is promoting not to spill the oil and what it does to nature, but it gives some what sides of the story because it talks about the oil being spilled and the oil being cleaned up. You can also find the information on the internet or Google it. and for my opinion yes it did because i did not know that the oil spill was in the sand and it went everywhere, well... my opinion for the pipe lines is i think that the spill should of been cleaned up RIGHT when it happened.

Lio

12/6/2012 11:18:35 am

I agree with you, but I don't understand the last part where you said, "my opinion for the pipe lines is i think that the spill should of been cleaned up RIGHT when it happened." But other than that, I agree with you.

Gaia

12/6/2012 12:05:03 pm

Why should it be cleaned up right away?

ATV BOY

12/6/2012 02:06:21 pm

It means if they cleaned it up right away it would not spread to other lakes and rivers.

noonoo

12/6/2012 09:30:55 am

12th!!

noonoo

12/6/2012 09:41:54 am

I think that the video is DEFINITELY biased! The video was telling us to stop them from hurting our animals. It does give both sides of the story but they were for sure wanting everyone to pick not hurting our animals. To find this information i watched the video. My opinion has changed. I thought that they should build the pipeline because it would give us more jobs. But now I hear that it will hurt our animals, and I do not want to do that!

Spongebob Squarepants

12/6/2012 10:42:59 am

@Noo Noo, Good points, but do you have any other reasons to why you changed your mind? Also what if they moved all the animals to a zoo would that change your mind back? Those are some questions you should think about

Princesa link

12/6/2012 11:14:34 am

Why do you think it is biased noonoo why what is your opinion?

Slender Man link

12/9/2012 01:07:01 pm

What would you do if you were in this situation?

noonoo

12/6/2012 09:47:34 am

@ Everyone - I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE CASTLE FUN PARK FIELD TRIP TOMORROW!!!!!

Lio link

12/6/2012 10:06:02 am

ME TOOOO!

Mr. Hong link

12/6/2012 10:13:10 am

@ Everyone - Me too! ;)

Mrs Z

12/6/2012 12:07:00 pm

Me too! Those bumper cars are calling me!

Judy Moody link

12/6/2012 12:06:37 pm

ME THREE/FOUR! REMEMBER TO ASK A QUESTION, AS WELL AS THE POST A RESPONSE!

Judy Moody link

12/6/2012 12:09:49 pm

Lol @Mrs.Z, that's a personification Poem. :D

Ms. Fei link

12/6/2012 01:01:22 pm

@Judy Moody

Haha glad you are making connections to poetry ;)

Sponge bob Squarepants

12/6/2012 10:28:18 am

After watching that video, I think it was biased because it said all about what could be bad about it. They talked about how it is a huge gamble and if it works there is not much in return. It says well don't hurt the animals and stuff like that. The pipeline might get more jobs and some cash for Canada, but they could hurt the animals, who wants that?

bobby orr link

12/6/2012 10:53:18 am

Yes it is it a gamble but do you really think that 560 long term jobs is bad? It could feed 560 familes? But I really liked your post good job.

Spongebob Squarepanst

12/8/2012 11:01:32 am

560 long term jobs is good, but those jobs would be gone if there was an oil spill, correct?

Lio link

12/6/2012 10:30:47 am

Just to let you guys know, the height for the Go Karts are 54inches, I mesured myself, I'm just over 54inches.

Judy Moody link

12/6/2012 12:31:01 pm

I am taller than you but I think some other people in our class/Mrs.Findley's class are shorter......

Sponge bob Squarepants

12/6/2012 11:27:37 pm

That means everyone in our class can go because lio is smallest other than trantula

bobby orr link

12/6/2012 10:48:36 am

A) I think this video is biased because they only talk about the bad parts of the oil piplines. Near the end of the video they didn't show the pros, they only showed the cons. This video is made by John Bolenbaugh and Corey Ogilvie they may be only against having oil pipelines. I think the message in this video is not to have oil pipelines in your town/city. My opinion stayed the same, I am against having pipelines because of all the harm it could bring to people like seizures. It could also bring harm to animals, water(pollution),and agriculture. It is bad to have pipelines because of all the horrible stuff it could do to people or to animals or water. I dont think anything good comes out of having pipelines. So that is why I don't think there should be pipelines.

Tarantula

12/6/2012 10:55:44 am

Why do you think that they only showed the cons?

bobby orr link

12/9/2012 12:03:34 pm

I think they only showed the cons because they were only talking about how bad the oil pipelines and not at all talking about how there good to have.

Tarantula

12/6/2012 10:54:21 am

The video is 100% biased. All it talk's about is what it is causing. No my opinion is the same I don't want the pipeline to happen. I don't want the pipeline because it will ruin are Eco system. If we send it to China and something is in it and people die then we will get a bad reputation.

Mr. Hong link

12/6/2012 11:04:36 am

@ Tarantula - In what ways do you think it will ruin an eco-system? Which eco-system will it have the largest impact on if there were some sort of oil spill?

Tarantula

12/8/2012 09:21:28 am

Destroy plants ruin water and humans and animals, the one that wil be affected the most is animals.

G Heffley link

12/10/2012 11:59:05 pm

Maybe you should answer some of the questions in part a) such as... Who made the video?

Princesa link

12/6/2012 11:10:51 am

After watching that video, I think it was sooooo biased. They talked about how it is a huge gamble and if it works there is not much in return. It says we will not hurt the animals and stuff like that, but that could be lies. The pipeline might get more jobs and some cash for Canada, but they could hurt the animals it could make the population decreases that would de so sad.

Lio

12/6/2012 11:19:42 am

Maybe you could add your opinion. Nice response, Prin

Princesa link

12/6/2012 11:40:52 am

I don't think that they shouldn't have pipelines that could cause a giant mess and huog disaster. That is my opinion.

Mr. Hong link

12/6/2012 12:36:18 pm

@ Princessa - If the population of a species decreased (For example - the Salmon). What do you think would happen to other organisms who rely on the salmon as a source for food? Think about the Grizzly Bear - What would happen to their population?

Princesa link

12/9/2012 05:24:12 am

Well it would decreases like the salom it could go instinct where the salom are so less salom and less grizzly bears.

G Heffley link

12/10/2012 06:16:30 am

When you say "And stuff like that" what do you mean?

Oreo

12/6/2012 11:26:55 am

I think it's biased because They only talked about the bad parts about it not the good parts. The video was made by : Pacificwildlife They also might get more jobs but they also talked about how we shouldn't hurt the animals

SpongeBob link

12/6/2012 11:44:51 am

Did your statement or judgement change after you saw this video why or why not.

ghost link

12/6/2012 11:55:43 am

@ oreo
I think you could have added a bit more detail of why you think it's biased. also what is your opinion on if it's biased or not.

Oreo

12/6/2012 12:54:37 pm

I did have more but it didn't let me post all of it

ghost link

12/6/2012 11:48:36 am

I think that video is biased because they only explained the cons and not the pros so they were only against they didn't say both sides of the story. No my opinion did not change because I was against the idea in the first place. In my opinion I am against the idea of them making a pipeline because I don't want the risk of the people that live in the area to have health issues. Also if the oil spilles then the water creatures will also be in danger, and there will be large amounts of green house gasses.

Judy Moody link

12/6/2012 12:27:18 pm

Good job, although you could explain what the message is promoting and who made the video?

Cole link

12/9/2012 09:27:31 am

Just a suggestion you could not put so many in my opinions in there and also, maybe you can state the cons and pros about the pipe line? but over all very good response!

Gaia

12/6/2012 12:03:05 pm

1) this is biased they only said cons it is not promoting the pipes
2) this completely changed my mind
3) the pipe lines are horrible if this company has so many leaks we should not do this! It could make the spirit bears extinct!
B)

Judy Moody link

12/6/2012 12:29:17 pm

I think you could put it in to a paragraph. Read the "Write-A-Response" again. You forgot some things. Add more detail:)

G Heffley

12/6/2012 12:40:04 pm

Why did this change your opinion? Also maybe you should put your work into a paragraph.

gaia link

12/10/2012 12:15:39 am

i changed my opinion because before i did not know how many spills came from this company and how bad the company is now that i know i am against it 100%

Oreo

12/6/2012 12:55:28 pm

Great job but you could add some more detail

Sandy link

12/9/2012 01:23:24 pm

Just as Judy Moody had mentioned, try to put the response in paragraph form. It helps build writing skills, and you put a lot more effort into it, which shows! Also, I thought you could add a little more detail, so you may want to read over the response a few more times. Overall, I think you did a good job.
:)

Gaia link

12/6/2012 12:05:46 pm

Lio link

12/9/2012 01:07:33 pm

Nice response you got there.

SpongeBob

12/6/2012 12:21:10 pm

After I saw this video I clearly saw that it was very biased. It only said the bad things like it will hurt the eco system, people were getting sick it was trying to make us think the same way they are, and it even said will we risk hurting an already hurt ecosystem and bear rain forest for 560 long term jobs, so that also told me that it was biased.

After watching this video and seeing people emotions and the history of Enbridge my opinion changed from it's good to it's a horrible idea. the part that made me really change my mind was when they said will we risk hurting the marine eco system, great bear rainforest, 1,000 rivers and streams, billions in tourism, commercial fisheries, and coastal communities.

Sandy link

12/6/2012 01:21:56 pm

At what part did your opinion change? Why did you think it was a good idea in the first place? Do you think you would have kept your first opinion the same if you hadn't watched the video? Why?
:)

SpongeBob

12/6/2012 02:58:08 pm

At first I thought it was good because of all the money that was gonna come and the fact that the video said that pipelines were the safest and most cost efficient way of shipping oil. I would have probably changed my mind if someone persuaded me. I changed my opinion why I saw that Enbridge were hiding their mess with plants and stuff.

Judy Moody link

12/6/2012 12:24:28 pm

This video didn't change my opinion at all. This video seems biased to me because, all they talk about is the bad things about pipe lines, and the creator of this video has websites called "The fight against Enbridge Northern Gateway pipe lines". In my opinion, I think the only good thing about oil pipelines, is the people who get the jobs. It's just sad to know how much people will sacrifice to get some people jobs...... People are getting sick and having seizures because of the oil pipe lines. I think the message that they were trying to get at was "NO MORE OIL PIPELINES".

Mr. Hong link

12/6/2012 12:40:16 pm

@ Judy Moody - If they go ahead with this project, it will create many new jobs in BC. Do you think this would be positive for anyone involved? For example, what if a family relied on a mother or father to support them for food, shelter, etc. However, if the project doesn't go through, this family and many other families may not be able to afford to support their families. Would this affect your opinion at all? Hmmmmmmm.......I wonder.......

Cole link

12/9/2012 09:32:02 am

I am probably the only person that wants the pipe line to be built in this class but are you sure that the pipe will only give other people jobs is there anything else that this pipe can do good to our country?

Judy Moody link

12/6/2012 12:36:08 pm

@Anyone please ask me a question!!! I really want a PARTY!!!

Gamer

12/6/2012 01:22:58 pm

Do you think that the lady speaking for Enbridge thinks the pipeline is safe?
Will she live next to it?

theoverseeker link

12/7/2012 12:17:45 am

I wouldn't think so either gamer

theoverseeker link

12/7/2012 12:17:59 am

I wouldn't think so either gamer.

G Heffley link

12/6/2012 12:37:22 pm

I think the video was biased because it told only the cons about the pipeline. The company enbridge, has had many oil spills in the past and if we build the pipeline we are risking the chance of an oil spill.My opinion didn't really change because I already was against the pipeline. In the surfing documentary it showed all of the wildlife that if their was an oil spill. This video just gave more reasons we shouldn't build the pipeline.

Sandy

12/6/2012 10:41:17 pm

I think you should include answers to those few questions in part "A."

Pooh Bear

12/6/2012 12:56:11 pm

Firstly, when you first watch the video I think it is quite biased. The reason why, is because all of the clips in the video, are only people against the project. They put in clips about how the company "Enbridge", was hiding some of their oils spills that they had to clean up. Another thing they added was how people were getting sick and also constantly getting seizures. So in that case they were being biased, but near the end if you closely watch they say "We visited NorthernGateway.ca, to see the pros and cons. So they did mention a few of the pros, but I personally think they were more on the biased side. My opinion never changed after seeing this video. From the beginning I never really liked the plan about the pipelines, but now when I watched this video, I don't want it even more. There was so much information that I didn't know about.

juliette link

12/6/2012 01:03:13 pm

if you didn`t hear what the cons would be to the pipeline would you vote yes to the pipeline.

Pooh Bear

12/6/2012 01:35:15 pm

Great question! Probably not because the video would only say all the bad things and I would be persuaded to be against the project.

April

12/6/2012 01:00:22 pm

i think it is biased because it is talking about the cons of the northern gateway
the history of all the oil spills that they have had in the past all over north and south america
personally i think that it would be safer to find another way to do this because if it spills it wont be a little patch up it will be a major clean up and may kill tons of our wildlife and get into the water which will cause any thing that drinks the water to get sick or in one case could cause people to have seizures or maybe even worse
personally i think that if everybody in British Columbia watched this video i don`t think that there would be a such thing as a gas line in our forests or probably anywhere.
i will never agree to this doesn`t matter how much money the government is getting it could hurt us and the wildlifeand this video just made me more angry at how people will try to convince us into doing something that could be fatal to some of the animals or humans life if one little hole in the whole gas pipe broke.

juliette

12/6/2012 01:04:36 pm

whoops mean juliette.

Greg Heffley link

12/6/2012 02:49:41 pm

Good response Juliette! However, there are some capitalization and punctuation errors you may want to fix. For capitalization, you have to remember to capitalize the " I's. " Also, you may want to add a period or a comma here or there.

Julliette

12/7/2012 12:13:34 am

REVISED VERSION
I think it is biased because it is only talking about the cons of the northern gateway and non of the pros.
the history that the company has had in the past has me a little bit scared because they have had ton's of leaks all over North and South America.
Personally I think that it would be safer to find another way to do this because if it spills it wont be a little patch up it will be a major clean up and may kill tons of our wildlife and get into the water which will cause any thing that drinks the water to get sick or in one case could cause people to have seizures or maybe even worse.
I think that if everybody in British Columbia watched this video I don`t think that there would be a such thing as a gas line in our forests or probably anywhere.
i will never agree to this it does not matter how much money the government is getting. It could hurt us and the wildlife. This video is just making me more angry at how people will try to convince us into doing something that could be fatal to some of the animals or humans life just because there might be a crack and now thousands of gallons of oil leak through that crack.

Sandy link

12/6/2012 01:18:06 pm

A.) 1.) In my opinion, I think this video is biased. I expected the video of such great length to contain almost ALL PROS and CONS, but that wasn’t the case. They had only mentioned about one or two pros about the pipeline to be built, and the rest of the information was cons about it. The username of the creator of the video does not seem so official, it is just a person like you and I who is trying to persuade the audience into taking their side. The message this video is promoting is that if we build the pipeline it will be a big gamble, and most likely be not worth it so why take the risk. Like I had mentioned before, this video definitely does not give both sides of the story, just one. You can find this information by going to the websites mentioned towards the end of the video. You could also just research other videos or articles with BOTH pros and cons.
2.) To be honest I think that my opinion about why we shouldn’t build the pipeline only grew stronger after watching this video. I know it is biased, but with my opinions, I wanted to find mainly the cons before the pros to compare them. Obviously the video didn’t tell us much pros, but it had mentioned all the cons needed to persuade me into thinking that the pipelines shouldn’t be built. I also think I felt this way because it had given many real life examples, video footage, lots of supporting detail, and more!
3.) I believe that the Enbridge pipeline should not be built in Canada because there is too much to risk. Many things like our safety, wildlife, plant life, money, etc. Think about future generations too.

Could someone ask me a question/ give me some feedback?
:)

Pooh Bear

12/6/2012 01:41:03 pm

When you watched this video, what were some new things that you learned about the Northern Gateway Project? If you actually did learn something from the video.

Sandy link

12/6/2012 02:13:00 pm

Good question. One thing I learned is that enbridge actually hid a lot of oil in certain places like under the sand, right beneath the plants, and so on. It made me think twice about what they would do if something like that had happened. Would they even care about our health or safety?

Gamer

12/6/2012 01:20:43 pm

I belive it is a biased video.
The video was most likley made by environmentalists.
The video is trying to get you to think about the risks involved with the pipeline.
The video does depict both sides of the story;showing the rists; and the fact the Enbridge thinks it will make money for them.
Review some of the websites refrenced in the clip to find more information.

My opinion about the pipeline did not change after viewing the clip;I did not support the pipeline to begin.

Any spills on the pipeline will have long lasting negative effects on the environment.
The oil is toxic and can also make people sick if they are exposed to it.
I do not think the pipeline is safe enough.

Percy

12/6/2012 01:25:24 pm

I think that you could change it into more of a paragraph and not just notes, but I think other than that you did a great job on your response :)

Percy

12/6/2012 01:21:44 pm

I also think that this video is biased because it talks about all the spills that have happened and there are almost no pros but when you think of cons they say that they just hide oil spills so I keep on going back and forth on my opinion like this video unrevealed some of the things we may have not known and it really changes our opinion. I think it is promoting how we should stop Enbridge and that people are having seizures. Also I think they say most of the cons but some times there would be a clip saying that there are some pros. I do not really know where you can get this information saying as I did not know Enbridge had many past spills and just covered them. It has changed my opinion because one specialty Canada has in my opinion is the Spirit bear and they say they only live there but there are other places like wildlife help for endangered animals.

Summary
I think that Enbridge should not make this pipeline and should not go above and beyond of what they are capable of. I think it is very likely that they will cover up a mistake they make (if they do)

Pooh Bear

12/6/2012 01:36:50 pm

Did you change your opinion when you saw the video?
( That was part of the post a response.)

Percy

12/9/2012 06:07:40 am

Yes I said (last sentence first paragraph) It has changed my opinion because one specialty Canada has in my opinion is the Spirit bear and they say they only live there but there are other places like wildlife help for endangered animals.

Greg Heffley link

12/6/2012 02:46:56 pm

I think the video was bias. I think the people against Enbridge are the ones who made the video. The message it's showing is that we should not have the pipeline because of what has happened with other Enbridge pipelines. It only gives on side of the story, that is why it's bias. It completely favors not to make the pipe.

After watching the video, I still think that we should NOT have the pipelines. Yeah yeah, it gives us money, but think about the environment, our resources, our homes. If that pipeline spills, there will be polluted water, deaths of our food resources possibly making them extinct, and it gives us more greenhouse gasses, which is bad for the environment.

In my opinion, we should not make the pipeline. First of all, what if it breaks? I mean, B.C. is in a hot zone for earthquakes, so the pipeline can explode. Secondly, if the pipe spills, there goes our ecosystems, our resources, and most importantly, our clean water. We can not risk putting our endagered animal species in this kind of potential with the pipeline! Lastly, it is very bad for our environment and for us! It pollutes the air making it bad for the environment, and we breathe in air making the gas fumes inside of us.

Sandy link

12/6/2012 10:37:52 pm

Did you ever think it was a good idea? Why or why not?

Greg Heffley link

12/7/2012 12:23:41 am

@Sandy

To be honest, I never though it would be a good idea to put the pipe. Because of all the risks that we would take. I included the reasons is the response but I guess I can state them out again. Firstly, in Vancouver. it's a earthquake hot zone. So when an earthquake happens it may break the pipe. Causing it to spill. If the pipe spills, it will go into the ocean. The water that we drink, the fish that we eat. Covered in oil. Also, our wonderful ecosytems, will all be gone too.

Gary link

12/7/2012 12:03:23 am

I think that the video made by Corey Ogilvie is biased because the video only talked about the bad things. I think the pipeline is a bad idea because the pipeline could harm all types of animals and the oil could spill and create a massive oil spill. The oil can harm people and people can get very sick and maybe even die with seizures. I think I'm actually going on the cons side of the debate.

Gary

12/7/2012 12:04:50 am

Sorry I had to post in the morning because the submit button wouldn't work last night:(

Juliette

12/7/2012 12:16:27 am

reread what we had to do you missed somethings also add more detail
other wise you had good information and punctuation

Tarantula

12/8/2012 09:23:47 am

Hey! Good post but I think you forgot some of the moan things

theoverseeker link

12/7/2012 12:15:03 am

1.) I don't think this video is related to the main topic about hurricanes and climate changes in fact it only gives the pros to the subject of the enbridge pipeline.

Sandy

12/7/2012 01:15:21 am

I think you should include the rest of the most a response by reading over it once more, and add some details.

RainbowDash

12/11/2012 11:58:22 am

I think It is completely biased, It only speaks of the cons, and It was not made by the oil company, but, I agree with them completely also, because it will only result in 560 jobs, and compared to our population, that is so little, pus they are shipping it over to Asia, leaving even more out of work, so I think it's a bad idea, and that they shouldn't be doing it.

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