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Syllabus
Earth Science College Prep

 

Earth Science CP

Syllabus

R. Wilson

September 3, 2002

 

Date

Chapter-Section

Topic

Assignments

09-03

1-1

1-2

What is Earth Science?

Science and Society: Applying Science

Mini Lab page 8

09-04

1-3

Solving Problems

Lab Safety Letter to Parents

Study Guide What is Earth Science?

09-05

1-4

Measurement and Safety

Activity 1-1: Rock Density

09-06

2-1

2-2

Atoms

Combinations of Atoms

Calculating and Graphing Density

09-09

2-3

Matter

Reinforcement Atoms

Enrichment - Atoms

09-10

2-4

Science and Society

Test: Chapter 1 and 2

09-11

3-1

Minerals

Reinforcement - Minerals

09-12

3-2

Mineral Identification

Activity 3-2: Mineral Identification

09-13

3-3

3-4

Uses of Minerals

Science and Society: Uses of Titanium

ESA Activity: Rocks and Minerals #2

09-16

4-1

4-2

The Rock Cycle

Igneous Rocks

Activity 4.1: Igneous Rocks

09-17

4-3

Metamorphic Rocks

Enrichment Metamorphic Rocks

09-18

4-4

Sedimentary Rocks

EAS Activity: Rocks and Minerals # 1

09-19

4-5

Science and Society: Burning Waste Coal

Test: Chapter 3 and 4

09-20

5-1

5-2

Landforms

Viewpoints

EAS Activity: Mapping the Earth #1

09-23

5-3

Maps

Activity: Topographic Maps

09-24

5-4

Science and Society: Mapping Our Planet

Test: Chapter 5

09-25

6-1

Weathering

Reinforcement Weathering and Soil

09-26

6-2

Soil

ESA Activity: Changing Land #1

09-27

6-3

Science and Society: Land Use and Soil Loss

 

09-30

7-1

7-2

Gravity

Science and Society: Developing Land Prone to Erosion

Reinforcement Gravity, Glaciers, and Wind

10-01

7-3

Glaciers

ESA Activity: Changing Land #4

10-02

7-4

Wind

 

10-03

8-1

Surface Water

Study Guide Surface Water

Video Earth Revealed #19 Surface Water: Erosion and Deposition

10-04

8-2

Ground Water

Reinforcement Groundwater

10-07

8-3

Science and Society: Water Wars

Internet Activity: Lake Gaston Battle

10-08

8-4

Ocean Shoreline

Test: Chapter 6, 7 and 8

10-09

9-1

Forces Inside Earth

Reinforcement Earthquake Information

Video Earth Revealed #9 Earthquakes

10-10

9-2

Earthquake

Lab Locating Earthquake Epicenter

10-11

9-3

9.4

Destruction by Earthquakes

Science and Society: Living of a Fault

 

10-14

10-1

Volcanoes and Earths Moving Plates

Activity Locating Active Volcanoes

Video Earth Revealed #13 Volcanism

10-15

10-2

10-3

Science and Society: Energy from Earth

Eruptions and Forms of Volcanoes

Activity Identifying types of Volcanoes

10-16

10-4

Igneous Rock Features

Test: Chapter 9 and 10

10-17

11-1

Continental Drift

Study Guide- Continental Drift

Video Earth Revealed #5 The Birth of a Theory

10-18

11-2

Sea floor Spreading

Activity 11-2: Seafloor spreading Rates

10-21

11-3

Theory of Plate Tectonics

EAS Activity: The Structure of  the Earth #3

10-22

11-4

Science And Society: Before Pangaea, Rodinia

 

10-23

12-1

12-2

Fossils

Science and Society: Extinction of Dinosaurs

Video Earth Revealed #10 Geologic Time

10-24

12-3

Relative Age of Rocks

Lab: Order of Rock Layers

10-28

12-4

Absolute Ages of Rocks

Lab: Powers of  Two

10-29

13-1

Evolution and Geologic Time

 

10-30

13-2

Science and Society: Present-Day Rapid Extinctions

Video Earth Revealed #11 Evolution Through Time

10-31

13-3

Early Earth History

Lab: Life Through Geologic Time

11-01

13-4

Middle and Recent Earth History

 

11-04

14-1

Earths Atmosphere

Test: Chapter 11, 12, and 13

11-05

14-2

14-3

Science and Society: The Ozone Layer

Energy From the Sun

Reinforcement: Energy from the Sun

11-06

14-4

Movement of Air

ESA Activity- The Atmosphere #1

11-07

15-1

What is Weather?

 

11-08

15-2

Weather Patterns

Enrichment: Weather Patterns

11-11

15-3

Forecasting Weather

Reinforcement: Forecasting Weather

11-12

15-4

Science and Society: Changing the Weather

ESA Activity Introduction to Meteorology #4

11-13

16-1

What is Climate?

 

11-14

16-2

Climate Types

Enrichment: Climate Types

11-15

16-3

Climatic Changes

Lab: Climatograms

11-18

16-4

Science and Society: How can global warming be slowed?

Test: Chapter 14, 15 and 16

11-19

17-1

Ocean Water

Lab: Salinity

11-20

17-2

Ocean Currents

Lab: Ocean Currents

11-21

17-3

Ocean Waves and Tides

Lab: Ocean Waves

Video Earth Revealed #24 - Waves, Beaches and Coasts

11-22

17-4

Science and Society: Tapping Tidal Energy

 

11-25

18-1

The Seafloor

Reinforcement The Sea Floor

11-26

18-2

Life in the Ocean

Enrichment Finding Ocean Depth

11-27

18-3

Science and Society: Pollution and Marine Life

EAS Activity: The Oceans #1

12-02

19-1

Population Impact on the Environment

Test: Chapter 17 and 18

12-03

19-2

Using the Land

 

12-04

19-3

Science and Society: Should recycling be required?

 

12-05

20-1

Air Pollution

Reinforcement: Air Pollution

12-06

20-2

Science and Society: Acid Rain

Enrichment Tracking Trace Elements

12-09

20-3

Water Pollution

Test Chapter 19 and 20

12-10

21-1

Radiation from Space

Enrichment: Radiation From Space

12-11

21-2

Science and Society: Light Pollution

Reinforcement: Light Pollution

12-12

21-3

Artificial Satellites and Space Probes

EAS Activity: The History and Future of Space Travel #3

12-13

21-4

The Space Shuttle and the Future

 

12-16

22-1

Planet Earth

Enrichment Determining Hours of Daylight

12-17

22-2

Earths Moon

Reinforcement Earths Moon

12-18

22-3

Science and Society: Exploration of the Moon

EAS Activity Earth, Moon, Sun and Seasons #4

12-19

23-1

The Solar System

Test: Chapter 21 and 22

12-20

23-2

The Inner Planets

Reinforcement The Inner Planets

01-02

23-3

Science and Society: Mission to Mars

Reinforcement The Outer Planets

01-03

23-4

The Outer Planets

Lab: Solar System Model

01-06

23-5

Other Objects in the Solar System

 

01-07

24-1

Stars

Lab: Star Finder

01-08

24-2

The Sun

Reinforcement: The Sun

01-09

24-3

Evolution of Stars

Lab: H-R Diagram

01-10

24-4

Galaxies and the Expanding Universe

EAS Activity: Stars and Galaxies of the Cosmos #4

01-13

24-5

Science and Society: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Test: Chapter 23 and 24

01-14

 

Exam Review

 

01-15

 

Exam Review

 

01-16

 

Exam Review

 

01-17

 

Exams Review

 

01-18

 

Exams

 

01-21

 

Exams

 

01-22

 

Exams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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