Credit Recovery - Earth Science B
Course Description
This introductory Earth Science course incorporates the body of knowledge and facts accumulated from people’s observations of the Earth around them and the skies above them. This body of knowledge and facts of the earth has evolved over centuries into the branch of science known as earth science.
Earth Science has several different branches of study: the solid earth (geology); the earth’s waters (hydrology and oceanography); the earth’s atmosphere (meteorology); and the universe beyond earth (astronomy). Using careful observation and experimentation, students will learn to effectively analyze and evaluate the earth’s natural phenomena and their causes, as well as, its relationship in the universe by focusing on the four major areas of study.
Course Objectives
After the sudent has completed this course, he/she will be able to:
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Course Outline
Each unit in this course is typically divided into three or more sections, with each section containing information that will build upon material that was presented in the previous section.
Unit 5: Geologic Time
Section 1: Geologic Time Scale
Section 2: Relative Time Scale
Section 3: Numeric Time Scale
Unit 6: Atmoshphere and Climate
Section 1: Structure of Atmosphere
Section 2: Pressure
Section 3: Heating the Atmosphere
Unit 7: World of Weather
Section 1: Wind
Section 2: Moisture
Section 3: Weather & Forcasting
Unit 8: Astronomy
Section 1: Earth and Moon
Section 2: Solar System & Universe
Section 3: Exploring Space
Textbook
There is no textbook associated with this course.