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Earth Science
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40 Weeks: 1 HS Credit
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Quarter 1Quarter 2
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Weather and Climate (10 Weeks)

• Importance of the Atmosphere, Components of the Atmosphere, Layers of the Atmosphere, Air Quality and Pollution, Carbon Monoxide, Ozone Layer, Ways to Avoid Skin Cancer, Air Pressure, Barometer, Air Pressure and Wind, Fronts, Wind, Global Wind, Coriolis Force, Jet Stream, Sea Breeze / Land Breeze, Mountain Winds, Mountain Rain Shadow, Wind Chill, Flight, Dangerous Weather Systems, Light, Albedo, Temperature, Thermometers, Seasons, Humidity / Condensation / Evaporation, Dew Points, Clouds, Types of Clouds, Meteorology, Weather Tools, Isotherms, Ocean Currents, Enhanced Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, The Effects of Global Warming, Biomes, Types of Biomes
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Topographic Mapping and Time (2 Weeks)

• Topographic Maps, Profiles, Gradient, Latitude, Longitude, Time Zones
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Science Skills Unit (1 Week)

• Lab Safety, Lab Safety Equipment, Hand Lenses, International System of Units, Base Units, Mass, Volume, Density, Temperature, Time, Observation, Inferences, What is Science? What makes a good scientist? Types of Scientists, Branches of Science, Hypothesis, Observations, Inferences
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Rocks & Minerals and Weathering, Erosion, Landscapes (10 Weeks)

• Soil: Importance of Soil, Weathering, Mechanical Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Surface Area and Weathering, Mass Movement of Earth Materials, Soil, Soil Color, Particle Size, Soil Porosity and Permeability, Soil Horizons, Soil Conservation, Erosion, Deposition, Soil Conservation Measures, Glaciers, Types of Glaciers, Ice Ages, Glacial Landforms

• Minerals: Mineral Identification, Mineral Tests (color, streak, hardness, breakage pattern, luster), Internal Arrangement of Atoms, Silicon-Oxygen Tetrahedrons

• Rocks: Sedimentary Rocks (clastic, bioclastic, crystalline), Igneous Rocks (intrusive and extrusive, vesicular), Magma vs Lava, Metamorphic Rocks (regional and contact metamorphism), Rock Cycle, Rock Identification		Plate Tectonics (4 Weeks)

• Evidence for Plate Tectonics, Pangea, Energy Waves, Layers of the Earth, Heat Transfer, Types of Crust, Plate Boundaries, Hot Spots, Volcanoes, Positives and Negatives of Volcanoes, Types of Volcanoes, Parts of a Volcano, Magma, Types of Lava, Viscosity, Earthquakes, Faults, Folds, Seismograph, Richter Scale, Tsunamis
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Geologic History (3 Weeks)

• Absolute & Relative Age Dating, Index Fossils, Geologic Time Markers, Radioactive Decay, Uniformitarianism, Original Horizontality, Superposition, Cross Cutting Relationships, Inclusions, Unconformities, Rock Correlation
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Regents Review and Lab Final (2 Weeks)
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Collaborators
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Houston/Zablotny/Gravante/VanKuren/Maute/Berler