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Environmental Science
2025-2026
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Theme
(general overarching skill or concept)		SOL Strand
(SOL Number)		Unit
Topic
(Essential Understanding)		Pacing (Days)
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1st/3rd Nine Weeks
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Scientific Method, Measurements/Units are taught throughout the entire course.
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UNIT 1
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Living WorldENV.1
ENV.4
ENV.5		1Ecosystem Organization15
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Ecological Niches
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Energy and Matter in Ecosystems
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Population Dynamics
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Ecosystem Resiliency and Sustanability
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Human Population Growth and Imapacts on Ecosystems
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Unit 2
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Physical WorldENV.1
ENV.2
ENV.6a
ENV.7		2 Earth Systems10
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Characteristics of Water
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Hydrosphere
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Water Pollution and Impacts
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Human Impacts on Water Systems
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Water Sustaniability
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Unit 3
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Earth's SystemsENV.1
ENV.2a
ENV.3a-c
ENV.6a		3Interdependence of Earth Systems15
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Geosphere - Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle
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Atmosphere
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Biosphere
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Land Use
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2nd/4th Nine Weeks
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Unit 4
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Natural ResourcesENV.1
ENV.6a-d
ENV.7a-c
4Renewable and Nonrenewable resources 15
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Natural Resouce Availability
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Future of Natural Resource Availability
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Energy Sustainability
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Energy use and Production in Virginia
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Unit 5
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Human Impact and Climate ChangeENV.1
ENV.2a
ENV.6a, c
ENV.7-c
ENV.8a-e
ENV.9a-d		5Human Impacts on the Biosphere15
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Biodiversity Conservation
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Human Dependence on Natural Resources
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Sources, impacts, and remediation of various types of polluiton
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Global and Virginia impacts of climate change
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Unit 6
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Local Connections and Civic ResponsibilityENV.6a, c
ENV.7a, b
ENV.8d, e
ENV.9a-d		6James and Chowan River Watersheds15
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Pollutants of Coastal Plain Region of Virginia
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Local Environmental Outreach Organizations
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Cost Benefit Analysis of Environmental Issues
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Sustainability, Economics, and Environmental Stewardship
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