Suggested Content SC 33 Earth and Space Science

Suggested Content
SC 33
Earth and Space Science
Semester 1:
 Intro to Earth Science
 Rock Cycle
 Weathering and
Erosion
 Seismology
 Plate Tectonics
 Paleontology
Semester 2:
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Meteorology 1
Meteorology 2
Climatology
Astronomy I
Astronomy II
Stars and Beyond
Semester 1 Revised 06.02.11
Semester 2 Not yet revised
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The heading of each semester represent the information to be tested on the
District Test at the end of the semester.
The order of those headings is not number and do not represent a mandated
sequence.
Semester 1
Content Area: Introduction Earth (optional)
Strand 6: Earth Science
Concept 1: Geochemical Cycles
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
S6C1
Geochemical
Cycles
Introduction
strand 1-3 that
will be used
throughout the
entire semester.
Linking PO’s
Introduction only
S6C1 PO2 –
Demonstrate how
dynamic processes
such as
weathering,
erosion,
sedimentation,
metamorphism,
and orogenesis
relate to
redistribution of
materials with the
Earth system
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Astronomy
2. Atmosphere
3. Biosphere
4. Geology
5. Geosphere
6. Hydrosphere
7. Hypothesis
8. Interface
9. Mantle
10. Meteorology
11. Minerals
12. Non-renewable
Resource
13. Oceanography
14. Renewable
Resource
15. Silicon Oxygen
Tetrahedron
16. System
17. Theory
1. Recognize and record
observable interface
between each of the
essential system of Earth.
What are some possible
outcomes to these
interfaces? What are some
examples of the data that
could be collected at these
interfaces?
2. Generate a question and
formulate a hypothesis to a
question using tables and
graphs.
3. Review mineral physical
characteristics used in
identification (Cleavage,
Hardness, etc.)
4. Review the most common
minerals that make up
Earth’s crust.
5. Review the ways in which
minerals are formed
Optional (Indirectly Tested)
6. Use and are familiar with
Maps

Latitude and Longitude

Topographic Mapping

Contour Lines

Cross-Section

Slope
Semester 1
Content Area: Weathering and Erosion
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 1: Geochemical Cycles
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
S6C1 PO2 –
Demonstrate
how dynamic
processes such
as weathering,
erosion,
sedimentation,
metamorphism,
and orogenesis
relate to
redistribution of
materials within
the Earth
system.
Linking PO’s
S6C1 PO 1 –
Identify ways
materials are
cycled within the
Earth system
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Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Agents of
erosion
2. Alluvial
Deposits
3. Bed Load
S6C1 PO 4 –
4. Chemical
Demonstrate how
Weathering
the hydrosphere
5. Discharge
links the
6. Deposition
biosphere,
7. Drainage Basin
lithosphere,
8. Erosion
cryosphere, and
9. Fluvial Deposits
atmosphere
10. Frost Wedging
11. Ground Water
S6C1 PO 5 –
12. Mass Wasting
Describe factors
13. Mechanical
that impact current
Weathering
and future water
14. Runoff
quantity and
15. Sediment
quality including
16. Soil
surface, ground
17. Suspended load
and local water
18. Transpiration
issues
19. Transportation
20. Water Cycle
S6C1 PO 6 –
21. Weathering
Analyze methods
of reclamation and
conservation of
water.
1. Differentiate between
mechanical and chemical
weathering.
2. Differentiate between the
factors that affect the rate of
erosion (Slope, Wind-speed,
Discharge, etc.)
3. Analyze the climatic factors
that affect the rate and type
of weathering.
4. Evaluate the factors within
a drainage basin that affect
the quality and quantity of
water down stream.
 Forest fires effect of
water capture and
quality of water
 Damming of
streams affect on
quality and quantity
of water.
 Maturity level river
valley and size of
basin.
5. Analyze the relationship
between the load
(suspended and bed) and the
stream’s discharge.
Semester 1
Content Area: Rock Cycle
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 1: Geochemical Cycles
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
S6C1 PO2 –
Demonstrate
how dynamic
processes such
as weathering,
erosion,
sedimentation,
metamorphism,
and orogenesis
relate to
redistribution
of materials
with the Earth
system.
Linking PO’s
S6C1 PO3 –
Explain how
the rock cycle
is related to
plate tectonics
S6C1 PO 1 –
Identify ways
materials are
cycled within
the Earth
system
S6C1 PO4 –
Demonstrate
how the
hydrosphere
links the
biosphere,
lithosphere,
cryosphere, and
atmosphere
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to
(Ability to do what?)
learn?)
1. Identify each of the major Rock
types based on physical
characteristics.
a. Igneous Rock
i. Rate of crystallization
Igneous:
1. Intrusive (Plutonic)
4. Crystallization
2. Extrusive (Volcanic)
5. Extrusive
ii. Composition
Igneous Rock
1. Felsic
(Volcanic)
2. Mafic
6. Intrusive
b. Sedimentary Rock
Igneous Rock
i.
Type of Sediment
(Plutonic)
1. Detrital
7. Felsic
2. Chemical
8. Igneous Rock
ii.
Sediment Size
9. Mafic
c. Metamorphic Rock
i.
Type
Sedimentary:
1. Foliated
10. Cementation
2. Non Foliated
11. Chemical
12. Lithification
2. Explain the process of formation
13. Sedimentary
for each type of rock and the effect
Rock
on the characteristics of the rock as
14. Deposit
a result of that process.
15. Detrital
16. Erosion
17. Sediment
18. Strata
19. Weathering
Terms:
1. Mineral
2. Resources
3. Rock Cycle
Metamorphic:
20. Foliated
21. Metamorphic
22. Nonfoliated
Semester 1
Content Area: Seismology
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 2: Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External)
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
Linking PO’s
S6C1 PO2 –
Demonstrate
how dynamic
processes such
as weathering,
erosion,
sedimentation,
metamorphism,
and orogenesis
relate to
redistribution
of materials
with the Earth
system.
S6C1 PO 1 –
Identify ways
materials are
cycled within
the Earth system
S6C2 PO6 –
Distinguish
among seismic
S, P and Surface
waves
S6C2 PO7 –
Analyze the
seismic
evidence (S and
P waves) used to
determine the
structure of the
Earth
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Asthenosphere
2. Body Wave
3. Crust
4. Earthquake
5. Epicenter
6. Fault
7. Focus
8. Inner Core
9. Liquefaction
10. Lithosphere
11. Magnitude
12. Mantle
13. Outer Core
14. Primary Waves
15. Secondary Waves
16. Shadow Zone
17. Tsunami
1. Identify differences in the
types of seismic waves (S,
P and Surface or long
waves)
2. Use characteristics of
seismic waves to show the
evidence that supports
theory of Earth’s internal
structure

S and P wave
shadow zones

Reflection and
refraction of
Seismic waves

Use of modern
technology to
better understand
the center of our
Earth.
3. Describe the relationship
between earthquake data
and the identification of
the type of plate boundary.
Semester 1
Content Area: Plate Tectonics
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 1: Geochemical Cycles
Concept 2: Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External)
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
S6C1 PO2 –
Demonstrate
how dynamic
processes such
as weathering,
erosion,
sedimentation,
metamorphism,
and orogenesis
relate to
redistribution of
materials with
the Earth system.
Linking PO’s
S6C2 PO4 –
Demonstrate the
relationship
between the
Earth’s internal
convective heat
flow and plate
tectonics
S6C2 PO5 –
Demonstrate the
relationship
among
earthquakes,
volcanoes,
mountain ranges,
mid ocean ridges,
deep sea trenches
and tectonic plates
S6C1 PO3 –
Explain how the
rock cycle is
related to plate
tectonics
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Explain the types of plate
1. Asthenosphere
boundaries based on
2. Cinder Cone
interaction and the physical
3. Composite
evidence or outcome of that
(Strato) Cone
interaction.
4. Compressional

Divergent Plate
Force
Boundary (creation of
5. Continental
Crust)
Drift Theory
1. Mid Ocean ridge –
6. Continental
Seafloor Spreading
Volcanic Arc
as a result of
7. Convergent
upwelling of magma
Boundary

Convergent Plate
8. Divergent
Boundary (Destruction
Boundary
of Crust)
9. Hot Spot
1. Ocean to
10. Lithosphere
Continental
11. Mid-Ocean
convergence –
Ridge
subduction zone,
12. Normal Fault
deep ocean trench,
13. Orogeny
continental volcanic
14. Paleomagnetism
arc (Mount Saint
15. Pangaea
Helens)
16. Plate Tectonics
2. Ocean to Ocean
17. Polar Wandering
convergence –
18. Reverse Fault
subduction zone,
19. Seafloor
deep ocean trench,
Spreading
volcanic island arc
20. Shear Force
(Japan or Allusions
21. Shield Cone
22. Strike Slip Fault
23. Subduction
Zone
24. Tensional Force
25. Transform Fault
Boundary
26. Volcanic Island
Arc
Islands)
3. Continental to
Continental
convergence –
formation of large
mountain ranges
(orogany event that
is non volcanic i.e.
Himalayan
Mountains)

Transform Plate
Boundary
1. Earthquakes along
San Andres Fault
System
2. Identify the three fault types
(normal, reverse and strike
slip)
3. Differentiate between the
types of forces necessary to
create or cause the three
fault types.
4. Identify the three main types
of volcanic cones produced
as a result of plate
interaction.
Strand 2: History and Nature
of Science
5. Demonstrate an
understanding of the
evidence used to support the
theory of plate tectonics.

Paleomagnatic evidence
on sea floor and polar
wandering

Physical evidence as it
is presented by Alfred
Wegner
Semester 1
Content Area: Paleontology
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 3: Origins and Evolution of the Earth System
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
Linking PO’s
S6C3 PO6 –
Investigate
scientific
theories of how
life originated
on Earth
S6C3 PO5 –
Distinguish
between relative
and absolute
geologic dating
techniques.
S6C3 – PO7 –
Describe how
life on Earth has
influenced the
evolution of the
Earth System.
S6C3 PO 4 Interpret a
geologic time
scale
S6C3 PO8 –
Sequence major
events in the
Earth’s evolution
(e.g. mass
extinctions,
glacial episodes)
using relative and
absolute dating
data
S6C3 PO9 –
Analyze patterns
in the fossil
record related to
the theory of
organic evolution.
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Use relative age dating
1. Angular
methods to correctly
Unconformity
sequence a geologic column
2. Disconformity
and correlate column to
3. Correlation
other columns
4. Fossil

Index Fossils and
5. Geologic Time
Principle of Fossil
Scale
Succession
6. Half-life

Law of Superposition
7. Index Fossil

Principle of Cross8. Law of
Cutting Relationships
Superposition

Principle of Original
9. Numerical Date
Horizontality
10. Principle of
Cross-Cutting
2. Use absolute age dating
Relationship
methods to ascertain the
11. Principle of Fossil
radiometric date of
Succession
unknown strata using half12. Principle of
life of radioactive isotopes.
Original
Horizontality
3. Show a general
13. Radiometric
understanding of the
Dating
geologic times scale and
14. Relative Dating
how it is used.
15. Uniformitarianism
16. Nonconformity
Semester 2
Content Area: Meteorology 1
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 1: Geochemical Cycles
Concept 2: Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External
Sequence: 1 of 6
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
Linking PO’s
S6C2 PO3 –
Distinguish
between weather
and climate
S6C2 PO1 –
Describe the flow
of energy to and
from the Earth.
S6C2 PO9 –
Explain the
effect of heat
transfer on
climate and
weather.
S6C1 PO 1 –
Identify ways
materials are
cycled within
the Earth system
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Air
2. Atmosphere
3. Condensation
4. Conduction
5. Convection
S6C2 PO2 –
6. Evaporation
Explain the
7. Green House
mechanisms of
Effect
heat transfer
8. Radiation
(convection,
9. Revolution
conduction,
radiation) among 10. Rotation
11. Weather
the atmosphere,
land masses, and
oceans.
1. Explain the uneven
distribution of energy:
a. Due to curvature of
planet
b. Composition of
atmosphere with
increasing altitude
c. Earth’s Tilt
2. Identify locations between
Sun and Earth where
mechanisms of heat transfer
take place.
Semester 2
Content Area: Meteorology 2
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 2: Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External)
Sequence: 2 of 6
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
S6C2 PO3 –
Distinguish
between
weather and
climate
S6C2 PO9 –
Explain the
effect of heat
transfer on
climate and
weather.
Linking PO’s
S6C2 PO11 –
Describe the
origin, life cycle,
and behavior of
weather systems
(i.e. air mass,
front, high and
low systems,
pressure
gradients).
S6C2 PO12 –
Describe the
conditions that
cause severe
weather (e.g.
hurricanes,
tornadoes,
thunderstorms)
S6C2 PO14 –
Analyze how
weather is
influenced by
both natural
and artificial
earth features
(e.g. mountain
ranges, bodies of
water, cities, air
pollution).
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Advection
2. Air Pressure
3. Dew Point
4. El Nino
5. Highs
(anticyclones)
6. Hurricanes
7. Isobar
8. Jet Streams
9. Lows
(cyclones)
10. Monsoon
11. Pressure
Gradient
12. Relative
Humidity
13. Thunderstorm
14. Tornado
15. Wind
16. Coriolis Effect
1. Identify patterns in weather and
how these patterns can be used
to predict future meteorological
events
2. Use an Isobar map to identify
high and low pressure systems
3. Explain how the physical
properties of material such as
water, land, and concrete affect
local temperatures.
4. Understand the general causes
of severe weather
a. Monsoons
b. Thunderstorms
c. Tornado
d. Hurricanes
Semester 2
Content Area: Climatology
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 2: Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External)
Sequence: 3 of 6
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
Linking PO’s
S6C2 PO3 –
Distinguish
between weather
and climate
S6C2 PO15 – List
the factors that
determine
climate (e.g.
altitude, latitude,
water bodies,
precipitation,
prevailing winds,
topography).
S6C2 PO9 –
Explain the
effect of heat
transfer on
climate and
weather.
S6C2 PO1 –
Describe the
flow of energy to
and from the
Earth.
S6C2 PO10 –
Demonstrate the
effect of the
Earth’s rotation
(i.e. Coriolis
Effect) on the
movement of
water and air.
S6C1 PO5 –
Describe factors
that impact
current and
future water
quantity and
quality including
surface, ground,
and local water
issues
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Climate
2. Climatic
feedback
mechanism
3. Climate System
4. Koppen
Classification
5. Greenhouse
Effect
1. Distinguish the process of
defining a climatic system.
2. Identify factors that would
cause change to a climatic
system (natural and human)
3. Identify natural and human
factors that affect the
phases of the water cycle.
4. Describe the effect Earth’s
rotation has on movement
of air and water
Strand 3: Science in Personal
and Social Perspectives
5. Greenhouse effect and
effects of changes in global
energy budget both human
and natural factors
Semester 2
Content Area: Astronomy I
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 3: Origin and Evolution of the Earth System
Sequence: 4 of 6
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
Linking PO’s
S6C3 PO1 –
Describe the
scientific theory
of the origin of
the solar system
(solar nebular
hypothesis)
S6C3 PO3 –
Explain the
phases of the
Moon, eclipses
(lunar and solar)
and the
interaction of the
Sun, Moon, and
Earth (tidal
effect)
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Aphelion
2. Astronomical
Unit (AU)
3. Astronomy
4. Constellation
5. Eclipse
6. Geocentric
7. Heliocentric
8. Lunar Eclipse
9. Perihelion
10. Precession
11. Revolution
12. Rotation
13. Solar Eclipse
1. Analyze the relationship
between the phases of the
moon, altitude of the sun
and moon to Earth’s
changing position though its
orbit.
Strand 2: History and Nature
of Science (Concepts 3 and 4)
2. Explain the growth of
astronomy from ancient
Greece to Newton and
Kepler.
Semester 2
Content Area: Astronomy II
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 3: Origin and Evolution of the Earth System
Sequence: 5 of 6
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
Linking PO’s
S6C3 Origin and
Evolution of the
Earth System
S6C3 PO2 –
Describe the
characteristics,
location, and
motions of the
various kinds of
objects in our
solar system,
including the
Sun, planets,
satellites, comets,
meteors, and
asteroids
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Asteroid
2. Astronomical
Unit (AU)
3. Comet
4. Density
5. Eccentricity
6. Ecliptic
7. Escape Velocity
8. Jovian Planets
9. Retrograde
Motion
10. Terrestrial
Planets
1. Identify the characteristics
associated with the
Terrestrial and Jovian
planets.
2. Describe the disputation of
mass in our solar system and
identify areas of greatest
scientific interest.
3. Describe the working model
of our solar system using
Kepler’s Planetary Law’s of
Motion
Semester 2
Content Area: The Sun and Light
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Concept 3: Origin and Evolution of the Earth System
Concept 4: Origin and Evolution of the Universe
Sequence: 6 of 6
Earth and Space Science (SC33) CURRICULUM MAP
CLUSTERED PO’s
Priority PO
S6C4 Origins
and Evolution of
the Universe
S6C3 Origin and
Evolution of the
Earth System
Linking PO’s
S6C3 PO1 –
Describe the
scientific theory
of the origin of
the solar system
(solar nebular
hypothesis)
S6C4 PO1 –
Describe the Big
Bang Theory as
an explanation
for the origin of
the universe.
S6C4 PO2 –
Describe the
fusion process
that takes place
in stars.
UNWRAPPED PO CLUSTER
Knowledge
Skills
(Content to learn?)
(Ability to do what?)
Terms:
1. Doppler Effect
2. Electromagnetic
Spectrum
3. Nebular
Hypothesis
4. Photons
5. Planetary
Nebula
6. Spectroscopy
1. Describe the major steps in
the nebular hypothesis.
2. Describe the process of
hydrogen bonding that takes
place on the Sun to produce
electromagnetic radiation
(fussion).
3. Describe indirect methods of
determining, composition,
distance, temperature of
stars using only the light
they emit.
4. Evaluate the evidence of
size, age and origins of the
universe