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CURRICULUM TOOL – Insolation and Seasons
LEARNING TARGETS AND SKILLS:
NYS Earth Science Core Curriculum
Performance Indicator 1.1a
Explain complex phenomena, such as tides, variations in day length, solar insolation,
apparent motion of the planets, and annual traverse of the constellations
Major Understandings:
1.1f Earth’s changing position with regard to the Sun and the moon has noticeable effects.
 During Earth’s one-year period of revolution, the tilt of its axis results in changes in the angle of
incidence of the Sun’s rays at a given latitude; these changes cause variation in the heating of the
surface. This produces seasonal variation in weather.
ASSESSMENT EXAMPLES:
Five-gram samples of granite, basalt, iron, and
copper at room temperature are placed in a
beaker of boiling water. Which sample would
reach a temperature of 60°C first?
(1) copper
(3) granite
(2) iron
(4) basalt
The graph below shows the general relationship
between latitude and the duration of insolation
on a particular day of the year.
1.1h The Sun’s apparent path through the sky varies with latitude and season.
Major Understandings:
2.2a Insolation (solar radiation) heats Earth’s surface and atmosphere unequally due to
variations in:
 The intensity caused by differences in atmospheric transparency and angle of incidence
which vary with time of day, latitude, and season
 Characteristics of the materials absorbing the energy such as color, texture, transparency,
state of matter, and specific heat
 Duration, which varies with seasons and latitude
2.2c: A location’s climate is influenced by latitude, proximity to large bodies of water,
ocean currents, prevailing winds, vegetative cover, elevation, and mountain ranges.
Earth Science Reference Table pgs. 1, 3, 14
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Which date is represented by the graph?
(1) March 21 (3) September 21
(2) June 21
(4) December 21
Some Past Part B-1, B-2, C Questions
January 2013 Questions 66-67
August 2012 Question 51-53, 77, 79, 80
August 2011 Questions 37, 39, 57
CURRICULUM TOOL – Insolation and Seasons
HOW TO LEARN THE CURRICULUM:
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Standards
Required
Readings
 ⃝ Seasons and Insolation
Videos
 Holt pgs. 672-674
⃝ Insolation
https://vimeo.com/122265150
 Glencoe pgs. 372-373
⃝ Sun Angle, Duration, and Insolation
⃝ Specific Heat
https://vimeo.com/90184714
 McGuire pgs. 453-462
 ⃝ Specific Heat and
Evaporation
 Holt pgs. 634
 ⃝ Electromagnetic
Radiation
 Holt pgs. 661-662
Additional
Resources
Websites
⃝ Earth Seasons and Insolation
http://hmxearthscience.com/earth_motions.
html
http://academic.cengage.com/resource_
uploads/downloads/0495555061_13717
9.pdf
⃝ Changes in Insolation
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/earthscience/insolation-and-seasons-onearth/changes-in-insolation
⃝ Seasons
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/ear
th-science/insolation-and-seasons-onearth/seasons
⃝Electromagnetic Radiation Emitted by
Earth
⃝Heat Transfer and
Electromagnetic Radiation
https://vimeo.com/90184715
⃝Radiation
https://vimeo.com/90184716
⃝Insolation and Seasons
http://teacherweb.com/NY/Ne
wfieldHS/Adwar/apt15.aspx
⃝Seasons
http://hmxearthscience.com/W
arehouse/astronomy/earths_m
otions/animations/ecliptic%20s
easons%20simulator.swf
http://missionscience.nasa.gov/ems/13_
radiationbudget.html
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Practice
⃝ Pre-Test
⃝Seasons Interactive
http://hmxearthscience.com/Wareh
ouse/astronomy/earths_motions/an
imations/ecliptic%20seasons%20sim
ulator.swf
⃝Specific Heat Interactive
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/educa
tion/pd/oceans_weather_climate/m
edia/specific_heat.swf
⃝Seasons Interactive
http://www.sepuplhs.org/students/i
aes/simulations/SEPUP_Seasons_Int
eractive.swf
CURRICULUM TOOL – Insolation and Seasons
Earth Science Curriculum High School of Language and Innovation 2014-2015