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Earth Science Curriculum Map/ Course Plan
Unit
Name/
Time
frame
1
Intro to Earth
Science Policies
& Procedures
1 week
2
Intro to Earth
Science.
Nature of
Science
Major Topics
Big Ideas/
Essential Questions
Stand
ards
Bench
marks
Review of Course Syllabus
Class Policies and Procedures
Create concept map for Earth
Science year as a class.
Introduce SEEI: Critical Thinking
strategies.
What is expected of students
this year? What are our class
goals? What are personal
goals? How will the class
operate?
How does grading work?
N/A
N/A
Course Syllabus, Policies
and Procedures Handout,
Safety Contract to be signed
by student and parent.
SEEI Power Point
Note taking instructions
SEEI: Sun
Scenario in groups.
CRITICAL
THINKING
OVERVIEW
Introduce 5 branches of Earth
Science.
Review Scientific Method.
Practice Scientific Measurement
and Graphing.
Why is Earth Science
important? How is it relevant
to me and the world? What is
the nature of science? What is
the scientific method and how
is it used in Science?
What is SI?
11.11.01,
11.11.02
11.11.04
ID.20C,24D,24E
SI.16A, 20C
Glencoe Earth Science:
Ch.1 Nature of Science:
Vocabulary Sheet Ch. 1.
Ch. 1 worksheets/ labs.
Power point presentation.
Note taking on Lecture/pp
presentations.
Quiz: Nature of
Science Quiz.
Understand the four states of
matter and the changes between
them. Describe the law of
conservation of matter and energy.
Explain how kinetic energy is
affected by different states of
matter.
What causes changes from one
state of matter to another?
How does kinetic energy
affect changes in states of
matter? Where do different
states of matter exist in the
world?
12.C.3.b
12.A.4.b
12.A.1.a
11.A.4.b
11.A.3.g
11.A.4.c
1315.IOD.SEL.1
13-15.IOD.LIT.1
16-19.IOD.LIT.1
16-19.IOD.LIT.2
Glencoe Earth Science: Ch.
3 Matter and Change
Vocabulary Sheet: Matter
and Change.
Ch.3Worksheets
Matter power point lecture.
Boiling point Lab/Graph.
Quiz:
Nature of Science and
States of matter
Read and draw profiles of
Topographic maps.
Understand how GPS works.
Work in groups to perform
Topographic mining Lab: Identify
Topo features in order to infer
where mineral deposits exist.
How are maps created? Who
uses maps and which type of
map do they use?
How do we use maps in our
daily lives?
What is GPS and how is it
used?
12.A.3.a
12.A.4.b
11.A.4.b
11.A.3.g
12.A.3.c
11.A.4.c
1619.IOD.SEL.1
20-23.SI.2
20-23.EMIR.1
Glencoe Earth Science:Ch 2
Vocab. Sheet Ch.2 Maps
Ch. 2 worksheets
Mining Topographic Lab.
Profiling Topographic
maps. Mapping power
point lecture.
CRITICAL
THINKING: What is
GPS and how do we
use it?
Mapping Project:
Draw a map identifying
your route to school
from home.
1 week
3
Matter and
Atomic
Structure
1 week
4
Mapping
2 weeks
College
Readiness
Standards
EMI.20A
13.11.01
Readings/Supple
mental Texts
Assessments/
Major Writing
Assignments
Design an experiment
and explain in essay
form how you will use
Scientific Method.
5
Minerals
1-2 weeks
6
Rocks
1-2 weeks
7
Weathering
Mass
Movements
1-2 weeks
8
Surface Water
Groundwater
4 weeks
9
Atmosphere
Meteorology
Identify minerals based on color,
composition,
Structure, and hardness.
Understand uses for minerals in
our daily lives.
Describe different minerals based
on appearance.
Why are Minerals important?
How many minerals are there
on Earth?
What is the difference
between Mafic and Rhyolitic
Minerals? How can minerals
be identified?
11.A.4.b
11.A.3.g
12.A.5.a
11.A.4.c
12.A.3.a-c
13.A.4.a-b
13.A.2.b
13.A.1.a
1619.IOD.SEL.1
2023.IOD.ANA.1
16-19.LIT.1&2
20-23.SI.1
20-23.SI.2
20-23.SI.3
20-23.SI.4
Glencoe Earth Science:
Ch. 4 Vocab. Sheet Ch.4
Ch. 4 worksheets
Minerals worksheets.
Minerals power point
lecture.
Minerals Chart
Mineral Lab:
2-3 days.
Understand the Rock Cycle and
how each rock type changes from
one type to another.
Understand how the Bowen
Reaction Series works
(differentiating rocks based on
composition.
Identify Igneous, Metamorphic and
Sedimentary rocks based on
composition.
Explain how Precipitates form.
Explain the Rock Cycle
How are intrusive Igneous
rocks formed? How are
extrusive Igneous rocks
formed? How does cooling
rate affect the formation and
composition of rocks?
11.A.4.b
11.A.3.g
11.A.4.c
12.A.5.b
12.A.3.a-c
1619.IOD.SEL.1
2023.IOD.ANA.1
16-19.LIT.1&2
20-23.SI.1
20-23.EMIR.1
2427.IOD.MANI.1
Glencoe Earth Science:
Ch.5&6
Vocabulary Sheet: Ch. 5
Igneous Rocks
Vocabulary Sheet: Ch. 6
Sedimentary and
Metamorphic Rocks. Ch.
5&6 worksheets.
Power point presentations.
Rocks Lab/Assessment:
Lab will be graded as
an assessment based on
students deductive
reasoning and critical
thinking skills.
Describe Chemical and
Physical weathering.
Identify parts of a Glacier. Explain
how Glacial melting impacts
climate around the globe. Explain
how
Climate causes weathering.
What causes weathering?
Glaciers: Physical
Features
Erosion
Soil Horizons
11.A.4.b
11.A.3.g
12.A.4.a
12.A.3.a-c
11.A.4.c
13.A.4.c
13.A.5.c
16-19.LIT.1&2
20-23.IOD.LIT.1
Glencoe Earth Science
Ch.7&8 Vocab. Sheets
Ch. 7&8 worksheets
Power point Presentations.
NOVA online Glaciers
Video
Glaciers Poem Project and
Rubric
11.A.4b
11.A.3g
12.A.5b
12.A.4a
11.A.4.c
20-23.IOD.LIT.1
20-23.SI.4
Glencoe Earth Science
Ch. 9 & 10
Vocab. Sheets
Ch. 9 Surface Water
Ch.10 Groundwater
Power point Presentations.
Virtual River: Online Lab
State important facts about Lake
Michigan and its bi-annual
turnover.
Understand how the Great Lakes
were formed by glaciation.
Identify Groundwater Sources and
layers.
List different sources of surface
water and groundwater. Explain
water Contamination, Remediation
and Conservation.
Draw pie graph of Atmospheric
Composition. Identify layers of the
atmosphere and explain the
What are the major sources of
groundwater and fresh water
on Earth? How are
groundwater and freshwater
contaminated and/or
remediated?
River movement.
How do rivers flow?
Identify cloud types.
How do Earth’s tilt and
rotation affect weather and
11.A.4b
11.A.3g
12.A.4c
12.A.5b
SI.24.B
SI.28.A
EMI.24.A
Glencoe Earth Science
Ch.11
&12
Test: Ch. 1-4.
Notebook Check.
CRITICAL
THINKING ESSAY
QUESTION; How will
the melting of glaciers
affect climate and thus
human populations?
Quiz Ch. 7 & 8
Virtual River
Online Lab with
Quiz Ch. 9 & 10
Quiz Ch. 11 & 12
2 Weeks
Unit
Name/
Time
frame
10
Nature of
Storms
Climate
2 weeks
11
Plate Tectonics
1week
12
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
4 weeks
importance of each.
Understand how Earth’s Tilt
affects radiant heat distributed
around the globe. Understand how
Earth’s rotation affects global wind
patterns.
Name different Air Masses based
on Temperature and amount of
Moisture.
Defined different Pressure
Systems/Winds/Fronts.
winds? How does pressure
affect weather? How is Sun’s
radiant energy distributed
across the Earth? Albido
Affect.
12.E.5
12.B.5a
12.B.3a-b
Big Ideas/
Essential Questions
Stand
ards/
Bench
marks
Explain relationship between
Temperature and humidity.
Describe weather on windward and
leeward sides of Mountains.
Understand how low pressure
creates storms (Thunderstorms/
Hurricanes)
Distribution of radiant energy
Climate Change
What causes storms?
What causes hurricanes?
What causes El Nino?
How do Ice Ages occur?
How have humans affected
weather over the course of
history?
11.A.4b
11.A.3g
11.A.4.c
Explain how convection currents in
the mantle drive Plate Tectonics.
Identify main plates around the
globe and how they interact. State
function of Plate movement.
What causes Tectonics?
How many plates are there?
Where the major plates
located and what are are their
names?
What are the three main types
of tectonic activity?
Describe how plate tectonics
influences the formation of
volcanoes and earthquakes.
Locate major zones of volcanism
and earthquakes.
Differentiate between volcanic
landforms.
What are volcanoes and how
do they form?
What types of materials erupt
from volcanoes?
Are all eruptions the same?
What is the difference
between high and low
Major Topics
EMI.24.E
EMI.33.B
College
Readiness
Standards
EMI.20.A
EMI.24.C
ID.24.B
EMI.28.A
EMI.33.B
11.A.4b
11.A.3g
11.A.4.c
12.A.4b
ID.33.A
ID.33.B
SI.28.A
EMI.33.A
EMI.33.B
EMI.20.A
11.A.4b
11.A.3g
12.B.4a-b
11.A.4.c
12.B.5.a-b
ID.33.A
ID.33.B
SI.28.A
EMI.33.A
EMI.33.B
EMI.20.A
Vocabulary Sheets
Ch. 11 Atmosphere
Ch. 12 Meteorology
Worksheets/ pp presentation
Weather Lab Online NOAA
Readings/Supple
mental Texts
Assessments/
Major Writing
Assignments
Glencoe Earth Science Ch.
13 & 14
Vocabulary Sheets
Ch. 13 Nature of Storms
Ch. 14 Climate
Ch. 13 & 14 Worksheets
Power point presentations.
NOVA video on Katrina
Kyle Schwartz Tornado
Machine presentation.
Hurricane Power Point
Project
Glencoe Earth Science
Ch.17
Vocabulary Sheet Ch. 17
Ch. 17 Worksheets
Power point presentation’
On Plate Tectonics
Online Tectonics Lab
Quiz Ch. 17
CRITICAL THINKI
NG QUESTION: What
causes plates to move
and what is the result of
their movements? How
do convergence and
subjection compare and
contrast?
Glencoe Earth Science
online visuals: faults and
volcanoes.
Vocab Sheets Ch.18 & 19
Ch. 18 & 19 Worksheets
NOVA videos online
Power point presentations
Poem on Earthquake or
Volcano
Quiz: Ch. 13 & 14
Quiz Ch. 18 &19
Compare and Contrast
Volcanoes and
Earthquakes
13
Geologic Time
14
Space
8 Weeks
15
Final Exams
1 week
Locate the Ring of Fire and which
plate it is situated around.
Distinguish the three types of
faults and how stress and strain
apply to these fault types.
viscosity in eruptions?
On Volcano types
And Faults
Online Earthquake lab
Understand how we use the fossil
record to date rocks and Earth’s
History. Calculate the break down
of carbon in a rock by using
radiometric dating formula.
Use superposition to read rock
formations.. Understand when and
where different life forms existed.
When was the Earth’s first
atmosphere created? How
long has life been on Earth?
When did the dinosaurs live?
How can fossils and rocks tell
us the age of the Earth?
What is radiometric dating?
12.A.4c
12.E.4b
Ch. 22-30 Earth/Space Systems,
Planets, Solar Systems, Galaxies,
Star Formation, Black Holes
Compare and Contrast different
theories of the fate of the Universe.
Analyze different types of galaxies
and solar systems and how
scientists study them in order to
better understand the universe.
Understand how Cosmic
Background Radiation helps us
date the Universe.
The Big Bang: How was the
Universe formed? What is the
Big Bang?
What is the life cycle of a star?
What are the main types of
Galaxies? What is the Milky
Way and where are we?
What are Black Holes and
how do they form?
What is the fate of our
Universe?
What are parallel universes?
11.A.4f
12.F.4a
12.F.4b
12.F.5a
12.F.5b
Review Ch. 22-30
Space Studies
ID.20.C
ID.24.C
ID.28.B
EMI.20.A
EMI.24.A
Glencoe Earth Science
Online visuals.
Vocab Sheets Ch. 21.
Power point lecture/
presentation on Geologic
Time and Fossils
Create a Geologic Time
Line based on one’s life
history.
Online Lab: Geologic
Time
Hubbble: The Movie.
Webquest: Find stars and
galaxies and how they
compare and contrast.
What are exo planets?
Space
Project/Presentation
Final Project
Student Space Projects.
Final Exam: Space
Project Presentations:
100 pts.