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Unit: Earth’s Surface
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Length: 40 Days
State Benchmarks
8.III.A. The student will
identify Earth’s composition,
structure and processes.
6. The student will classify and
identify using characteristics
including but not limited to
density, hardness, and streak.
3. The student will describe
various processes and
interactions of the rock cycle.
2. The student will describe how
features on the Earth’s
surface are created and
constantly changing through
a combination of slow and
rapid processes of
weathering, erosion,
sediment deposition,
landslides, volcanic eruptions
and earthquakes.
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Concepts/Facts/Skills
Activities / Resources
Earth Science, McDougal Littell,
2006.
Unit 1-Chapter 2
Minerals are the building
blocks of Earth.
Minerals are all around us.
A mineral is identified by its
properties.
Minerals are valuable resources.
Rocks change into other rocks
over time.
Rock cycle shows how rocks
change.
Igneous rocks form from molten
rock.
Sedimentary rocks form from
earlier rocks.
Metamorphic rocks form as
existing rocks change.
Unit 1-Chapter 3
Natural forces break rocks
apart and form soil, which
supports life.
Water, wind, and ice shape
Earth’s surface.
Mechanical and chemical forces
break down rocks.
Weather and organic processes
form soil.
Human activities affect soil.
Forces wear down and build up
Earth’s surface.
Moving water shapes land.
Waves and wind shape land.
Glaciers carve land and move
sediment.
Unit 1-Chapter 4
Unit 1-Chapter 5
revised 6/29/2017