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CFISD Earth Space Science
Scope & Sequence 2016-17
Course Description:
Earth Space Science is a capstone course designed to build on students' prior scientific and academic
knowledge and skills to develop an understanding of Earth's systems in space and time. Students will
study the geosphere (solid Earth), hydrosphere (water), and atmosphere systems. They will focus on
how these systems interact with each other and how all of them interact with the biosphere (life). In
addition, students will investigate how the Earth is part of the much larger solar and stellar systems.
Students, for at least 40% of instructional time, conduct descriptive, comparative, and
experimental investigations using safe, environmentally appropriate and ethical practices.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter112/ch112c.html
Instructional Units
1
st
Semester
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
Cosmology (COSMO)
Star Formation (STAR)
Accretionary Disk Model (DISK)
Earth’s Interior (EINT)
Plate Tectonics (PLATE)**
2nd Semester
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
Mapping & Remote Sensing (MAP)*
Atmosphere (ATMOS)
Hydrosphere (HYDRO)
Historical Geology (GEOL)
Energy & Resources (ERES) and Finals**
Days**
78
15
12
13
12
26
95
22
25
10
22
16
End Date
9/12
9/28
10/18
11/3
12/16
End Date
2/2
3/10
3/31
5/3
5/25
* Allot time for individualized district assessment response.
** Includes time for Final Exams.
*** The length of each unit is a specific number of days, but it is understood that there is a range of +/- a day. The purpose of
the flexibility is meant to allow teachers the opportunity to plan for the needs of their students and to accommodate re-teaching
or review when necessary. If pre-assessment indicates student mastery could be obtained in a fewer number of days, the
additional time could be used for extension or carried into the next unit.
Instructional Material:
Earth Science
Tarbuck, Lutgens
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Pearson Education, Inc
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8/3/16
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