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Georgia Performance Standards Curriculum Map 2015-16
Earth Systems
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Pace
Unit
Name
6 Weeks
The Earth in
Space
6 Weeks
Plate Tectonics
6 Weeks
Erosion
6 Weeks
Weather and
Climate
6 Weeks
Fossils
6 Weeks
Life on Earth
SES1a Earth formation
SES1b Earth’s
composition
SES1c Radioactive
dating
SES1d Atmosphere and
ocean
SES1e Geologic cycles
SES2a Plate Tectonics
SES2b Geologic features
SES2c Geologic hazards
SES2d Plates, rocks, and
minerals
SES2e Plates and
sedimentary basins
SES3a Weathering
SES3b Soil
SES3c Mass
wasting
SES3d Glaciers,
wind, and water
SES3e
Transportation
and deposition
SES5a Air and
water currents
SES5b Air masses
SES5c Weather
patterns
SES5d Climate
SES5e Weather
hazards
SES5f Global
climate changes
Common District
Assessment 1
Common District
Assessment 2
Common District
Assessment 3
Common District
Assessment 4
Standards and Elements
with Main Topics
Unit #
SES4a Relative
age
SES4b Geologic
history
SES4c Rocks and
fossils
SES4d Rock
correlation
SES4e Historic
geologic events
SES6a Life distribution
SES6b Biome distribution
SES6c Geological process,
matter, and energy
SES6d Fossils and natural
selection
SES6e Evolutionary
innovations
Common District
Assessment 5
Common District
Assessment 6
The following characteristic of science standards will be woven throughout the course:
SCSh 2 Safety practices
SCSh 4 Tools and instruments;
SCSh 5 Computation
Common Core Literacy Standards should be integrated through each unit.
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Language of the Standard
Unit 1
Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
Crust
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Solstice
Equinox
Mineral
Crystal
Cleavage
Luster
Streak
Rock
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rock cycle
Felsic
Mafic
Pluton
Cementation
Stratification
Fossil
Magma
Basaltic
granite
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Unit 2
Collision boundary
Continental drift
Convergent boundary
Craton
Divergent boundary
Mid-ocean ridge
Pangaea
Plate tectonics
Rift
Rift valley
Subduction boundary
Transform boundary
Terrane
Trench
Volcano
Hot spot
Lava
Pillow lava
Aa
Pahoehoe
Pyroclastics
Shield volcano
Composite volcano
Lahar
Caldera
Lava plateau
Fault
Focus
Seismograph
Magnitude
Aftershocks
Tsunami
Mountain
Anticline
Syncline
Dome mountain
Folded mountain
Continental margin
Unit 3
Weathering
Soil
Parent material
Residual soil
Soil profile
Topsoil
Subsoil
Mass movement
Erosion
Talus
Mudflow
Tributary
Divide
Deposition
Suspension
Meander
Oxbow lake
Porosity
Permeability
Water table
Aquifer
Artesian
formation
Geyser
Karst topography
Glacier
Till
Moraine
Drumlins
Loess
fjord
Unit 4
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Ionosphere
Insolation
Temperature
inversion
Stratus
Cumulus
Cirrus
Isobar
Coriolis effect
Trade winds
Monsoons
Jet stream
Air mass
Front
Occluded front
Squall lines
Supercells
Blizzard
Station model
Climate
Unit 5
Paleontology
Strata
Unconformity
Disconformity
Nonconformity
Correlation
Index fossils
Varve
Eon
Era
Epoch
Period
Shield
Dinosaur
Unit 6
Biomes
Terrestrial
Nonrenewable resources
Renewable resources
Reserve
Biosphere
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