Download - Earth Science – MacMillan, 1986 – Organization

Florida Science Fusion, New Energy For
Earth Science, Holt McDougal 2012 Regular Middle School Science Course
Earth Science – MacMillan, 1986 –
Grades 6-8
Organization
Unit 1 – What Earth Science Is
- Chapter 1, What is science
- Chapter 2 basics
- Chapter 3 problem solving
Unit 2- Earth’s Atmosphere
- Chapter 4 Observing Weather
- Chapter 5 Energy and Atmosphere
- Chapter 6 Water in Atmosphere
- Chapter 7 Winds and Weather
Unit 3 – Earth’s Waters
- Chapter 8, Earth’s fresh water
- Chapter 9 Oceans
Unit 4 - Earth’s Surface
- Chapter 10 Minerals
- Chapter 11 Rocks
- Chapter 12 weathering and soil,
- Chapter 13 erosion and deposition
Unit 5 – Earth’s Interior
- Chapter 14 Movements of Earth’s Crust
- Chapter 15 Earthquakes
- Chapter 16 Volcanoes
- Chapter 17 –Plate Tectonics
Unit 6- Earth’s History
- Chapter 18 Measuring Geologic Time
- Chapter 19 –Earth’s Past
Unit 7 – Earth In Space
- Chapter 20 An orbit system: Sun, Earth,
and Moon
- Chapter 21, The solar system
- Chapter 22, Stars, galaxies and the
universe,
Organization
Unit 1 – Nature of Science
- Lesson 1 Scientific Knowledge
- Lesson 2 Scientific Investigations
- Representing Data
Unit 2 – The Universe
- Lesson 1 Structure of the Universe
- Lesson 2 Stars
Unit 3- The Solar System
- Lesson 1 Historical Models of the Solar System
- Lesson 2 Gravity and the Solar System
- Lesson 3 The Sun
- Lesson 4 The terrestrial Planets
- Lesson 5 The gas giant planets
- Lesson 6 Small bodies in the solar system
Unit 4- Earth, Moon, Sun, System
- Lesson 1 Earth’s Days, Years and Seasons
- Lesson 2 Moon Phases and Eclipses
- Lesson 3 Earth’s Tides
Unti 5- Space Exploration
- Lesson 1 Images from space
- Lesson 2 Technology for Space Exploration
- Lesson 3 Space Exploration and Florida
Unit 6- Earth’s Structures
- Lesson 1 Minerals
- Lesson 2 The Rock Cycle
- Lesson 3 Earth’s Layers
- Lesson 4 Plate Tectonics
- Lesson 5 Mountain building
- Lesson 6 Earthquakes
- Lesson 7 Volcanoes
Unit 7- Earth’s History
- Lesson 1 Geologic change over time
- Lesson 2 Relative Dating
- Lesson 3 Absolute Dating
Unit 8- Weathering, Erosion, Deposition and Landforms
- Lesson 1 Weathering
- Lesson 2 Erosion and Deposition by Water
- Lesson 3 Erosion and Deposition by Wind, Ice and Gravity
- Lesson 4Landforms and Florida
Unit 9 – Human Impact on Earth
Lesson 1 Natural Resources Lesson 2 Human Impact on Land
Lesson 3 Human Impact on Water
Lesson 4 Human Impact on the Atmosphere
Lesson 5 Protecting Earth’s Water, Land and Air
Unit 10 – Energy in Earth
- Lesson 1 Earth’s Spheres - Lesson 4 Wind in the Atmosphere
- Lesson 2 The Atmosphere –Lesson 5 Ocean Currents
- Lesson 3 Energy Transfer
Unit 11- Weather and Climate
Lesson 1, The Water Cycle, Lesson 2 Elements of the Weather,
Lesson 3 What Influence Weather, Lesson 4 Severe Weather and
Weather Safety, Lesson 5 Natural Disasters in Florida, Lesson 6
Climate
General Differences
Earth Science – MacMillan, 1986 –
Grades 6-8
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Human activities in relation to earth
science is only covered in about 8 pages
of the whole book
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Space is covered in One Unit (less than
100 pages)
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The book in its entirety is 579 Pages
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The book is hard cover, and glossy pages
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No mention of benchmark standards or
standardized testing
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Lots of text with pictures only either at
the side of the bottom
Florida Science Fusion, New Energy For
Earth Science, Holt McDougal 2012 Regular Middle School Science Course
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An entire unit is dedicated to human
impact
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Space and Space Exploration takes up
4 units (220 pages roughly)
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The book in its entirety is 717 pages
plus an additional 62 reference pages
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The book is soft cover, and pages can
be torn out- it’s even referenced as
an ‘interactive copy’ (there are many
sections where you can write on the
pages like a work sheet)
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Sunshine State Standards are listed
very prevalently throughout the book
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Pictures and graphics scattered
throughout, much more visually
stimulating book – less actual ‘text’
Specific Subject Area Differences
Earth Science – MacMillan, 1986 –
Grades 6-8
Hurricanes- Powerful Cyclones that form over the
ocean in tropical air
Other than definition and basics, no storm prep
information
Plate Tectonics –
Discusses Continental Drift, Sea Floor Spreading
as ‘earlier theories’
Florida Science Fusion, New Energy For
Earth Science, Holt McDougal 2012 Regular Middle School Science Course
Hurricane- Tropical low-pressure system with
winds blowing at speeds of 199 km/h or morestrong enough to uproot trees.
There is also quite a bit of storm preparation
language in the text re: hurricanes
Plate Techtonics-
Calls it a “New Theory” that draws on all ‘three
theories’
Makes just a small mention that ‘the currents in
the mantle may cause some plates to move”
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Discusses divergent and convergent boundaries
in detail – but not many photos
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Describes Pangea and the historic
landmasses prior to defining Plate
Techtonics, also disccuses sea floor
spreading and even ocean trenches
before defining the Plate Techtonic
theory.
Larger pictures and models to describe
tectonic plates & lithosphere,
convergent boundaries, transform
boundary
Discusses ridge push, slab pull and
Mantel Convection – describes with
graphical photos