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PACING GUIDE: EARTH SCIENCE ESSENTIAL STANDARDS CONTENT ASTRONOMY EEn.1.1.1 Explain the Earth’s motion through space, including precession, nutation, the barycenter, and its path about the galaxy. EEn.1.1.2 Explain how the Earth’s rotation and revolution about the Sun affect its shape and is related to seasons and tides. EEn.1.1.3 Explain how the sun produces energy which is transferred to the Earth by radiation. EEn.1.1.4 Explain how incoming solar energy makes life possible on Earth. DAYS LABS/ACTIVITIES 2 Solar Motion Demonstrator (Copied From Former Support Book) Environmental News Network www.ENN.COM 4 Construct Model NASA Modeling the Solar System http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/educ/docs/mo delingsolarsystem.pdf 2 2 Bubble Map 2 Double Bubble Map EEn.2.5.1 Summarize the structure and composition of our atmosphere. 2 Pie Graph Visual Notes Layers – Layers of Atmosphere activity EEn.2.5.2 Explain the formation of typical air masses and the weather systems that result from air mass interactions. EEn.2.5.3 Explain how cyclonic storms form based on the interaction of air masses. EEn.2.5.4 Predict the weather using available weather maps and data (including surface, upper atmospheric winds, and satellite imagery). 2 ATMOSPHERE EEn.2.6.1 Differentiate between weather and climate. Prepared by Kathy Bosiak, LHS and Gail Chapp, ELHS DIGITAL RESOURCES Activity ( tie in with weather data collecting ) http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_2_2_8t.htm Layers of atmosphere by temperature activityhttp://www.geosociety.org/educate/Lesso nPlans/Layers_of_Atmosphere.pdf Cloud In A Bottlehttp://www.stevespanglerscience.com/exp eriment/cloud-in-a-bottle-experiment 2 4 http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_sc ience/terc/content/visualizations/es0408/e s0408page01.cfm?chapter_no=04 Activity Guide ( this is not high school, but works as well ) http://www.need.org/needpdf/The%20Sun %20and%20its%20Energy.pdf Reading Weather Maps (Scafidi) Weather Data Chart on PLC (Boziak) Page 1 CONTENT DAYS EEn.2.5.5 Explain how human activities affect air quality. EEn.2.6.3 Analyze the impacts that human activities have on global climate change (such as burning hydrocarbons, greenhouse effect, and deforestation). 2 LABS/ACTIVITIES DIGITAL RESOURCES Air Quality Activities http://www.cleanindia.org/resoucewatch/a ir_activity.htm or http://www.teachengineering.org/view_le sson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub _air/cub_air_lesson03.xml 3 Actionbioscience RethinkinFossilFuels www.actionbioscience.org Toolkit for teaching air quality http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=resou rces.aqi_toolkit LITHOSPHERE EEn.2.1.1 Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere. EEn.2.1.2 Predict the locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and faults based on information contained in a variety of maps. EEn.2.1.3 Explain how natural actions such as weathering, erosion (wind, water and gravity), and soil formation affect Earth’s surface. 5 2 5 Food Tectonics Volcanic Eruption Lab Volcanoes and Earthquakes From Around the World Soil Activities (Copied From Former Support Book) Cupcake Core Sampling Drainage Experiment Jam Jar (soil particles) A Layer Away - Soil Triangle and activities regarding soil and biodiversity – Estimating Soil Textures http://www.cmg.colostate.edu/gardennote s/214.html EEn.2.1.4 Explain the probability of and preparation for geohazards such as landslides, avalanches, earthquakes and volcanoes in a particular area based on available data. Prepared by Kathy Bosiak, LHS and Gail Chapp, ELHS 2 Volcanoes http://whyfiles.org/2012/classroomactivity-page-understanding-volcanoes/ Earthquakes – http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/indiv/d avis/inprogress/TeacherPlans.html or http://junctionhill.k12.mo.us/denisknight/ Earthquake%20Prediction/Title%20page. html Page 2 CONTENT EEn.2.2.1 Explain the consequences of human activities on the lithosphere (such as mining, deforestation, agriculture, overgrazing, urbanization, and land use) past and present. EEn.2.8.2 Critique conventional and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture practices in terms of their environmental impacts. DAYS 5 LABS/ACTIVITIES Cookie Mining Invite a Soil & Water Speaker 4 DIGITAL RESOURCES Who Dirtied the Water Activity http://www.msichicago.org/fileadmin/Edu cation/learninglabs/lab_downloads/TTW_ dirtied_the_water_act.pdf The Pucker Effect http://www.bc.k12.pa.us/science_technolo gy/Environment/4.1/The%20Pucker%20E ffect%20P2.htm Oil Spill Clean Up http://www.amsa.gov.au/marine_environ ment_protection/Educational_resources_a nd_information/Teachers/Classroom_Proj ects/Clean_up_oil_spill_exercise.asp Sustainable Table Meatrix - http://www.themeatrix.com/ HYDROSPHERE EEn.2.3.1 Explain how water is an energy agent (currents and heat transfer). EEn2.3.2 Explain how ground water and surface water interact. EEn.2.4.1 Evaluate human influences on freshwater availability. EEn.2.4.2 Evaluate human influences on water quality in North Carolina’s river basins, wetlands and tidal environments. ENVIRONMENTAL EEn.2.7.1 Explain how abiotic and biotic factors interact to create the various biomes in North Carolina. EEn.2.7.2 Explain why biodiversity is important to the biosphere. EEn.2.7.3 Explain how human activities impact the biosphere. Prepared by Kathy Bosiak, LHS and Gail Chapp, ELHS 3 2 Freshwater vs. Seawater: Which is less dense? Macroinvertebrate Monitoring – River Monitoring Activity Soil & Water Well Model www.catawbariverkeeper.org 2 3 NC Tidal IQ (Scafidi) 2 2 3 Parking Lot Biodiversity http://tvhs1.tvusd.k12.ca.us/ncheek/APES /APES%20Parking%20lot%20Biodiversit y%20lab.pdf No Water Off a Duck’s Back Activity Biomagification Lab (Scafidi) Page 3 CONTENT EEn.2.2.2 Compare the various methods humans use to acquire traditional energy sources (such as peat, coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear fission, and wood). DAYS 5 EEn.2.8.1 Evaluate alternative energy technologies for use in North Carolina. 4 EEn.2.8.3 Explain the effects of uncontrolled population growth on the Earth’s resources. 2 EEn.2.6.4 Attribute changes in Earth systems to global climate change (temperature change, changes in pH of ocean, sea level changes, etc.). EEn.2.6.2 Explain changes in global climate due to natural processes. EEn.2.8.4 Evaluate the concept of “reduce, reuse, recycle” in terms of impact on natural resources. 3 REVIEW 2 FINAL EXAMS 4 LABS/ACTIVITIES DIGITAL RESOURCES YouTube Tar Sands Oil – The Dirty Truth Canada’s Oil Sands – Come See For Yourself Alternative Energy Activity (Scafidi) Let Them Eat Cake http://www.beadforlife.org/beadparty/Cak eActivity.pdf Effects of Climate Change (Scafidi) Actionbioscience – Pop. & the Environment www.actionbioscience.org A web source for lots of activities http://www.climatechoices.org.uk/pages/a ctivities0.htm 1 2 Collect, Sort, Graph Waste Research A Product Made From Recycled Material The Story of Stuff (Video)http://www.storyofstuff.org/ www.myfootprint.org NOTES: 1. A notebook, “Earth/Environmental Science Lesson Activities for Essential Standards” will be distributed to each Science Department Chair containing hard copies of the labs/activities listed above. Current events should be used throughout the course. 2. This pacing guide is a “work in progress” and you are encouraged to make notes regarding the number of days needed for instruction and other great classroom resources. This guide will be used at the future professional development sessions to collect input/feedback from all Earth/Environmental Science Teachers. 3. Use the following links for more information on the topics below: General Earth & Environmental content - http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nces2010-science/6827 Weather: www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream www.firemodels.org/downloads/behaveplus/publications/FireWeather/pms_425_Fire_Wx_ch_08.pdf http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/pdfs/unit2.pdf Prepared by Kathy Bosiak, LHS and Gail Chapp, ELHS Page 4