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Earth and Space Science
Course Understandings
Students will
understand:
1. The Basic Nature
of Science
Essential Questions
How are interactions
among Earth’s systems
measured?
2. Skills needed for
Mapping our
World
How is the internal
structure of the Earth
organized and
categorized?
3. Mineral
Composition and
Structure
Where did all of the
material on Earth come
from?
Assessments
First Quarter
1. Beginning of year diagnostic pretest
2. Rock and minerals benchmark testing via
Study Island
3. Chapter formative assessments
4. Chapters 1,2,4,5,6 quarterly summative
assessment
Diagnostic:
4. Igneous,
Sedimentary,
and
Metamorphic
Rocks
Students’ knowledge will be assessed through
teacher questioning.
Students’ prior knowledge will be assessed with
anticipation guides.
Students’ prior knowledge will be assessed through
the use of a KWL chart.
Formative:
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through a measuring activity.
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through mapping activities.
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through periodic quizzes.
Students will be assessed and evaluated on
comprehension skills as well as their ability to analyze
and interpret text and charts.
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through activities where creation and
manipulation of atomic structure, minerals or rocks is
emphasized.
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through rock and mineral identification
activities.
Course Knowledge/Skills
3.3.10.A1 Earth Features and Processes that Change
It
Describe the rock cycle and processes that are
responsible for the formation of igneous,
sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
Relate geochemical cycles to the conservation of
matter
Explain how the Earth is composed of a number of
dynamic, interacting systems exchanging matter or
energy.
3.3.10.A3 Earth’s History
Explain how the evolution of the Earth has been
driven by interactions between the lithosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
3.3.10.A4 Sciences and Transfer of Energy
Explain how the Earth’s systems are driven by
energy.
3.3.10.A7 Unifying Themes
3.3.10.A7 Constancy and Change
Relate constancy and change to the geochemical
cycles.
3.3.10.A7 Scale/Models
Interpret and create models of the Earth’s physical
features in various mapping representations.
3.3.10.A8 Science as Inquiry
Compare and contrast scientific theories
Know that both direct and indirect observations are
used by scientists to study the natural world and
Summative:
Chapter assessments will be administered at the
completion of a chapter to determine student level of
comprehension and analysis of scientific ideas and
processes.
Quarterly assessment will be utilized to assess the
students’ understanding.
Students will
understand:
1. How weathering
and erosion can
change Earth’s
surface
2. Surface and
groundwater
3. The atmosphere
and
meteorological
phenomena
How are interactions
among Earth’s systems
measured?
In what ways do changes
in the atmosphere affect
the Earth?
What roles do reservoirs
and water systems play
in weather and climate?
Where did all of the
material on Earth come
from?
Second Quarter
1. Diagnostic pretest concerning weather and
climate
2. Water systems benchmark test via Study
Island
3. Chapter 7,9,11,12,13 formative tests
4. Chapter 1,2,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,13 mid-term
summative assessment
Diagnostic:
Students’ knowledge will be assessed through
teacher questioning.
Students’ prior knowledge will be assessed with
anticipation guides.
Students’ prior knowledge will be assessed through
the use of a KWL chart.
Formative:
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through activities where creation and
manipulation of erosion, deposition, and mass wasting
are emphasized.
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through activities where creation and
manipulation of weather maps, fronts or pressure
systems.
Students’ progress and understanding will be
universe.
3.3.10.A1 Earth Features and Processes that Change
It
Describe the rock cycle and processes that are
responsible for the formation of igneous,
sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
Relate geochemical cycles to the conservation of
matter
Explain how the Earth is composed of a number of
dynamic, interacting systems exchanging matter or
energy
3.3.10.A2 Earth’s Resources/Materials
Analyze the effects on the environment and the
carbon cycle of using both renewable and
nonrenewable resources of energy.
3.3.10.A3 Earth’s History
Explain how the evolution of the Earth has been
driven by interactions between the lithosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
3.3.10.A4 Sciences and Transfer of Energy
Explain how the Earth’s systems are driven by
energy.
3.3.10.A6 Weather and Climate
Interpret meteorological data and/or predict
weather
Explain phenomena that cause global atmospheric
assessed through periodic quizzes.
Students will be assessed and evaluated on
comprehension skills as well as their ability to analyze
and interpret text and charts.
Summative:
Chapter assessments will be administered at the
completion of a chapter to determine student level of
comprehension and analysis of scientific ideas and
processes.
A quarterly assessment will be utilized to assess the
students’ understanding.
processes such as storms, currents, and wind
patterns.
3.3.10.A7 Constancy and Change
Relate constancy and change to the geochemical
cycles.
3.3.10.A7 Scale/Models
Interpret and create models of the Earth’s physical
features in various mapping representations.
3.3.10.A8 Science as Inquiry
Compare and contrast scientific theories
Know that both direct and indirect observations are
used by scientists to study the natural world and
universe.
Third Quarter
Students will
understand:
1. Physical
oceanography
2. Plate tectonics
3. Fossils and the
rock record
In what ways do changes
in the atmosphere affect
the Earth?
How are interactions
among Earth’s systems
measured?
How is the internal
structure of the Earth
organized and
categorized?
What roles do reservoirs
and water systems play
in weather and climate?
1. Diagnostic pretest concerning plate tectonics
2. Geological Processes benchmark test via
Study Island
3. Chapter 15,17,18,19,21 formative tests
4. Chapter 15,17,18,19,21 quarterly summative
assessment
Diagnostic:
Students’ knowledge will be assessed through
teacher questioning.
Students’ prior knowledge will be assessed with
anticipation guides.
Students’ prior knowledge will be assessed through
the use of a KWL chart.
Formative:
Students’ progress and understanding will be
3.3.10.A1 Earth Features and Processes that Change
It
Describe the rock cycle and processes that are
responsible for the formation of igneous,
sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
Relate geochemical cycles to the conservation of
matter
Explain how the Earth is composed of a number of
dynamic, interacting systems exchanging matter or
energy.
3.3.10.A2 Earth’s Resources/Materials
Analyze the effects on the environment and the
carbon cycle of using both renewable and
nonrenewable resources of energy.
3.3.10.A3 Earth’s History
Explain how the evolution of the Earth has been
driven by interactions between the lithosphere,
assessed through activities where creation and
manipulation of plate tectonics is emphasized.
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through periodic quizzes.
Students will be assessed and evaluated on
comprehension skills as well as their ability to analyze
and interpret text and charts.
Summative:
Chapter assessments will be administered at the
completion of a chapter to determine student level of
comprehension and analysis of scientific ideas and
processes.
A quarterly assessment will be utilizes to assess the
students’ understanding.
hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
3.3.10.A5 Water
Explain how there is only one ocean.
Explain the processes of the hydrologic cycle.
Explain the dynamics of ocean currents and their
relationship to global circulation within the marine
environment.
3.3.10.A7 Scale/Models
Interpret and create models of the Earth’s physical
features in various mapping representations.
Apply an appropriate scale to illustrate the major
events throughout geologic time.
3.3.10.A8 Science as Inquiry
Compare and contrast scientific theories
Know that both direct and indirect observations are
used by scientists to study the natural world and
universe.
Students will
understand:
1. Earth’s
Resources
2. The Sun-EarthMoon System
3. Our solar System
4. The life cycle of
stars
How is the internal
structure of the Earth
organized and
categorized?
How do objects remain in
the solar system?
Where did all of the
material on Earth come
from?
Fourth Quarter
1. Diagnostic pretest concerning our solar
system
2. Characteristics of the universe benchmark
test via Study Island
3. Chapter 25,28,29,30 formative tests
4. Chapter
1,2,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,17,18,19,,21,25,28,2
9,30 final summative assessment
3.3.10.B1 Composition and Structure
Explain how gravity is responsible for planetary
orbits.
Explain what caused the Sun, Earth, and most of the
other planets to form between 4 and 5 billion years
ago.
Provide evidence to suggest the Big Bang Theory.
Describe the basic nuclear processes involved in
energy production in a star.
3.3.10.B2 Unifying Themes
Explain how scientists obtain information about the
Diagnostic:
Students’ knowledge will be assessed through
teacher questioning.
Students’ prior knowledge will be assessed with
anticipation guides.
Students’ prior knowledge will be assessed through
the use of a KWL chart.
Formative:
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through activities where creation and
manipulation of plate tectonics is emphasized.
Students’ progress and understanding will be
assessed through periodic quizzes.
Students will be assessed and evaluated on
comprehension skills as well as their ability to analyze
and interpret text and charts.
Summative:
Chapter assessments will be administered at the
completion of a chapter to determine student level of
comprehension and analysis of scientific ideas and
processes.
A quarterly assessment will be utilized to assess the
students’ understanding.
universe by using technology to detect
electromagnetic radiation that is emitted, reflected,
or absorbed by stars and other objects.
Describe changes in the universe of billions of years.
Explain the scale used to measure sizes of stars and
galaxies and the distances between them.
3.3.10.A3 Earth’s History
Explain how the evolution of the Earth has been
driven by interactions between the lithosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
3.3.10.A7 Constancy and Change
Relate constancy and change to the geochemical
cycles.