EARTH SCIENCE SYLLABUS WITH RESOURCES

MAJOR TOPIC of STUDY	UNIT NAME (click name for unit review sheet)	TOPICS with NOTES (powerpoints and .html pages)	LABS and ACTIVITIES (in .pdf format)
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GEOLOGY	Introduction to Earth and Measurement Course Overview Diagram	Scientific Method Shape of the Earth Positions on Earth Fields and Mapping	Denisty of Liquids Lab Pound Ridge Quadrangle Stadia Method Lab Countour Plates Lab (maps) Profile Practice
	Landscapes and Geomorphology	Plains, Plateaus, Highlands Forces of Weathering Drainage Basins Physical Geography	Landscapes Worksheet Drainage Basins Lab CT River Profile
	Glaciers: Agents of Change	Evidence of Glaciation Chile Glaciers	Glacial Rebound Lab Glacial Legacies in NYS (from T. McGuire)
	Breaking it Down: Weathering, Erosion and Deposition	Mass Wasting Weathing Processes Erosion Depositional Environments	Chemical Weathering of Chalk Weathering Rates Stream Velocity and Discharge Erosion-Depositional Systems
	Minerals & Rocks as Building Blocks	Physical Properties of Minerals Classification and ID of Rocks Rock Cycle	Mineral Intro Activity Mineral ID Lab Igneous Rock ID Igneous Rocks Assignment for PS:ES students. Sedimentary Rock ID Metamorphic Rock ID Rock Cycle Diagram Rock Cycle Activity
	The Paradigm: Plate Tectonics	Evidence for Pangaea Seafloor Spreading PT Overview-ppt Plate Tectonics- from USGS	Continental Drift Argument ver. A...B Evidence for Pangaea...answersheet Seismic/Eruption Assignment Click here for Seismic/Eruption software from Dr. Alan Jones (SUNY Binghamton) P.T. Practice Sheet Hot Spots Lab and handout
	Geologic Hazards: Earthquakes and Volcanoes	P- and S-wave Animations Earthquake Epicenter Location Earthquake Magnitudes Types of Volcanoes	Hazards Webquest! Earthquake Epicenter Worksheet- #1 Earthquake Epicenter Worksheet- #2 Earthquake Epicenter Lab- paper EQ Shadow Zone Worksheet Locating an Epicenter- online New Madrid Fault Lab
	Earth History	Geologic Time- Laws & Principles-ppt Geologic Time- from USGS Web Geologic Time Machine Blast from the Past- K/T Extinction	Model for Time assignment Rules of the Road Cut Stories Rocks Tell lab and answer sheet. Fossil Correlation lab and answer sheet. Bedrock Correlation Lab
OCEANOGRAPHY	Ocean Basins and Structure
	Shorelines and Nearshore Processes
	Water in the Earth System
METEOROLOGY	The Observable Atmosphere	Weather Variables Isomaps Station Model	Length of Day and Temperature Dewpoint and Relative Humidity Determining Cloudbase Height Station Models
	Weather Systems, Severe Weather, Energy in the Atmosphere	Air Masses and Fronts Hurricanes Severe Weather	Reading Isobars Lab Hurricane Tracking Lab Hurricane Bonnie Chart Blank Chart
	Climate Change and Seasons
ASTRONOMY	Blue Planet: Earth in Space
	Our Solar System and the Milky Way
	Beyond our Solar System