Week 1
1.1 What is Earth Science: PowerPoint Lecture
1.2 A View of Earth: PowerPoint Lecture :
Week 2
1.3 Representing Earth's Surface: PowerPoint Lecture :
1.4 Earth System Science: PowerPoint Lecture :
Quiz Chapter 1
2.1A : Matter : Atoms, elements and compounds : PowerPoint :
Week 3
2.1B : Ions and Bonding : PowerPoint :
2.2 Minerals: PowerPoint Lecture :
2.3 Properties of Minerals: PowerPoint Lecture :
Properties of Minerals Workshop : Day 1 : Scientific Inquirey Lab
Properties of Minerals Workshop : Day 2 Scientific Inquirey Lab
Week 4
3.1 The Rock Cycle: PowerPoint Lecture :
3.2 Igneous Rocks: PowerPoint Lecture :
3.3 Sedimentary Rocks: PowerPoint Lecture :
3.4 Metamorphic Rocks: PowerPoint Lecture :
Rock Cycle Research Project : Create a PowerPoint
4.1 Energy and Mineral Resources: PowerPoint Lecture :
4.2 Alternate Energy Resources: PowerPoint Lecture :
4.3 Water, Air, and Land Resources: PowerPoint Lecture :
4.4 Protecting Resources : PowerPoint Lecture :
Review Chapter 3 & 4: PowerPoint Lecture :
Video DVD "An Inconvenient Truth" : 2 Class periods : Report Rubric
5.1 Weathering: PowerPoint Lecture :
5.2 Soil : PowerPoint Lecture :
5.3 Mass Movements: PowerPoint :
Mass Movements Research Project : PowerPoint Rubric :
6.1 Water Cycle: PowerPoint :
6.2 The Work of Streams : PowerPoint :
6.3 Water Beneath the Surface : PowerPoint :
Review Chapters 5-6 : PowerPoint :
Review : Soil : video :
Written Report: Landslides, mudslides, rockslides or flows in the news: One page essay on current events
Review: Earth's Core: movie "The Core" :
7.1A : Glaciers : PowerPoint :
7.1B : Glaciers : PowerPoint :
7.2 : Deserts : PowerPoint :
7.3 : Landscapes Shaped by Wind : PowerPoint :
Review Chapter 7: Glaciers, Deserts, Landscapes Shaped by Wind : PowerPoint :
Video: Earthquake Prediction : Research Assignment
8.1 : Earthquakes : PowerPoint :
8.2 : Measuring Earthquakes : PowerPoint :
8.3 : Earthquake Hazards : PowerPoint :
8.4 : Earth's Layered Structure : PowerPoint :
Review Ch 8: Earthquakes : PowerPoint :
9.1 Plate Tectonics : PowerPoint :
9.2 Sea Floor Spreading : PowerPoint :
9.3 Theory Plate Tectonics : PowerPoint :
9.4 : Mechanisms of Plate Motion : PowerPoint :
Video : Plate Tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes : worksheet
9 Review : Plate Tectonics : PowerPoint :
10.1 : Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics : PowerPoint :
10.2A : The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions : PowerPoint :
10.2B : The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions-Part B : PowerPoint :
10.3 : Intrusive Igneous Activity : PowerPoint :
10 Review Volcanic Activity : PowerPoint :
11.1 : Mountain Building - Forces in Earth's Crust : PowerPoint :
11.2A : Mountain Building : Folds and Faults : PowerPoint :
11.2B : Mountains, Plateus, Domes and Basins : PowerPoint :
11.3 : Mountains and Plates : PowerPoint :
11 Review Mountain Building : PowerPoint :
12.1 : Discovering Earth's History : PowerPoint :
12.2 : Fossils - Evidence of Past Life : PowerPoint :
12.3 : Dating with Radioactivity : PowerPoint :
12.4 : Geologic Time Scale : PowerPoint :
12 Review : Geologic Time : PowerPoint :
13.1 : Precambrian Time : PowerPoint :
13.2A : Paleozoic Era : PowerPoint :
13.2B : Paleozoic Era : PowerPoint :
13.3 : Mesozoic Era : PowerPoint :
13.4 : Cenozoic Era : PowerPoint :
13 Review : Early History TimeLine Project :
Unit 1 Review : PowerPoint :
Unit 2 Review : PowerPoint :
Unit 3-4 Review : PowerPoint :
Period 1 and 2 exams : 1/2 day
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