Harbor Creek School District Fundamentals of Earth and Space Science Page 1 4/28/2011 The Fundamentals of Earth and Space Science Major Understanding Concepts Timeframe Skills Assessment Standards Science Skills Science Skills Science Skills Unit of Study September (15 days) E - Explain the nature of science. Summative Assessment, Written Lab Report, Metric Problem Assessment, Discussion and Debate, Graph- Based Data Collections S8.A.1 S8.A.2 S8.A.3 E - Identify the four spheres of the Earth. E - Identify and utilize the steps of the scientific method. E – Know and use metric measurements. E - Distinguish between a scientific theory and an opinion. E - Analyze and graph data. E - Conduct an experiment from beginning to end. Processes, Procedures and Tools of Scientific Investigations E - Define and measure mass, volume, length, density, temperature. Summative Assessments, Measurement Lab E - Accurately use triple beam balance, graduated cylinder, ruler & thermometer. F - Measure the volume of an irregular object. E – Distinguish between independent and dependent variables. E – Distinguish between an observation and an inference.
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Harbor Creek School District
Fundamentals of Earth and Space Science Page 1 4/28/2011
The Fundamentals of Earth and Space Science
Major Understanding
Concepts Timeframe Skills Assessment Standards
Science Skills
Science Skills
Science Skills Unit of
Study September (15 days)
E - Explain the nature of science. Summative Assessment, Written Lab
Report, Metric Problem
Assessment, Discussion and
Debate, Graph-Based Data Collections
S8.A.1 S8.A.2 S8.A.3
E - Identify the four spheres of the Earth.
E - Identify and utilize the steps of the scientific method.
E – Know and use metric measurements.
E - Distinguish between a scientific theory and an opinion.
E - Analyze and graph data.
E - Conduct an experiment from beginning to end.
Processes, Procedures and
Tools of Scientific
Investigations
E - Define and measure mass, volume, length, density, temperature.
Summative Assessments,
Measurement Lab
E - Accurately use triple beam balance, graduated cylinder, ruler & thermometer.
F - Measure the volume of an irregular object.
E – Distinguish between independent and dependent variables.
E – Distinguish between an observation and an inference.
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Major Understanding
Concepts Timeframe Skills Assessment Standards
Minerals Properties and
Mineral Formation
Mineral Unit
of Study
September /
October
(10 days)
F - Periodic table of elements. Mineral Identification Lab, Mineral Properties Lab, Mineral vs.
Nonmineral Activity, Chemical
Composition Activity, Mineral
Use activity, Mineral Quick Write, Test,
Mineral Report
S8.A.1 S8.A.2
S8.A.3.3 S8.D.1.1 S8.D.1.2
E - Know each mineral has a definite chemical composition.
E - Identify the major crystal structure.
E - Use mineral tests to identify common minerals.
E - Discuss economically important minerals and their uses in society.
E - Identify where and how minerals form.
Rocks
Classifying Rocks
Rocks Unit
of Study
October
(10 days)
E - Explain how geologists classify rocks based on texture.
Texture Lab, Rock Poster
S8.A.1 S8.A.2
S8.A.3.3 S8.D.1.1
E - Define a rock.
Rock Groups
E - Describe how sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks form. Identification Lab,
Harbor Creek Rock Collection Lab.
E - Distinguish between the textures of the three rock groups.
F – Identify fossil fuels and their environmental impact.
Rock Cycle
E - Know the steps of the rocks cycle. Rock story, Rock Cycle Lab, Rock
Test E - Research the "life" of one particular rock.
E - Describe the processes of the rock cycle.
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Major Understanding
Concepts Timeframe Skills Assessment Standards
Inside Earth Plate Tectonics
Earth's Interior
Plate Tectonics
Unit of Study
October / November (10 days)
E - Know the layers of the Earth.
Label a diagram, Scale Model of Earth’s Layers
S8.A.1 S8.A.2
S8.A.3.3 S8.D.1.1
E - List the characteristics of Earth's crust, mantle and core.
F - Describe how geologists study the inside of the Earth.
E – Identify geothermal applications.
Continental Drift
Hypothesis
E - Explain Alfred Wegener's idea continental drift hypothesis and the evidence he used to support it.
Continent Jigsaw Puzzle, Evidence
Quick Write.
Sea-Floor Spreading and the Theory of
Plate Tectonics
E - Describe the process of sea-floor spreading. Plate Boundary Activity, Mid
Ocean Lab, Plate Tectonics Test,
CD-ROM Questions and
Quiz
E - Describe the process of subduction.
E - Identify convection currents as the driving mechanism for plate movement.
E - Identify and describe the three types of plate boundaries.
E - Describe examples of how mountains and islands are produced by Plate Tectonics.
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E - Compare and contrast characteristics of each system based on their physical characteristics (density, composition, conductivity & natural resources). Summative
Assessments
S8.D.1.3 S8.D.1.3.2 S8.D.1.3.3 Different
Water Systems
E - Distinguish different water systems (wetlands, rivers, oceans, watersheds).
E - Describe their relationships to each other.
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