Basic Earth Science (Period 6)

Welcome to Basic Earth Science! This class is a year-long Earth Science course and will cover Next Generation Science Standards. Fall semester we will be covering Earth’s place in the Universe and Earth’s Systems.  We will be covering the following core ideas:

1. The Universe and Its Stars
2. Earth and the Solar System
3. The History of Planet Earth
4. Plate Techtonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
5. Nuclear Processes
6. Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life
7. Electromagnetic Radiation
8. Earth Materials and Systems