Regents Earth Science Curriculum
Unit 1-----Measuring Earth

Density
Shape and Size
Topographic Mapping
Unit 2-----Heat
Specific Heat
Latent Heat
InSolaTion
Seasons
Unit 3-----Meteorology
Atmosphere and Temperature
Dew point, Relative Humidity and Clouds
Air Pressure and Winds
Weather Station Model
Air Masses and Fronts
Severe Storms
Weather Prediction
Unit 4-----Ground Water & Climate
Water movement in the ground
Water Budgets
Climate factors
Unit 5-----Minerals and Rocks
Physical and Chemical Properties of Minerals
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
Unit 6-----Weathering, Erosion and
Deposition
Mechanical and Physical Weathering
Erosion by Gravity and Mass Wasting,
Running Water, Wind, Waves and Glaciers
Deposition by Gravity and Mass Wasting,
Running Water, Wind, Waves and Glaciers
Unit 7-----Dynamic Earth
Small Scale Crustal Changes
Earthquakes
Earth's Interior
Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
Unit 8-----Geologic History
Rock Record
Fossils
Sequence of Events
Matching of Rock Layers
Radiometric Dating
Unit 9-----Astronomy
Stars
Solar System and Orbits
Earth-Moon Relationships
Physical Science Curriculum

Unit 1-----Earth Materials
Scientific Method
Matter and Density
Minerals
Rocks
Earth's Resources
Unit2-----Changing Surface
of Earth
Topographic Mapping
Weathering and Soil
Erosion
Deposition
Unit 3-----Earth's Internal
Process
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Unit 4-----Change and
Earth's History
Fossils
Relative and Absolute Age
Geologic Time
Unit 5-----Earth's Air and
Water
Energy Transfer
Weather
Climate
Oceans
Sea Floor
Unit 6-----You and the
Environment
Land use and Conservation
Pollution
Unit 7-----Astronomy
Radiation
Universe
Stars
Solar System
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