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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