Standards Based Grading and Point Distribution
Google Classroom code p1v9ojh
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Unit 1 Metric Conversions, Scientific Method, Graphical Analysis, Density
Student Learning Outcomes Students will be able to:
Sequence for Unit 1
Part I Metric Loop Chart & Density
1. Density Lab
2. Density practice problems in class
3. Density homework
Part II The Scientific Method
1. Demo on how to write an observation
2. Eratosthenes & Scientific Method Power Point
3. Inquiry Lab Report (Need a composition lab notebook)
Part III Dimensional Analysis & Scientific Notation
1. Practic worksheet on Dimensional Analysis & Scientific Notation
2. Unit 1 Packet of Knowledge Review Sheet
Unit 1 Exam
Useful video links first semester
Metric conversions "loop chart"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDVddQvimI
Density
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzdRGOuNIFg
Density Practice Problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tVebi3TSsg
Dimensional Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ9weUkSdoY
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Unit 2 Astronomy: The Earth Sun Moon System & the Solar System
Pre-AP Geoscience Astronomy Unit Outline 2017
Part 1 Practical Astronomy / Astronomical Observations
1. Earth’s place in the universe.
a. Distances in space (light year, parsec, astronomical unit)
2. Sunspots and the rotational speed of our nearest star (solar observation lab)
3. Size & scale of the solar system (Solar system on a football field activity)
4. Constellations (3-d constellation model project)
5. Celestial objects visible through a telescope (7:30 PM Star Night 9/27)
a. Nebulas, Open & Globular star clusters, Galaxies
6. Astrophotography and visual astronomy
Part 2 Properties of Stars
1. How stars shine through nuclear fusion
a. overview of the periodic table (why fusion instead of fission)
2. The composition of stars (Spectra-scope lab)
3. Space weather & features of our sun (guest speaker)
4. Life Cycle of stars & H-R Diagrams
a. White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, Black Holes
Part 3 Earth / Sun Moon System
1. The four seasons
2. Eclipses, lunar phases & tides
3. Kepler’s laws & Newton’s law of Universal Gravity
Part 4 Cosmology & The Electromagnetic Spectrum
1. Different forms of Electromagnetic radiation. (EM Spectrum lab)
2. The Doppler Effect and redshift
3. Hubble’s discoveries / Wilson & Penzias discover the CMBR
4. Origin and final fate of the universe
Final Astronomy Project
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Photons & The Photoelectric Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0048AI5uEQ
The Bohr Atom & Intro to Quantum Mechanics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhAn8xZQ-d8
Quantum Numbers in the Atom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=accyCUzasa0
Electron Configuration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AFPfg0Como
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Unit 5 Earth's History Relative & Absolute Dating
Student Learning Outcomes Students will be able to:
What are Isotopes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EboWeWmh5Pg
Radioactive Decay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB1j3a2cMjs
Carbon 14 dating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2io5opwhQMQ
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Semester Exam
Earth Systems: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (District Assessment Exam) Weather systems and climate, Paleoclimate activity
Environmental Sustainability & Chemistry: Phosphate research / lab, Chemistry & the environment, calcium carbonate egg shell lab
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Unit 6 Plate Tectonics
Student Learning Outcomes Students will be able to:
Homework:
Video Links
Plate Tectonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmC-vjQGSNM
Plate Tectonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_UBLFUpYQ
Plate Tectonics & large scale system interactions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXvj954kuc
Plate Boundaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlFueumy74Q
Plate Boundaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeDcnFUvBdw
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Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Earthquake P & S waves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NqmHtIjCJ0
Types of Volcanoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iavbdqsSC1o
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Unit 7 Weather & Climate
Student Learning Outcomes Students will be able to:
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Unit 8 Environmental Sustainability with a focus on Chemistry
Case Study: Phosphate Analysis & Research Project
Case Study: Effects of DDT and Calcium Carbonate in eggshells
Student Learning Outcomes Students will be able to:
Size of the Atom (Sven gives two thumbs up)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQP4UJhNn0I
Dalton's Atomic Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUoV--CuLDA
Naming Compounds
Part 1
http://www.bozemanscience.com/naming-compounds-part-1/
Part 2
http://www.bozemanscience.com/naming-compounds-part-2/
The periodic Table
http://www.bozemanscience.com/a-tour-of-the-periodic-table/
Balancing Chemical Equations
http://www.bozemanscience.com/beginners-guide-balancing-equations/
The Mole
http://www.bozemanscience.com/beginners-guide-balancing-equations/
Mole Mass Conversions
http://www.bozemanscience.com/mole-conversions
Percent Composition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB2YCK2p56o
Stoichiometery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQq203gyftA
Acid Base Reactions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xeuyc55LqiY
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Unit 9 Environmental Field Lab
Student Learning Outcomes Students will be able to: