EARTH SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

 

Listed below are the courses for Environmental Science and Earth Science.

Any high school student may take any of these courses.

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

 

EARTH SCIENCE

5 CREDITS

 

5 CREDITS

Description: This course is intended to provide

 

Description: This course engages students in

students with the science background they

 

the study of Earth Science and its four major

need to analyze environmental issues

 

branches-geology, oceanography, meteorology,

for themselves.

 

and astronomy.

TOPICS:

 

TOPICS:

--Environmental Science: A Global Perspective

 

--Studying the Earth

--Living Things in Ecosystems

 

--Introduction to Earth Science

--How Ecosystems Work

 

--The Earth in Space

--Kinds of Ecosystems

 

--Models of the Earth

--Water

 

--The Dynamic Earth

--Air

 

--Plate Tectonics

--Atmosphere and Climate

 

--Deformation of the Crust

--Land

 

--Earthquakes

--Food

 

--Volcanoes

--Biodiversity

 

--Composition of the Earth

--Energy

 

--Earth Chemistry

--Waste

 

--Minerals of the Earth’s Crust

--Population Growth

 

--Rocks

--Toward a Sustainable Future

 

--Resources and Energy

 

 

--Reshaping the Crust

 

 

--Weathering and Erosion

 

 

--Groundwater and Erosion

 

 

--Water and Erosion

 

 

--Glaciers and Erosion

 

 

--Erosion by Wind and Waves

 

 

--The History of the Earth

 

 

--The Rock Record

 

 

--A View of the Earth’s Past

 

 

--The History of the Continents

 

 

--Oceans

 

 

--The Ocean Basin

 

 

--Movements of the Ocean

 

 

--Atmospheric Forces

 

 

--The Atmosphere

 

 

--Water in the Atmosphere

 

 

--Weather

 

 

--Climate

 

 

--Studying Space

 

 

--Stars and Galaxies

 

 

--The Sun

 

 

--The Solar System