Bellport High School Regents Earth Science Curriculum Map
Quarter 1:
Introduction to Earth's Changing Environment: (Observations, Density, The Changing Environment, Human Interaction with the Environment) Measuring Earth: (Size and Shape of Earth, Spheres of Earth, Locating Positions on Earth, Fields, Mapping Earth's Surface) Earth in the Universe: (Origin and Age of Earth, Structure of the Universe, Solar System) Quarter 2: Motions of Earth, Moon, Sun: (Apparent Motions of Celestial Objects, Models that Help Explain Apparent Celestial Motion, Actual Earth Motions, Earth and Moon Motions and Time, Actual Motions of Earth's Moon) Energy in Earth Processes: (Electromagnetic Energy, Transfer of Energy, Transformation of Energy, Temperature and Heat. Heat Energy and Changes of State, Earth’s Energy Supply) Insolation and the Seasons: (Solar Radiation and Insolation, Variation of Insolation, Heat Budget and Climate Change, Seasons) |
Quarter 3:
Weather: (Atmospheric Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure and Density, Wind, General Circulation of the Troposphere, Atmospheric Moisture, Air Masses and Fronts, Storms and Severe Weather, Weather Prediction and Probability) Water and Climate: (The Water Cycle, Climate) Weathering and Erosion: (Weathering, Erosion) Deposition: (Factors Causing Deposition, Sorting of Sediments and Deposition, Models of Erosional-Depositional Systems, Characteristic Features of Depositional Agents) Quarter 4: Earth Materials: (Minerals, Rocks, and Mineral Resources) Earth’s Dynamic Crust and Interior: (Small Scale Crustal Changes, Earthquakes and Igneous Activity, Volcanoes) Interpreting Geologic History: (Relative Dating of Rocks and Events, Correlation, Geologic History From the Rock Record, Absolute Dating of Rocks Using Radioactive Decay, Evolution of Earth and Life) Landscape Development and Environmental Change: (Measuring Landscape Characteristics, Landscape regions, Factors of Landscape Development, Bedrock, People, Environmental Change and Landscapes) |