Units of Study / Essential Questions

Essential Questions

This course has five essential questions that are based on the big ideas of Earth Science that all citizens should know and the Massachusetts Science and Technology Curriculum Frameworks for Earth Science.

1. How has the Earth System changed over geological time?

2. How does energy from the Sun and from inside the Earth drive the processes that change the Earth?

3. How do we use models to understand processes in Earth Science?

4. How do the processes that change the Earth affect our lives?

5. How do the actions of human beings affect the Earth?

We will be investigating and exploring these questions through our units of study.

1st Trimester:

-Earth Inside Out

-Build and Earthquake House (STEM Unit)

-Plate Tectonics Journey Development of a Theory

2nd Trimester:

-The Reason for Seasons

-The Ocean and Atmosphere Connection

-All about Carbon

-Our Changing Climate

3rd Trimester:

-Earth Through Time

-Cape Cod, the Geological Story