Scope and Sequence:

First Nine Weeks

Earth as a System

Intro to Global Change

-Climate Change

-Deforestation

-Animal Agriculture

-Population Growth

Weather and Climate

Venus, Earth, and Mars

-Lonely Planet

Projects:

SDGs Identify and Research

Second Nine Weeks

The Big Bang Theory

Life Cycles of Stars

Formation and Scale of the Solar System

Interior Earth

Comparative Planetology

Projects:

SDGs Ideation and Documentation

Pinkerton Lessons for IB 1st-Graders

Third Nine Weeks

Modeling of the Solar System

Earth History Connections

Scale of Geologic Time

Projects:

SDGs Making a Difference

World Water Day

Earth History Timeline

Fourth Nine Weeks

Continental Drift

Plate Tectonics

Extinction Events and the Sixth Extinction

Resource Use and Conservation

-Cradle to Cradle

-Conservation Challenges

Independent Study

Projects:

SDGs Earth Fest Expo

Independent Study Presentation