Semester long guiding question:

How can I make informed choices that are beneficial for myself, others and the world?

Units of study and guiding questions:

Weather and Climate

• How do the properties and movements of water shape Earth’s surface and affect its systems?

• What regulates weather and climate?

Geology and Plate Tectonics

• How do people reconstruct and date events in Earth’s planetary history?

• How do Earth’s major systems interact?

Astronomy

• What is the universe, and what goes on in stars?

• What are the predictable patterns caused by Earth’s movement in the solar system?

Human Activity

• How do natural hazards affect individuals and societies?

• How do humans depend on Earth’s resources?

• How do humans change the planet?

• How do people model and predict the effects of human activities on Earth’s climate?