• Explain the Earth’s role as a body in space.

• Explain how processes and forces affect the lithosphere

• Understand how human influences impact the lithosphere.

• Explain the structure and processes within the hydrosphere.

• Evaluate how humans use water.

• Understand the structure of and processes within our atmosphere.

• Analyze patterns of global climate change over time.

• Explain how the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere individually and collectively affect the biosphere.

Unit 1: The Nature of Science (Ch.1-2)

Unit 2: Composition of Earth (Ch. 4-6)

Unit 3: Surface Processes on Earth (Ch. 7-10)

Unit 4: The Atmosphere and the Oceans (Ch. 11-16)

Unit 5: The Dynamic Earth (Ch. 17-20)

Unit 6: Resources and the Environment (Ch. 24-25)