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1 Oxnard Union High School District Earth Science Pacing Plan SEMESTER 1 Unit & Week Number Unit 1: Introduction to Earth Science: Scientific Method & Metric Week 1: 3 days Unit 1: Introduction to Earth Science: Density & Graphing Skills CA State Standard & Sub- Concepts Investigation and Experimentation 1d and 1f Investigation and Experimentation 1d & 1f Chapter Alignment (Earth Science- Tarbuck & Lutgens) Chapters & Skills Handbook, pages & 741 Chapter 2, page 53 & Skills Handbook, page 740. Earth Science Content Vocabulary Developed by Earth Science Teachers at the Summer Science Institute 1. Scientific method 2. Observation 3. Hypothesis 4. Law 5. Theory 1. Mass 2. Volume 3. Density Week 2: 4 days Unit 1: Introduction to Earth Science: Graphing Skills, Topographic & Geologic Maps Week 3: 5 days Unit 2: Astronomy: Earth- Moon-Sun & Formation of Planets Week 4: 5 days Investigation and Experimentation 1h Earth s Place in the Universe 1a, 1b, & 1f Chapter 1.3 Chapter & Chapter Topography 2. Elevation 3. Scale 4. Contour line 5. Contour interval 6. Latitude 1. Spectrum & spectra 2. Photon 3. Nebula 4. Orbit 5. Gravity 6. Terrestrial 7. Jovian 8. Circumference 9. Diameter 10. Period 7. Longitude 8. Coordinates 9. Equator 10. Prime meridian 11. Horizontal 12. Vertical 11. Planetesimal 12. Accretion 13. Protoplanetary 14. Parallax 15. Comet 16. Meteor 17. Meteorite 18. Meteoroid 19. Asteroid 20. Lunar 1

2 Unit 2: Astronomy: Astronomic Tools Nuclear Fusion in the Sun Week 5: 5 days Unit 2 Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies Week 6: 5 days Unit 3: Earth s Interior & Plate Tectonics: The Layers of the Earth, Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics/Boundaries Weeks 7-8: 10 days Unit 3: Earth s Interior & Plate Tectonics: Plate Boundary Interactions, Evidence of Plate Tectonics & Causes of Plate Motion Weeks 9-10: 10 days Earth s Place in the Universe 2c & 1e Earth s Place in the Universe 1d, 1e, 2a, 2b, & 2d Chapter Chapter Visual telescope 2. Radio telescope 3. X-ray telescope 4. Helium 5. Hydrogen 6. Lithium 7. Nuclear fusion 8. Fission 9. Magnitude 10. Electromagnetic radiation 1. Stellar life cycle 2. Red-shift 3. Plasma 4. Satellite Benchmark 1: October 21 st October 25 th 3a & 3b 3 b & I&E 1f Chapter 8.4, 9-1 & 9-2 Chapter Chemical composition 2. Physical properties 3. Continental plate 4. Oceanic plate 5. Crust 6. Mantle 7. Core 1. Pangaea 2. Continental drift 3. Plate tectonics 4. Plate boundary 5. Convergent boundary 6. Divergent boundary 7. Transform fault 8. Hot spot (volcanism) 9. Mid-Atlantic ridge 10. Sea-floor spreading 11. Paleo-magnetism, magnetic field, & Magnetic reversals. 11. Doppler Effect 12. Prominences Galaxies 13. Milky Way 14. Big Bang Theory 15. Gravity 16. Astronomical units 17. Light years 18. Radioactive dating 19. Nucleosysnthesis 8. Lithosphere 9. Asthenosphere 10. Pressure 11. Temperature & heat 12. Molten 13. Convection currents 12. San Andreas fault 13. Subduction 14. Volcano 15. Magma 16. Trench 17. Ridge 18. Island arc 19. Rift valley 20. Folded mountains 21. Ring of Fire 2

3 SEMESTER 1 Unit 4: Earthquakes Weeks 11-12: 10 days Unit 4: Volcanoes Weeks 13-14: 9 days Unit 5: Rocks & Minerals Weeks 15-16: 10 days 3a, 3b, 3c & 3d 3e & 3f 3c, 1k, & 1i Chapter Chapter 10.1 & 10.3 Chapter Wave 2. Medium (media) 3. Seismic wave 4. Longitudinal wave 5. Transverse wave 6. Compression 7. Expansion 8. Earthquake 1. Viscosity 2. Silica content 3. Gas content 4. Vent 5. Neck 6. Crater 7. Magma chamber 8. Composite volcano 9. Cinder cone volcano 10. Shield volcano 11. Eruption 12. Mantle plumes 13. Seismic energy 1. Mineral 2. Rock 3. Igneous rock 4. Sedimentary rock 5. Metamorphic rock 6. Intrusive igneous 7. Extrusive igneous 8. Coarse-grained texture 9. Fine-grained texture 10. Glassy texture 11. Porphyritic texture 9. Fault 10. Fracture 11. Elastic rebound 12. Focus and Foci 13. Epicenter 14. Intensity 15. Magnitude 16. Scale 14. Elastic rebound hypothesis 15. Amplitude 16. Logarithmic 17. Rhyolitic lava 18. Andesitic lava 19. Aftershock 20. Foreshock 21. Surface waves 22. p-waves 23. s-waves 24. Basaltic lava 25. Intraplate volcanism 26. Seismograph & seismogram 12. Ultramafic 13. Conglomerate 14. Weathering 15. Magma 16. Lava 17. Deposition 18. Erosion 19. Cementation 20. Compaction 21. Fragmented 3

4 SEMESTER 1 Unit 6: California Geology, Resources & Hazards Weeks 17-18: 10 days California Geology 9a, 9b, & 9c California Edition Section: 13A.1-13A.3 1. Aqueduct 2. Landslide 3. Geothermal 4. Reservoir 5. Aquifer 6. Desalination 7. Precipitation 8. Liquefaction 9. Tsunami 10. Erosion 11. Deposition 12. Hazard 13. Hydrothermal 14. Hydroelectric 15. Caldera 16. Flooding 17. Mudslide 18. Canal 19. Fossil fuel 20. Arid 21. Runoff 22. Irrigation BENCHMARK 2: January 13 th January 17 th 4

5 Oxnard Union High School District Earth Science Pacing Plan SEMESTER 2 Unit & Week Number Unit 7: Oceans: Composition of Ocean Water, Temperature, Salinity, Ocean Layering, & Distribution of Organisms CA State Standard & Sub-Concepts Energy in the Earth 5d Chapter Alignment (Earth Science-Tarbuck & Lutgens) Chapter Earth Science Content Vocabulary Developed by Earth Science Teachers at the Summer Science Institute 1. Salinity 5. Conveyor belt 2. Sodium chloride 6. Evaporation 3. Thermocline 7. Density 4. Concentration Weeks 1-2: 10 days Unit 7: Oceans: Ocean Circulation, Surface Currents, Ocean Currents, Climate, & Density Week 3: 4 days Unit 8: Biogeochemical cycles Week 4: 5 days Energy in the Earth 5a, 5b, 5d, & 6b Biogeochemical Cycles 7a, 7b & 7c Chapter 16.1 Chapter 3, page 85 Chapter 5, pages Ocean current 2. Surface current 3. Gulf Stream 4. Gyre 5. Coriolis Effect 6. Upwelling 7. Deflection 8. Circulation 9. Tropics 1. Nitrogen 2. Reservoir 3. Photosynthesis 4. Biogeochemical cycles 5. Respiration 6. Cellular respiration 7. Carbonate 8. Bicarbonate 9. Ions 10. Acid rain 10. Parallel 11. Circuit 12. Hemispheres 13. Erodes 14. Prevailing 15. Hadley cells 16. Differential heating 17. Redistribution 18. Band 14. Biomass 15. Fossil fuels 16. Outgassing 17. Primordial 18. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC s) 19. Halogens 20. Catalyst 21. Geysers 22. Chlorophyll 5

6 Unit & Week Number Unit 8: The Atmosphere Weeks 5-6: 9 days Unit 9: Energy in the Earth s Weeks 7-8: 9 days Unit 10: Weather & Climate Weeks 9-10: 10 days CA State Standard & Sub-Concepts Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere 4a, 4b, 8a, 8b, &8c Energy in the Earth 5a, 5b, 5c, 5e, 5f, 5g, & 6b Energy in Earth 4c, 4d, 6a, 6b, 6c, & 5e Chapter Alignment (Earth Science-Tarbuck & Lutgens) Chapter 13.1 & Chapter Chapter 18, pages 514 & 523 Chapter Chapter 17.1 & Chapter Earth Science Content Vocabulary Developed by Earth Science Teachers at the Summer Science Institute 11. Graphite 23. Glucose 12. Methane 24. Legumes 13. Nitrogen fixation 1. Radiation 2. UV radiation 3. Solar radiation 4. Reflection 5. Absorption 6. Thermal structure 7. Temperature gradient 8. Troposphere 1. solar radiation 2. latitude, climate 3. high pressure 4. low pressure 5. wind 6. Coriolis effect 7. Desert 1. Global winds 2. Greenhouse gases and effect 3. Global Warming 4. Short-term and long-term cycles 9. Stratosphere 10. Mesosphere 11. Thermosphere 12. Conduction 13. Convection 14. Mixture 15. Axis 8. Equator 9. Evaporation 10. sea breeze 11. land breeze 12. temperature inversion 13. global wind 14. upwelling BENCHMARK 3: April 9 th April 25 th Earth Science CST Prep Weeks Earth Science CST Use released CST test questions & review vocabulary 6

7 Unit & Week Number Ecology: Ecosystems & Communities Weeks: 13 Post-CST Earth Science Curriculum Weeks: CA State Standard & Sub-Concepts Biology/Life Science, Ecology: 6a, 6b, 6d, 6e, 6f & 6g* SEMESTER 2 Chapter Alignment (Earth Science-Tarbuck & Lutgens) Earth Science Content Vocabulary Developed by Earth Science Teachers at the Summer Science Institute Biology Resources 1. Biosphere 2. Organism 3. Species 4. Ecology/Ecosystem 5. Habitat 6. Climate 7. Niche 8. Biotic/Abiotic Factors 9. Community 10. Symbiotic 11. Vital 12. Trophic level 13. Producer 14. Consumer 15. Herbivore 16. Carnivore 17. Scavenger 18. Omnivore 19. Decomposer Final Exam Unit & Week Number 20. Autotroph 21. Heterotroph 22. Ecological succession (Primary & Secondary) 23. Food chain 24. Food web 25. Ecological pyramid 26. Water cycle 27. Evaporation 28. Transpiration 29. Precipitation 30. Condensation 31. Runoff 32. Biogeochemical cycles 33. Carbon cycle 34. Respiration 35. Oxygen cycle 36. Nitrogen cycle 37. Nitrogen fixation 38. Nitrification 39. Ammonification Post-CST: Topics not stressed on the standards, or more in-depth looks at lightly-covered topics, e.g., local geology, weather, geologic time, global warming, or Intro to Chemistry 7

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