EARTH SCIENCE (9 th Grade)

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1 MONROVIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT INSTRUCTIONAL PACING GUIDE High Achieving Students Through a World Class Education Department Course Name COHS Grade Level 9/10 Instructional Reference Material (s) Earth Science Holt - Earth Science (9 th grade) ISBN: EARTH SCIENCE (9 th Grade) *H.S. All Content 9 wk 9 wk) Grading/ UNIT 1 (5 wks) 1 week 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1k Chapters 1 o Introduction to Earth Science Quick Lab: Sample Size & Accuracy Film: Myth Busters and the Scientific Method Maps in Action Activity (page 24) Earth Science Geology Oceanography Meteorology Astronomy Hypothesis Independent variable Dependent variable Theory Graphic Organizer: Chain of Events: Scientific Method Graphic Organizer: Scientific Method Strips 1 week 1a, 1d. 1g 4a 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d Chapters 2-3 o, Chapter 2, sec. 2 o Models of the Earth, Chapter 3, sections 2 & 3 Effects of Solar Energy (pg 35) Shoebox Diorama Model Map in Action (pg 76) Atmosphere Hydrosphere Geosphere Biosphere Latitude Longitude Legend Scale Topography Contour line Instructional Pacing Guide Page 1 of 7

2 1a, 1d. 1g Chapter 5 o Minerals of Earth s Crust How Minerals Form Internet Activity Mineral Identification Lab Determining Density Lab (pg 113 Film: Eyewitness Rocks & Minerals Mineral Silicate mineral Crystal Streak Luster Cleavage Fracture Density Graphic Organizer: Spider Map for Unconformities UNIT 2 (7 wks) s 1d. 3b, 3c 1d. 3a, 3b, 3c Ecology 6c 3b 7c Chapter 6 o Rocks Chapter 10 o Plate Tectonics Chapter 11 o Deformation of the Crust Classification of Rocks Book Rocks of Eaton Canyon Geology of other Planets Internet Activity Identifying Sedimentary Rock Internet Activity Film: Living Rock Metamorphic Rock Lab Sea Floor Spreading Lab Quick Lab: Tectonic Plate Boundaries Eggshell Tectonics Film: How the Earth was Made Graphing Skills: Bar Graphs & Mountain Elevation Map in Action: Shear Strain in New Zealand (pg 292) Activity: Magnitude Scales Internet Activity: Dead Grabens Rock cycle Igneous rock Intrusive Igneous Rock Extrusive Igneous Rock Sedimentary rock Compaction Metamorphic rock Foliation Paleomagnetism Sea-floor spreading Continental drift Mid-ocean ridge Plate Tectonics Divergent boundary Convergent boundary Lithosphere Rifting Transform boundary Stress Strain Fold Fault Mountain Range Folded Mountain Fault-Block Mountain Dome Mountain Rock Classification Organizer Book Paired Summarizing for Continental Drift Theory Chain of Events Graphic Organizer: Sea Floor Spreading Group Activity: It s Your Fault Graphic Organizer: Cause & Effect Map: Mountain Formation BENCHMARK Instructional Pacing Guide Page 2 of 7

3 1a, 1d, 3d Chapter 12 o Earthquakes Internet Activity: Distribution Patterns Group Activity: Model Seismograph Skills Lab: Finding an Epicenter Graphing Skills: Earthquakes and Pie Graphs Internet Activity: Hazards in the Americas Film: BBC Earthquakes Tsunami S- wave Focus Magnitude Shadow zone Seismic gap Body waves Intensity Surface wave P-wave Seismograph Epicenter Pre Reading Fold Notes: Pyramid: How Earthquakes Happen Manipulative: Slinky to model S & P waves 3e, 3f Chapter 13 o Volcanoes Ring of Fire Map Graphing Skills: Line Graphs and Recording Data Viscosity Demonstration for Volcano Eruptions Volcano Verdict Lab Internet Activity: The Carbon Cycle Volcano Felsic Caldera Hot spot Lava Magma Mafic Pyroclastic Material Fold Notes: Table Fold: Slope, Lava, & Eruption Style Graphic Organizer: Spider Map: Pyroclastic Flows Realia: Mafic & Felsic Rocks 1 week UNIT 3 (6wks) 1d Dynamic Earth California Geology 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d 1a, 1d, 7c California Close Up o California Geology o Natural Hazards Chapter 14 & 15 (sec. 1) o Weathering and Erosion o The Water Cycle Geology of CA Science Link Inquiry Lab: Clean Up Your Act Map Skills: Earthquake Hazards in CA Film: Ring of Fire Quick Lab: Surface Areas Map Skills: Soil Map of North Carolina Graphing Skills: Line Graphs & Illustrating Data Modeling the Water Cycle Quick Lab Internet Activity: National Parks Vocabulary Review Weathering Abrasion Erosion Oxidation Mechanical weathering Chemical weathering Differential weathering Mass Movement Creep Graphic Organizer: Spider Map: Major Earthquake Zones Group Activity: What is Soil? Graphic Organizer: Spider Map: Soil Conservation Fold Notes: Layered Book: Evapotranspiration, Condensation, Precipitation, & Conservation Instructional Pacing Guide Page 3 of 7

4 Water cycle Condensation Precipitation 7c Chapter 18 o Erosion by Wind and Water Inquiry Lab: Sediments and Water Quick Lab: Graphing Tides Graphing Skills: Bar Graphs Internet Activity: Great Lakes Dunes Inquiry Lab: Beaches (pg 465) Saltation Deflation Dune Headland Beach Longshore Current Estuary Barrier islands Lagoon Graphic Organizer: Pyramid: Wind erosion, Wave erosion, and Coastal erosion 1d 5d 7b Chapter o The Ocean Basins (sea floor diagram) o Ocean Water Quick Lab: Dissolving Solids Lab: Density Factors Inquiry Lab: Oil Spill Graphing Skills: Pie Graphs & Water Distribution Film: BBC Oceans Plankton Pack-ice Density Desalination Nekton Thermocline Aquaculture Benthos Upwelling Salinity Graphic Organizer: Comparison Tables: Depth, Marine Life, & Sunlight 5a, 5b, 5d Chapter 21 o Movement of the Ocean Demonstration: Trash Island Internet Activity: Beachcomber Tales Quick Lab: Currents Maps in Action: Roaming Rubber Duckies Film: Tsunami Film: Adrift on the Gulf Stream Surface Current Coriolis Effect Gyre Gulf Stream Wave Wave Period Fetch Tide Tidal Current Deep Current BENCHMARK Instructional Pacing Guide Page 4 of 7

5 UNIT 4 (7 wks) 3 weeks 4b, 4c, 4d 5a, 5b, 5c 7a, 7c Structure & Composition of the Atmosphere 8a, 8b, 8c Chapter 22 o The Atmosphere Quick Lab: Barometric Pressure Quick Lab: Light & Latitude PHET Lab: Greenhouse Effect Critical Thinking: Analogies Internet Activity: Global Warming Inquiry Lab: Energy Absorption and Reflection (pg ) Film: BBC Atmosphere Internet Activity: Harnessing Wind Atmosphere Ozone Jet Stream Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Electromagnetic Spectrum Albedo Greenhouse Effect Conduction Convection Graphic Organizer: Comparison Table: Trade winds, Westerlies, Polar easterlies, and Jet stream. Graphic Organizer: Cause & Effect: Climate Change 2 weeks 5a, Ecology 6c Chapter 24 o Weather Skills Lab: Weather Map Interpretation Map Skills: Weather Related Disaster Graphing Skills: Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale Film: Eyewitness Weather Film: Hurricane on the Bayou Air Mass Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Occluded Front Mid-latitude Cyclone Thunderstorm Hurricane Tornado Anemometer Radiosonde Radar 2 weeks 1a, 1d 5a, 5e, 5g, Ecology 6a, 6b Chapter 25 o Climate Inquiry Lab: Factors that Affect Climate Global Warming Internet Activity Graphing Skills: Bar Graphs and Climate Internet Activity: Climate Models Critical Thinking: Analogies Earth Week Kite Flying Climate Specific Heat El Niño Monsoon Tropical Climate Mid-latitude Climate Polar Climate Microclimate Climatologist Global Warming 7b, 7d Instructional Pacing Guide Page 5 of 7

6 UNIT 5 (5 wks) 2.5 weeks 1d, 1i, 1k 1d, 1e 2a, 2b, 2d, 2g 5a, 5e, 5g, Chapter 30 o Stars, Galaxies, and the Quick Lab: The Expanding Film: Runaway Activity: Star Cycle Diagram Graphing Skills: Line Graphs and Surface Temperature of Stars Internet Activity: Proper Motion Doppler Effect Light Year Parallax Apparent Magnitude Absolute Magnitude Main Sequence Nebula Giant Star White Dwarf Black Hole Neutron Star Pulsar Constellation Galaxy Quasar Cosmology Big Bang Theory Cosmic Background Radiation Graphic Organizer: Chain of Events: Nuclear Fusion Graphic Organizer: Chain of Events: Life Cycle of a Star 2.5 weeks 1d, 1g, 1m, 1n 1a, 1b, 1c 7b, 7d Chapter 27 o Planets and the Solar BENCHMARK 3 Quick Lab: Ellipses Life on Mars Internet Activity Activity: How High Can You Jump Activity: Travel Time Inquiry Lab: Craters Solar system Planets Solar nebula Inertia Eccentricity Orbital Period Inertia Terrestrial Planet Gas Giant Kuiper Belt 4d Structure & Composition of the Atmosphere 8b, 8c CST/STAR TESTING Instructional Pacing Guide Page 6 of 7

7 UNIT 6 (6 wks) 3 weeks 1d, 1g 1a, 1b Chapter 28 o Minor bodies of the solar system Quick Lab: Liquid & Solid Cores Internet Activity: Lunar Timeline Lab: Rockets Away Satellite Moon Mare Crater Eclipse Asteroid Comet Oort Cloud 2 weeks 1d, 1g 1a, 1e Chapter 29 o The Sun o Standard 2c not in text cover in section 1 Quick Lab: Modeling Fusion Quick Lab: Eclipses Internet Activity: SOHO Images Solar Observing: Sunspot Counts Project: Solar Hemisphere Nuclear fusion Radiative zone Convective zone Sunspot Solar flare Aurora Graphic Organizer: Comparison Table: Moons of Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Uranus Graphic Organizer: Chain of Events: Formation of the Earth Graphic Organizer: Comparison Table: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune 1 week REVIEW FOR FINAL Vocabulary Review Flash Cards BENCHMARK 4 FINALS Dates weeks #1: week of 10/26 9 weeks #2: week of 1/18 9 weeks #3: week of 3/29 9 weeks #4: week of 6/ Instructional Pacing Guide Page 7 of 7

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