CORE EARTH SCIENCE LESSONS (No Labs or Stations)

This product includes core lessons from the NGS Earth Science Curriculum, which are an essential part of the curriculum and form the foundation of students' understanding of scientific concepts.

NOTE: This product does not include Demos, Labs, or Science Stations. For the complete curriculum please visit:

EARTH SCIENCE CURRICULUM – THE COMPLETE COURSE ~5 E Model

The following is included in the Core Earth Science Lesson

EARTH SCIENCE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK BUNDLE lessons are aligned to the NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS (NGSS - see below) and will be sure to increase your students' engagement in note-taking and processing. Each chapter includes notes, activities with actual pictures, and mini-quizzes to help check for understanding.

EARTH SCIENCE TASK CARD BUNDLE is a perfect review tool that allows students to focus on individual science questions rather than be overwhelmed by a traditional review packet.

EARTH SCIENCE EDITABLE RESOURCE BUNDLE, which includes:

• EDITABLE NOTES which are the SAME VERSION featured in my Earth Science Interactive Notebook chapters.

• EDITABLE POWERPOINTS feature slides rich in content and allows you to add or delete information and pictures.

• EDITABLE TESTS feature a variety of questions in the form of multiple choice, sentence completion, diagram interpretation, and essays.

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The following topics are covered:

Chapter One: Nature of Science

Section 1: The Method of Science

Section 2: Standards of Measurement

Section 3: Graphing

Chapter Two: Intro to Earth Science

Section 1: The Study of Earth Science

Section 2: Science Lab Safety

Section 3: Methods of Science

Chapter Three Mapping Earth’s Surface

Section 1: Exploring Earth’s Surface

Section 2: Models of Earth

Section 3: Maps & Computers

Chapter Four: Rocks and Minerals

Section 1: Properties of Minerals ESS2-1A

Section 2: Mineral Formation and Resources ESS2-1A; ESS2-2A

Section 3: Classifying Rocks ESS2-1A; ESS2-2A

Section 4: Rock Groups ESS2-1A

Chapter Five: Plate Tectonics

Section 1: Earth’s Interior ESS2-3

Section 2: Convection and the Mantle ESS2-2

Section 3: Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading ESS1-1C; ESS2-3

Section 4: Theory of Plate Tectonics ESS2-3B

Chapter Six: Forces that Shape the Earth

Section 1: Forces that Shape Earth ESS2-2A; ESS3-2B

Section 2: Earthquakes ESS2-2A; ESS3-2B

Section 3: Volcanoes ESS2-2A; ESS3-2B

Section 4: Volcanic Landforms ESS2-2A

Chapter Seven: Earth’s Changing Surface

Section 1: Weathering ESS2-1A

Section 2: Soil Formation ESS2-1A

Section 3: Erosion & Deposition: Wind and Water ESS2-2C

Section 4: Erosion & Deposition: Glaciers ESS2-2C

Chapter Eight: A Trip Through Earth’s History

Section 1: Fossils ESS1-4C; ESS2-3B

Section 2: Determining Age of Rocks ESS1-4C; ESS2-3B

Section 3: Geological Time Scale ESS1-4

Section 4: Earth’s Eras ESS1-4

Chapter Nine: Earth’s Waters

Section 1: Earth – The Water Planet ESS2-4C

Section 2: Fresh Water ESS2-2C

Section 3: Characteristics & Composition of Ocean ESS2-6C

Section 4: Ocean Waves and Tides ESS2-4C

Section 5: Ocean Currents and Climates ESS2-6D

Chapter Ten: Earth’s Atmosphere

Section 1: The Atmosphere ESS2-2A

Section 2: Atmosphere Energy Transfer ESS2-6D

Section 3: Wind and Water ESS2-4C

Section 4: Air Quality ESS3-5D

Chapter Eleven: Weather and Climate

Section 1: Weather Patterns ESS2-5C

Section 2: Weather Forecasts ESS2-5D

Section 3: Climates of Earth ESS2-5D

Section 4: Climate Cycles ESS2-6D

Section 5: Recent Climate Change ESS3-5D

Chapter Twelve: Astronomy and Space Science

Section 1: Earth’s Motion ESS1-1A

Section 2: The Moon – Earth’s Satellite ESS1-1A

Section 3: Solar System ESS1-2C

Section 4: The Planets ESS1-3B

Section 5: Stars and Galaxies ESS1-2

Section 6: Space Exploration N/A

Chapter Thirteen: Natural Resources

Section 1: Energy & Mineral Resources ESS3-1A

Section 2: Renewable Energy Resources ESS3-1A

Section 3: Land Resources & Human Impact ESS3-1A; ESS3-3C; ESS3-4C

Section 4: Air/Water Resources & Human Impact ESS3-3C; ESS3-1A

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