- 01. Topography & our national heritage
Interpret properties of the landscape using topographic maps of well-known national parks. - 02 Remote sensing
Students consider place-based hazards using remotely sensed data - 03. Mining the world’s most used minerals
Analyze the quantities and origins of basic mineral resources. - 04. Rock types tell stories
Examine patterns of where rock types form ad the relationship they have toward each other. - 05. North American landforms
Introduce and explore different types of landforms. - 06. Cracked plates
Investigate dynamics in the Earth’s crust that explain multiple phenomena.
- 07. The Earth moves under our feet
Investigate where current quakes are today from ground-sensed motion. - 08 Plate type effect on volcanoes
Investigate how properties of volcanoes are influenced by the crust and plate boundaries nearest them. - 09. Mountain building
Illustrate and explore how global mountain ranges are formed in relation to plate motions. - 10. A river runs through it (freshwater)
Discover how water gathered and travels to larger and larger watersheds to meet the sea. - 11. Ocean features
Categorize sections of oceans and understand their importance. - 12. Fluid Earth: winds and currents
Explore the relationship between air and water currents. - 13. How’s the weather?
Explore relationships between temperature, pressure, and humidity with daily weather forecasts. - 14. Tropical storms
Use hurricane track information to understand factors that encourage the formation of hurricanes. - 15. Climate change
Find areas that are predicts to change because of climate change.14.