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Week 1 Unit Ecosystems COS # 6.7 Describe Earth's biomes. Description Introduce biomes - aquatic, grassland, desert, taigas, tundras, rain forest Lab: Biomes of the World (AMSTI) 2 Ecosystems 6.7 Describe Earth's biomes. Compare biomes by their climate, plant and animal life, and location. Describe energy roles - producers, consumers, decomposers - and describe food chains. 3 Earths Changes 6.2 Describe factors that cause Over Time changes to Earth's surface over time. 6.4 Explain the plate tectonic theory. Earths Changes 6.2 Describe factors that cause Over Time changes to Earth's surface over time. 6.4 Explain the plate tectonic theory. Identify sea-oor spreading, continental drift, plate tectonics, divergent boundaries, and convergent boundaries. Learn about earthquakes and the faults (normal, reverse, and strike-slip) that cause them. Continue learning about earthquakes. Explore the formation, types, and characteristics of volcanoes. Lab: Catastrophic Events - Volcano (AMSTI)

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Week 5 Unit COS # Description Describe the rock cycle and igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Describe the processes of the carbon cycle and its effects on earth. Earths Changes 6.2 Describe factors that cause Over Time changes to Earth's surface over time. 6.3 Describe water and carbon biogeochemical cycles and their effects on Earth. Earths Changes 6.2 Describe factors that cause Over Time changes to Earth's surface over time. 6.3 Describe water and carbon biogeochemical cycles and their effects on Earth.

Describe the stages of the water cycle and its effects on earth. Activity: The Case of the Disappearing Water http://www.epa.gov/region1/students/pdfs/ww_disap.pdf

Weather and Climate

6.1 Identify global patterns of atmospheric movement, including El Nino, the Gulf Stream, the jet stream, the Coriolis effect, and global winds that inuence local weather.

Activity: Collect weather data through weeks 7-8. Identify warm and cold fronts and high and low pressures. Describe the Coriolis effect.

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Week 8 Unit Weather and Climate COS # 6.1 Identify global patterns of atmospheric movement, including El Nino, the Gulf Stream, the jet stream, the Coriolis effect, and global winds that inuence local weather. Description Describe and know the uses of instruments used in the study of weather: thermometers, barometers, radar, satellites, weather balloons, rain gauges, etc. Interpret current citys weather data (amount of rainfall and average temperature) Review for Test