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Montauk
Public School Science Department
Regents
Earth Science
(All topics are taught at High School level with some Math A
(algebra, geometry))
Long Term Project Selection
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Lab Safety |
Current Course Syllabus
1) Introduction to Earth's Changing Environment:
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Observations |
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Density: Density=Mass/Volume |
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The Changing Environment |
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Human Interaction with the Environment |
2) Measuring the Earth
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Size and Shape of the Earth: History,
Estimations, and Measurements |
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Spheres of the Earth: Inner Core to
the Exosphere |
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Locating Positions on Earth: The North
Star, Earth's Rotation, Latitude and Longitude |
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Fields: Earth fields including
Temperature, Pressure, and Magnetism |
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Mapping Earth's Surface |
3) Earth Materials-Minerals, Rocks, and Mineral
Resources
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Minerals: Identification, Formation,
Properties, and Chemistry |
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Rocks: Identification, Properties,
Petrogenesis, and Chemistry |
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Mineral Resources and Uses: Mining,
Ores, Industrial applications, and Gems |
4) Earth's Dynamic Crust
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Dynamic and Static models of Earth's Interior
and Exterior |
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Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountains, and Ocean
Floor Topography |
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Plate Tectonic theory |
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Mapping Stratigraphic Rock Units |
5) Interpreting Earth's History
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Time Scales |
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Evolution of Earth and Life |
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Relative and Absolute Dating Methods of
Fossils and Rocks |
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Correlation of Rock Units |
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Creating a Timeline of Earth's History using
Fossils and the Rock Record |
6) Landscape Development
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Landscape Regions |
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The Rock Cycle, The Carbon Dioxide Cycle |
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Mountain Building, Weathering, and Climate
Change |
7) Earth in Space
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Evolutionary Theories of the Universe and
Solar System |
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Models of the Universe, Milky Way Galaxy, and
the Solar System |
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Apparent motions and Earth's motions |
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Earth's Satellite |
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Electromagnetic Energy and Spectroscopy |
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Astronomy 101: Constellations, and the HR
Diagram |
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Insolation and the Seasons |
8) Weather
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Atmospheric Variables and Direct Measurements |
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Hadley Cells, Jet Stream, Prevailing Winds,
and the Coriolis effect |
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Adiabatic Changes & the Orographic effect |
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Air Masses and Fronts |
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Severe Weather |
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Putting it all together: Short Term Weather
Prediction |
9) Environmental Science
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Water Pollution and budgets |
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Hydrology |
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Environmental Effects of Excess Consumerism
and Taxing Earth Resources |
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Local pollution problems |
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