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Syllabus

COURSE SYLLABUS AND OUTLINE

Physical Setting – Earth Science 2019-2020

Teacher: Mr. Pers

Course Description:

Physical Setting - Earth Science is a New York State Regents course. The State Education Department Board of Regents dictates the curriculum for this course as for all Regents courses.

Earth Science is more than just looking at rocks. Earth Science is about understanding the Earth and how it works. In this course you will be discovering the Earth through class activities, laboratory investigations and individual research. Of course, class assignments, homework and tests will also be emphasized.

Course Goal:

This course has a dual purpose:

1. To help you understand and become excited about the Earth you live on and its processes.

2. To help prepare you to take the Earth Science Regents exam at the end of the course.

Course Structure:

The Earth Science course is scheduled for 5 periods a week. Some of the periods will laboratory investigations.

Course Content:

Unit 1 –Maps And Measurements

Introduction to Earth Science

Earth as a System

Models of the Earth

Unit 2 – The Dynamic Earth

Plate Tectonics

Evidence of Movement

Convection Cycles and Density

Deformation of the Crust

Earthquakes

Volcanoes-Tsunamis

Unit 3 – Rocks and Minerals

Earth Science Chemistry

Minerals of the Earth’s Crust

Igneous Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks

Rock Cycle

Resources and Energy

Unit 4 - Landscapes

Weathering and Erosion

River Systems

Groundwater

Glaciers

Erosion by Wind and Waves

Water Cycle

Soils

Hydrology

Weathering and Erosion

River Systems

Groundwater

Glaciers

Erosion by Wind and Waves

Oceans

Unit 5 – History of the Earth

The Rock Record

A View of Earth’s Past

Fossils

Geological TIme

Stratigraphy

Radioactive Dating

Unit 6 – Insolation

Arc of Sun’s Travel

Seasons

Energy in Exchanges in the Atmosphere

Unit 7- Meteorology

The Atmosphere

Weather

Climate Systems

Weather Models

Weather Variables

-El Nino

-La Nina

Unit 8 - Climate

Factors that Affect Climate

Water Budget

Ocean Currents

Oceanography

Unit 9 – Astronomy

Studying Space

Planets of the Solar System

Minor Bodies of the Solar System

The Sun

Stars, Galaxies and the Universe

Tides

Course Materials and Texts

You will also be responsible for keeping a three-ring binder for science throughout the year. In addition. a notebook should be used and kept neat and organized. An organized notebook will help you to study for tests and quizzes and will make class much easier. Your binder will be checked periodically and a grade will be given based on content and organization.

Home Filing System:

When a unit of study is finished, all of your notes, handouts and graded assignments for that unit must be taken out of your binder and put in a file folder. You are to label the file folder with the unit title and file it away at home in a safe place. A file box labeled “Earth Science” or a drawer in a file cabinet are good places. Do not leave the folders in your locker, book bag or other places where they may be lost or destroyed. You will need this information to study for your midterm exam as well as for the New York State Regents.

Texts: Barron’s Physical Setting – Earth Science Review, texts on topics, newspaper and journal articles

Physical Setting - Earth Science Reference Tables 2010 Edition will also be provided and is used throughout the year on unit tests, the mid-term and the Regents exam.

You are encouraged to purchase Barron’s Physical Setting - Earth Science Review for extra study

*Students can check my class page on Google Classroom. I will notify the students when the website is up and running.

Extra Help: If you need help with class work, have any questions or need to make up work, please do not hesitate to ask Mr. Pers

Extra Credit:

You can do extra credit assignments at any time throughout the year on any topic of Earth Science covered. A list of acceptable extra credit assignments will be provided for you.

CLASSROOM RULES/ PROCEDURES/RESPECT

Scholars are required to abide to the CHSLSJ Student Family Handbook.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Scholars are expected to come to class with the following supplies:

Pen/Pencil

3 Ring Binder and looseleaf

Folder

Notebook

ASSESSMENTS Interim assessment, mock Earth Science: The Physical Setting Regents, summative assessments (unit exams), performance tasks and formative assessments.

GRADING POLICY

The State Education Department Board of Regents requires that all students perform at least 1200 minutes of laboratory investigation for this course. There will be about one lab investigation per week. Labs will be evaluated according to how well procedures are followed and observations are made, as well as the depth of the analysis of the observations. A laboratory report for a number of the labs will be required. Exemplary work will be put in the student’s portfolio

Scholars’ grades will be determined in the following way as suggested by CHSLSJ administration:

Classwork Lab Reports – 30%

Tests/Culminating Projects - 30%

Quizzes 15%

Projects-15%

Do Now/ Exit slip - 5%

Homework -5%

Late Policy:

Homework- Each day late homework is accepted with reduced credit

Classwork- Classwork must be made up. Please ask the teacher for missed work

Test/Quizzes- Students that are absent on the day of a test are required to make it up within two days or it will result in a grade of zero.

Exit tickets – They will be collected at the end of class

Projects- Projects can be handed in with reduced credit

ASSESSMENTS Interim assessment, mock Earth Science: The Physical Setting Regents, summative assessments (unit exams) and formative assessments.

ATTENDANCE Being in class is crucial to your success in Earth Science . There are times when an excused absence is unavoidable. In these cases, you will have the same amount of time to make up the missed assignment/s (test, paper, classwork) as days you were absent. For example, if you were sick and unable to make it to school for two days, you will have two days to make up the missed work before points are deducted. From that point on, points will be deducted as follows: 1 week late, 2 weeks late, 3 weeks late Etc,

Lastly, as a scholar it is your responsibility to communicate with your teacher after an absence to determine what was missed, and when/how you will make it up."

Please refer to the CHSLSJ Student Family Handbook

BATHROOM/WATER BREAKS

Scholars may not use the bathroom during the first 10 minutes and last 10 minutes of each class period. Only one student is allowed out at a time.

COURSE CONTRACT

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Earth Science Physical Setting Mr. Pers

2019-2020

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