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NATURE OF SCIENCE
EARTH’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
EARTH’S SYSTEMS
EARTH AND HUMAN ACTIVITY
CURRENT EVENTS
REVIEW
1SECTION NATURE OF
SCIENCE
THE NATURE OF SCIENCE DEALS WITH THE PROCESS IN WHICH SCIENCE IS DONE; POSING QUESTIONS, DEVELOPING HYPOTHESIS, EXPERIMENTING, ANALYZING COLLECTED DATA, AND REPORTING RESULTS. OFTEN IN EARTH SPACE SCIENCE, MODELS ARE UTILIZED TO INVESTIGATE OUR WORLD, WHERE IT EXISTS, HOW OUR EARTH SYSTEMS INTERACT AND HOW WE PLAY A CRUCIAL PART IN MAINTAINING ITS ENVIRONMENT
EARTH’S PLACE IN
THE UNIVERSE
EARTH ROTATES AND REVOLVES AND IS POSITIONED
TO SPARK DIFFERENT SEASONS. EARTH IS PART OF
THE SOLAR SYSTEM. OUR SOLOAR SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN THE MILKY WAY
GALAXY, WHICH IS ONE OF A BILLION OR MORE GALAXIES
THAT MAKE UP OUR UNIVERSE. EARTH’S UNIQUE
FORMATION AND POSITION IN OUR SOLOAR SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED A UNIQUE AND
INTERESTING ENVIRONMENT.
2SECTION
EARTH’S SYSTEMS
3SECTION
EARTH IS A DYNAMIC, EVER- CHANGING PLACE IN WHICH SYSTEMS INTERACT WITH
EACH OTHER AND INFLUENCE THE WORLD WE
LIVE IN. ALL THESE PROCESSES ARE DRIVEN FROM THE SUNS ENERGY.
THERE ARE NATURAL PROCESSES THAT OCCUR THAT SHAPE OUR LAND,
THAT STABILIZE OUR ATMOSPHERE, THAT CYCLE
OUR WATER, AND THAT INFLUENCES LIFE ON OUR
PLANET.
EARTH AND HUMAN
ACTIVITY
4SECTION
HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAN AFFECT EARTH SYSTEMS. THE AVAILABILITY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO NATURALLY OCCURRING PROCESSES. OUR
WORLD WILL ALWAYS TRY TO FIND A BALANCE, AN EQUILIBRIUM WITH ALL
THINGS. AS WE UTILIZE THESE NATURAL RESOURCES, THE WORLD IS LEFT UNSTABLE. WHEN THIS BALANCE IS OUT OF PROPORTION
NATURAL HAZARDS CAN OCCUR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND BE ABLE TO PREDICT THESE NATURAL HAZARDS SO
WE CAN HELP SAFE GUARD OUR WORLD AND THE ENVIRONMENTS WE LIVE IN. IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW EARTH SYSTEMS INTERACT WITH EACH
OTHER. TOPICS SUCH AS UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT TO DECISIONS WE MIGHT MAKE
IN THE FUTURE.
CURRENT SCIENCE
5SECTION
SCIENCE IS A FIELD THAT IS CONTINUALLY CHANGING. AS NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR WORLD
IS DISCOVERED, OUR PERSPECTIVE CHANGES.
DISCOVERING AND LEARNING FROM CURRENT EVENTS WILL
HELP US DEVELOP A RATIONALE FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW
EARTH SCIENCE AFFECTS US ALL.
6SECTION
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE. PLACE ALL REVIEW MATERIAL
TO STUDY FOR TESTS, MID-TERM AND FINAL IN THIS
SECTION.
REVIEW
2011 MASTER OF SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY2009 MASTER OF
SCIENCE CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, &
TECHNOLOGY
1999 NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL
2003 BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BIOLOGY