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M/J COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE I Course Code: 200204001

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE: E: Earth and Space Science; N: Nature of Science

TOPIC VI: Landforms and Changes to the Geosphere

ESSENTIAL CONTENT / OBJECTIVES / INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS /
A. Weathering
1. Physical weathering
a. Types
b. Effects
2. Chemical weathering
a. Types
b. Effects
B. Erosion
1.  Agents of Erosion
2. Wind erosion
3. Water erosion
4. Glacial erosion
5. Land/Mud slides
C. Deposition
D. Types of Landforms
1. Mountains
2. Rivers, deltas, lakes
3. Coastlines, dunes
4. Glaciers
E. Florida Landforms
1. Coastal features
a. sandbars
b. barrier islands
c. beaches/dunes
2. Wetlands
3. Ridges and hills
4. Rivers/lakes
5. Sinkholes
6. Caves / · Differentiate among weathering, erosion, and deposition
· Describe and explain how Earth’s surface is built up and torn down through the processes of physical and chemical weathering, erosion, and deposition
· Investigate local landforms that were developed as a result of erosion and deposition
· Differentiate and describe the various interactions among Earth systems contributes to weathering and erosion (i.e., atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, geosphere, and biosphere)
· Differentiate between the different types of landforms on Earth’s surface and relate these landforms as they apply to Florida / Core Text Book: Pearson Interactive Science Florida Ch. 3.1; 3.3 and Ch. 4.1 – 4.4
Vocabulary: physical weathering, ice wedging, abrasion, chemical weathering, oxidation, carbonation, acid precipitation, erosion, sheet erosion, glacier, glacial erosion, mass movement, deposition, acid rain, sediment, limestone, permeable, sand dune, sand bar.
Technology:
1. Pearson My Science Online: Interactive Art: Ch. 4.3 Effects of Waves; Art in Motion: Mechanical and Chemical Weathering; Untamed Science: Why Does the Rock Look Like a Sponge?, What Reshaped These Rocks?
2. Study Jams: Weathering and Erosion,
3. Geography4kids-Erosion, Weathering
4. Weathering

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M/J COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE I Course Code: 200204001

SC.6.E.6.1
SC.6.E.6.2
SC. 6. N.1.1
LAFS.68.WHST.1.2
MAFS.6.EE.3.9 / Rock Cycle
Standard: SC.6.E.6.1 / Describe and give examples of ways in which Earth's surface is built up and torn down by physical and chemical weathering, erosion, and deposition. Assessed as SC.7.E.6.2 (Cognitive Complexity: Level 2:Basic Application of Skills & Concepts)
/ Video / Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Erosion
The Ice Ages
Mass Wasting
Wind
Humans' Effect
Extreme Erosion
The Forces of Wind and Water: Weathering and Erosion
Glaciers
Rivers
Dams
The Mississippi Delta
Part One: Erosion: Landslide
Part Two: Erosion: Landslide
Earth Science for Students: Weathering and Erosion
Weathering / Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
A Rock's Susceptibility to Weathering
Agents of Erosion and Review
Water Erosion
Erosion by Gravity and Ice
Weathering and Erosion
Weathering & Erosion
Weathering and Erosion
Niagara Falls: A Force of Nature
Erosive Forces: Wind, Water, Ice, and Air
The Mississippi River: A Drainage Basin of 31 States
From By the Sea to Under the Sea: Beach Erosion: Depleting Our Coasts
The Desert: A Victim of Wind Erosion
Splash Erosion: The Impact of Raindrops
Farmers: Erosive Forces at Work
Glaciers: A Great Erosive Power
/ Image / Erosion; stone arch caused by weathering
Weathering; roots on rocks
Weathering, rock showing effects of extreme
Weathering rate / Weathering; hematite
Weathering, mechanical
Weathering; ice weathering rock
Frost on grass & leaf; deposition
/ Exploration / Forces That Shape the Earth
The Ever-Changing River / Rock and Roll
Beach Erosion
/ Interactive Glossary / oxidation
erosion
/ Audio / The Earth: Weathering & Erosion
/ Science Content Collection / Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Weathering / Erosion by Gravity
Erosion by Water
Standard:
SC.6.E.6.2 / Recognize that there are a variety of different landforms on Earth's surface such as coastlines, dunes, rivers, mountains, glaciers, deltas, and lakes and relate these landforms as they apply to Florida. Assessed as SC.7.E.6.2 (Cognitive Complexity: Level 2:Basic Application of Skills & Concepts)
/ Video / Introduction
Continents, Islands, & Oceans
Shorelines
Landforms
The Changing Landscape
Landforms
An Introduction to Continental Drift
Pangea: The History of the Continents
The Ocean Floor: Clues About Continental Drift on Earth
Plate Tectonics
How the Inner Structure of Planet Earth Affects Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Mountains
A Review of Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Forces That Affect the Earth's Crust
Building the Glacier
Types of Glaciers
Glacial Movement
Characteristics of Alpine Glaciers
Mountain Features Caused by Glaciers
Continental Glaciers and the Water Cycle
Effects of Continental Glaciers
The End of a Glacier
Evidence of Ice: Other Landforms
Glaciers and How They Affect Us
Value in the Coastline / Shoreline Types
High and Low Energy Zones
Using Coastline Classification Systems
The Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
Protecting the Coasts
What are Estuaries?
The Importance of the Estuary Ecosystem
Life in the Estuary
Human Interaction with Estuaries
What are Wetlands?
Plants and Animals of the Wetlands
Bogs, Swamps, and Marshes
The Importance of Wetlands
How Wetlands are Endangered
Outburst Floods, Crevasses, and Other Glacial Terminology
Glacial Creations: Natural Phenomena Shaped by Glaciers
Two Types of Glaciers: The Difference Between Continental and Alpine Glaciers
Coastline Geology
What is an Estuary?
What is a Wetland?
Types of Wetlands
Wetlands and People

Shifting Plates Change Land Forms

Himalayan Mountains Formed from Plate Collision

Kavachi Undersea Volcano

How Islands Form from Volcanoes
/ Image / Plate tectonics; continental drift
Plate tectonics; continental drift
Plate tectonics; continental drift
/ Interactive Glossary / dune
mountain
volcano / glacier
delta
landform
/ Reading Passage / On Solid Ground
/ Science Content Collection / Structure based on Composition
Structure based on Physical Characteristics
How We Study the Interior of the Earth
/ All activities are hyperlinked.
/ Video / Florida Is Running Out of Sand
Torrential Rain, Mudslides Batter China
California Subdivision Sinks into the Ground
As Sea Levels Rise, Is Beach Living Sustainable?
Landslide “Looks Like the End of the Earth”
Beaches Suffering from Receding Sand Line
Flood of Mud: Rain, Mudslides, Kill More Than 40 in Madeira, Portugal
Massive Mudslide in Southern Italy Captured on Video
Wash-Out: Sandy Beaches All Along U.S. Coastline Are Eroding
Concrete Reef, Just Offshore, May Slow, Even Reverse, Beach Erosion / Waterfront Dwellers Put Houses on Stilts, Shore Up Beaches to Slow Erosion
Lost Topsoil: Erosion in America's Corn and Grain Belts
Beach Erosion Theory: Greenhouse Effect Melts Polar Ice, Raises Sea Level
Acid Rain Problem Greater Than Expected
Acid Rain Is Already an International Problem
A Tour of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Extreme Weather Floods, Freezes, Countries Around the Globe in 2010
Measuring the Force of Tornado Winds 1
"Restoration Ecology" Is Emphasized in Hawaii
/ Image / The pH Scale

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