EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE SYLLABUS

      Course Procedures:

                                      Lectures

                                      Class assignments and model building

                                      Homework

                                      Research report and debate

                                      Tests and quizzes

                                      Laboratory experiments and reports

     Course Content:

          First Marking Period:

                                            Oceanography

                                            Meteorology

          Second Marking Period:

                                            Geology...History of the Earth

                                            Minerals and rocks

          Third Marking Period:

                                            Water cycle and groundwater

                                            Weathering and erosion

                                            Plate tectonics 

          Fourth Marking Period:

                                            Solar system

                                            Stars and galaxies

                                            Sun, moon, and rings

                                            Space exploration

     Course Requirements:

                                         Text ( Modern Earth Science...Holt, Rinehart and

                                         Winston), notebook, writing utensil, calculator, and

                                          lab materials will be supplied by school.

     Grading Values:

                               Tests, quizzes, research & debate (25%), classwork (25%),

                               lab reports (25%), homework (15%), notebook (10%).