High School Prep Earth Science Lessons Online
1. Earth Science: High School Prep: Not Just Rock-it Science
Introduction to the study of Earth Science and the concept of continuous earth processes.
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2. Earth Science: High School Prep: Where Does the Energy Come From?
A study of the energy sources and their transformations that power all earth processes.
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3. Earth Science: High School Prep: Where did all these rocks come from?
An introduction to the rock cycle and igneous rock formation and composition.
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4. Earth Science: High School Prep: Where did sedimentary rocks come from?
A study of sedimentary rocks, deposition processes, and features associated with sedimentary layering.
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5. Earth Science: High School Prep: Where did metamorphic rocks come from?
Examination of the origin of heat and pressure for metamorphic rock deformation.
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6. Earth Science: High School Prep: What are all these rocks made of… smaller rocks?
Investigation of minerals, their properties, and mineral identification.
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7. Earth Science: High School Prep: Why Isn’t the Earth’s Surface Smoother?
Covers mechanical and chemical weathering, the effects of running water, acid rain, groundwater features, erosion, and mass wasting.
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8. Earth Science: High School Prep: What’s Shaking?
A study of earthquakes, their patterns of occurrence, the science of prediction, and the history of some famous earthquakes.
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9. Earth Science: High School Prep: Where’s it Shaking?
Covers the measurement and location of earthquake epicenters using triangulation and seismographs. Also investigates the relationship between island chains, oceanic trenches, and earthquakes. Introduces continental drift theory.
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10. Earth Science: High School Prep: Why Are There Still Mountains!
Is Gravity a Law, or What? Follows up on the introduction of continental drift with a more thorough look at the mechanics behind plate tectonics and the features associated with this earth process.
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11. Earth Science: High School Prep: Research Makes the Man (and Woman.)
A formal outlined and cited research paper on Dr. Alfred Wegener’s original evidence and arguments for continental drift, including a summary of arguments against his theory and the effect the theory had on future scientific research.
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12. Earth Science: High School Prep: What Else Shapes the Land?
A look at erosional features that result from running water associated with valleys and river systems includes flood plains, drainage patterns and deltas. Wind erosion features are also covered.
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13. Earth Science: High School Prep: Water and Ice
After a review of dams and a discussion of the pros and cons of their impact on society and nature, the unit goes into glacial erosion and deposition features.
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14. Earth Science: High School Prep: Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink… maybe.
Discussion of water as a natural resource and its distribution over the earth. Groundwater features are covered as well as a discussion of contamination and acid rain.
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15. Earth Science: High School Prep: Why Isn’t the Entire Earth’s Surface Earthen?
Examines ocean basins and where they came from. Includes shoreline features as well as coral reefs, atolls, and a review of ridges and trenches.
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16. Earth Science: High School Prep: Going with the Flow.
A world view of ocean currents and general impact of the Coriolis Effect on water movement throughout the ocean networks. Includes wave mechanics and El Nino. Shoreline erosion features beyond those introduced in Unit 15 are covered.
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17. Earth Science: High School Prep: Global Warming Research Paper.
The second formal outlined and cited research paper for the semester. Addresses the evidence for and against global warming and the implications it may have on human society.
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