| This course studies Earth, the processes that change it and its relationship to other objects in the universe. The first quarter includes the nature of science, matter, minerals, rocks, and maps. The second quarter includes weathering, erosion, deserts, glaciers, and ground water. The third quarter includes earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, and the Earth's past. The fourth quarter includes weather, and climate, oceans, the moon, solar system, stars, and galaxies. |