BHS Earth Science Guide

Module 12: Earth’s Oceans

Earth Science

Quarter 3

McGraw Hill Module 12

● Factors

○ Changes in Earth’s orbit and the orientation of its axis; ○ Changes in the sun’s energy output; ○ Confguration of continents resulting from tectonic activity; ○ Ocean circulation; ○ Glaciation;

Reasoning Students use the given model to provide a mechanistic account of the relationship between energy fow in Earth’s systems and changes in climate, along with the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future, to construct their explanation. Students describe the following chain of reasoning used to construct their explanation: ● Students include: ○ Movements in the world’s oceans (waves, currents) are driven by the energy fow.. ○ Geography and latitude affect temperature and direction of the ocean’s movements. Revising the explanation Given new data or information, students revise their explanation and justify the revision

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

Skill Building

STEM Unit Project- Have students apply what they learned in their module to their Unit Projects

Extension

Data Analysis Lab: When does the tide come in? (p. 339)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Standard 3.2

ELA CONNECTIONS

● Cite specifc textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. ● Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms. ● Write arguments focused on discipline - specifc content. ● Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ● Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of fndings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.