BHS Earth Science Guide

Atmosphere

Earth Science

Quarter 3

McGraw Hill Module 8

○ Volcanic activity; ○ 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: ○ The specifc cause and effect relationships between the factors and the effect on energy fow into and out of Earth’s systems; and . ○ The net effect of all of the competing factors in changing the climate. 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: How do you calculate relative humidity? (p. 223)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Standard 3.3

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.

MATH CONNECTIONS

● Reason abstractly and quantitatively. ● Model with mathematics.