|
Standards |
Description |
Lessons |
|
1 |
Describe sources of energy, including solar, gravitational,
geothermal, and nuclear.
|
11
|
|
2 |
Describe effects on weather of
energy transfer within and among the atmosphere, hydrosphere,
biosphere, and lithosphere. |
11 |
|
2.1 |
Describe
the energy transfer related to condensation in clouds,
precipitation, winds, and ocean currents |
10 |
|
2.2 |
Describe characteristics of the El
Niño and La Niña phenomena |
6 |
|
2.3 |
Use data to analyze global weather
patterns as they apply to temperature, barometric pressure, wind
speed and direction. |
12 |
|
3 |
Explain how weather patterns affect climate.
|
11
|
|
3.1 |
Explain characteristics of various
weather systems, including high and low pressure areas or fronts |
5 |
|
3.2 |
Interpret weather maps and symbols to
predict changing weather conditions. |
3 |
|
3.3 |
Identify technologies used to obtain
meteorological data |
3 |
|
4 |
Describe the production and transfer of
stellar energies. |
6 |
|
4.1 |
Describe the relationship between life
cycles and nuclear reactions of stars |
4 |
|
4.2 |
Describe how the reception of solar
radiation is affected by atmospheric and lithospheric conditions
including volcanic eruptions and greenhouse gases affecting
reflection and absorption of solar radiation |
4 |
|
5 |
Discuss various
theories for the origin, formation, and changing nature of the
universe and our solar system. |
10 |
|
5.1 |
Relate Hubble’s law to the concept of an
ever-expanding universe. |
5 |
|
5.2 |
Describe the impact of meteor, asteroid,
and comet bombardment on planetary and lunar development. |
4 |
|
6 |
Explain the length of a day and of a year in terms of the motion of
Earth and the relationship of the seasons to the tilt of Earth’s
axis and its revolution about the sun
|
7 |
|
7 |
Explain techniques
for determining the age of Earth and the universe using radiometric
age methods and expanding universe measurements. |
5 |
|
7.1 |
Identify and explain techniques for
determining the composition of Earth, and the universe and objects
in space |
8 |
|
8 |
Explain the terms
astronomical unit and light year. |
4 |
|
9 |
Relate the life cycle of stars to the
H-R diagram including the relationship of star color,
brightness, and evolution to the balance between gravitational
collapse and nuclear fusion |
6 |
|
9.1 |
Explain indicators of motion by the
stars and sun in terms of the Doppler effect and red and blue
|
9 |
|
10 |
Identify scientists and their findings relative to Earth and
space, including Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and
Einstein.
|
7 |
|
10.1 |
Identify classical instruments used to
extend the senses and increase knowledge of the universe,
including optical telescopes, radio telescopes, spectroscopes,
and cameras. |
12 |
|
11 |
Describe pulsars,
quasars, black holes, and galaxies. |
10 |
|
12 |
Describe
challenges and required technologies for space exploration in
regards to travel needs and life support |
5 |
|
12.1 |
Describe challenges and required
technologies for space exploration in regards to propulsion for
space travel. |
5 |
|
12.2 |
Describe challenges and required
technologies for space exploration in regards to communication
technologies, observatories, space-based telescopes, and probes. |
5 |
|
12.3 |
Identify benefits to the quality of
life that have been achieved through space advances. |
8 |
