ACADEMIC EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE WITH MR. LANIK
Earth Science with Mr. Lanik
Units and Topics of Study
Unit 1 Asking Scientific Questions and the Earth's Spheres
Unit 2: Space, the Big Bang, and Obtaining, Evaluating, Communicating Information
Unit 3 The Earth: Formation and Evidence: Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
Review Guide for Midterm Exam
Unit 4 The Earth's Interior and Scientific Models
Unit 5 Plate Tectonics and Arguing from Evidence
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Bedrock Geology of Locations in Maine
Lesson: Rock Types and Identification
Unit 6 The Hydrosphere and Analyzing Scientific Data
Unit 7 the Atmosphere, Global Climate Change, and Scientific Investigations
Atmospheric Processes
Unit X The Ocean
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Ocean Health Research Project: Asking Scientific Questions
Hour of Code: Try Computer Coding!!!
Semester 1 Exam
ESS Final Project
Special Topics
Unit 2 Freshwater Systems
the Water Essay page
Estuaries
March 2020 Closure Resources
Syllabus
Overview
: Earth and Space Science (Academic) Final Project 2019
Topic Breakdown
: Responsibilities for Each Group, and for Individual Students within each group
Developing Research Questions
for ESS Final Project
Rubric for Final Project Webpages, Quarter 4
Science Standard:
Devising Technological Solutions
Rubric for Final Project Webpages, Semester 2 Final Exam
NOVA video
: Decoding the weather machine
Research Organizer for Final Project: Please complete one Research Organizer Document for EACH website that you and your group will be completing for your project. Open and copy the Research Document
here
Helpful Resources:
What Climate Change will look like in Maine:
Short Report
(recent)
Long Report
(older)
Big Picture Science
podcast
Video:
the Greenhouse Effect
Interactive website:
the Greenhouse Effect, Carbon Cycle, and Feedbacks
Interesting article
on scientific investigations of how oceans absorb carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere.
ESS FINAL PROJECT WEBSITES:
The Role of the Geosphere in Global Climate Change
The Greenhouse Effect
The Hydrological Cycle
The Carbon Cycle
Earth Science with Mr. Lanik
Units and Topics of Study
Unit 1 Asking Scientific Questions and the Earth's Spheres
Unit 2: Space, the Big Bang, and Obtaining, Evaluating, Communicating Information
Unit 3 The Earth: Formation and Evidence: Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
Review Guide for Midterm Exam
Unit 4 The Earth's Interior and Scientific Models
Unit 5 Plate Tectonics and Arguing from Evidence
>
Bedrock Geology of Locations in Maine
Lesson: Rock Types and Identification
Unit 6 The Hydrosphere and Analyzing Scientific Data
Unit 7 the Atmosphere, Global Climate Change, and Scientific Investigations
Atmospheric Processes
Unit X The Ocean
>
Ocean Health Research Project: Asking Scientific Questions
Hour of Code: Try Computer Coding!!!
Semester 1 Exam
ESS Final Project
Special Topics
Unit 2 Freshwater Systems
the Water Essay page
Estuaries
March 2020 Closure Resources
Syllabus