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Unit 1 - Lab Skills
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Unit 2 - Our Solar System
- 2-1 The Planets of Our Solar System
- 2-2 The Sun
- 2-3 Stars
- 2-4 Life Cycle of a Star
- 2-5 Constellations
- 2-6 Galaxies
- 2-7 Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
- 2-8 The Big Bang
- 2-9 Conditions for Life
- 2-10 Discovering Other Planets
Unit 3 - Planet Earth
- 3-1 Earth’s Place in the Solar System
- 3-2 Earth’s Rotation and Revolution
- 3-3 Day and Night
- 3-4 Seasons
- 3-5 The Moon
- 3-6 Lunar Phases
- 3-7 Eclipses
- 3-8 Tides
Unit 4 - Earth's History
- 4-1 The Formation of the Earth
- 4-2 Geological Time Scale
- 4-3 Early Life on Earth
- 4-4 Mass Extinction
- 4-5 Climate on Prehistoric Earth
- 4-6 Types of Fossils
- 4-7 The Fossil Record
- 4-8 Relative and Absolute Dating
Unit 5 - Earth’s Materials and Systems
- 5-1 The Structure of the Earth
- 5-2 The Earth’s Crust
- 5-3 Plate Tectonics
- 5-4 Convection
- 5-5 Plate Boundaries
- 5-6 Continental Drift
- 5-7 Volcanoes
- 5-8 Earthquakes
- 5-9 Meteorites
Unit 6 - Earth’s Changing Surface
- 6-1 Chemical Weathering
- 6-2 Physical Weathering
- 6-3 Agents of Erosion
- 6-4 The Erosion Cycle
- 6-5 Rocks vs Minerals
- 6-6 Classifying Rocks
- 6-7 The Rock Cycle
- 6-8 The Carbon Cycle
- 6-9 The Nitrogen Cycle
Unit 7 - Water and Earth’s Surface Processes
- 7-1 The Hydrosphere
- 7-2 Fresh vs. Saltwater
- 7-3 The Water Cycle
- 7-4 Water Movement and Earth’s Surface
Unit 8 - Weather and Climate
- 8-1 The Atmosphere
- 8-2 Atmospheric Gases
- 8-3 Weather Patterns
- 8-4 Cloud Formation
- 8-5 Weather Hazards
- 8-6 Weather vs Climate
- 8-7 Biomes
- 8-8 Climate, Wind and Ocean Currents
- 8-9 Climate Change – Glacial and Interglacial
Periods- 8-10 Effects of Climate Change
Unit 9 - Human Impact
- 9-1 Earth’s Natural Resources
- 9-2 Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources
- 9-3 Human Impact on Resources
- 9-4 Resource Extraction
- 9-5 Water Pollution