Star Wars: Truth, Fallacy, or Possibility?
Sixth Grade:
S6E1 Students will explore
current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved.
c. Compare and contrast the planets in terms of
· Size relative to the earth
· Surface and atmospheric features
· Relative distance from the sun
·
Ability to support life
e. Explain that gravity is the force that governs the motion in the solar system.
f. Describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteors.
S6E3 Students will recognize
the significant role of water in earth processes.
a. Explain that a large portion of the Earth’s surface is
water, consisting of oceans, rivers, lakes, underground water, and ice.
b. Relate various atmospheric conditions to stages of the
water cycle.
c. Describe the composition, location, and subsurface
topography of the world’s oceans.
d. Explain the causes of waves, currents, and tides.
S6E4 Students will understand
how the distribution of land and oceans affects climate
and weather.
b. Relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form large global wind systems and weather events such as tornados and thunderstorms.
c.
Relate how moisture evaporating from the oceans affects the weather patterns
and the weather events such as hurricanes.
S6E5 Students will investigate
the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed.
a. Compare and contrast the Earth’s crust, mantle, and core
including temperature, density, and composition.
d. Recognize that lithospheric
plates constantly move and cause major geological events on the earth’s
surface.
e. Explain the effects of physical processes (plate
tectonics, erosion, deposition, volcanic eruption, gravity) on geological
features including oceans (composition, currents, and tides).
f. Describe how fossils show evidence of the changing
surface and climate of the Earth.
g. Describe soil as consisting of weathered rocks and
decomposed organic material.
h. Explain the effects of human activity on the erosion of the
earth’s surface.
High School:
SES1. Students will investigate the composition and formation of Earth systems, including the Earth’s relationship to the solar system.
a. Describe the early evolution of the Earth and solar system, including the formation of Earth’s solid layers (core, mantle, crust), the distribution of major elements, the origin of internal heat sources, and the initiation of plate tectonics.
b. Explain how the composition of the Earth’s crust, mantle and core is determined and compare it to that of other solar system objects.
e. Identify the transformations that make up the rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, and carbon cycle.
SES2. Students will understand how plate tectonics creates certain geologic features, materials, and hazards.
a. Distinguish among types of plate tectonic settings produced by plates diverging, converging, and sliding past each other.
b. Relate modern and ancient geologic features to each kind of plate tectonic setting.
c. Relate certain geologic hazards to specific plate tectonic settings.
e. Explain how plate tectonics creates and destroys sedimentary basins through time.
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