TN Environmental Science Standards

Earth System

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Environmental Science: Standard 1 - Earth System
Checks for Understanding 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9
Science Curriculum Standards 3260 - Environmental Science	Internet Resources
Use a globe to explain the global circulation of the atmosphere integrating the uneven heating of Earth’s surface and Earth’s rotation. 1.1
Sketch and label a diagram of the layers of the atmosphere indicating distance above Earth’s surface, temperature changes and other significant characteristics for each layer. 1.2
Use a one gallon container of water as a scale model to explain what percentage of water on Earth occurs as oceans, glaciers, freshwater and groundwater. 1.3
Compare heat transfer in the atmosphere and the oceans. 1.4	Atmospheric Processes: Convection - lesson plan with several suggested activities Aviation Weather - the effects of convection [this expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine] Exploring What Causes Wind - lengthy discussion of several factors Heat Transfer Conduction - background information - Conduction lab lesson plan Convection - background information - Convection lab lesson plan Radiation - background information - Radiation lab lesson plan Solar Oven - instructions on building a pizza box solar oven How Winds Form - high quality transparency master Introduction to Environmental Science - a sixty-six slide PowerPoint show in the form of an Adobe Acrobat document with a large number of good images related to the effect of convection on weather events Instability - how convection is related to lightning and storms Unstable Weather - how convection currents affect instability What Causes Wind? - discussion of several factors Wind - Explanation from Dan's Wild Weather Page Wind: What is it and What Causes it? - good explanation from Weather Wiz Kids
Describe how gases in the atmosphere affect climate. 1.5
Differentiate between divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries. 1.6	Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics - a 40 slide show with excellent images and animations. [this expired slide show is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine] This Dynamic Earth - The story of Plate Tectonics from the USGS Hell's Crust: Our Ever Changing Planet - from the PBS Savage Earth series, several good animations can be found at this site. Major Tectonic Plates of the World - The earth's surface is broken into seven large and many small moving plates clearly labeled on this map Major Types of Plate Boundaries - good illustration from the USGS Movement of Seismic Waves - high quality transparency master Moving Slabs - simple tectonic plate map from USGS Plate Tectonics - from a show hosted by WHYY [this expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine] Plate Tectonics - the Cause of Earthquakes [this expired page is also from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine] Plate Tectonics map and a description of the three types of boundaries. Plate Tectonic Movement Visualizations - index of a large number of resources Plate Tectonics Practice Exam - twenty-two multiple-choice questions developed by university students Plate Tectonic Puzzle - lesson plan including puzzle pieces to cut out Plate Tectonics Quiz - ten multiple-choice questions from Geography4Kids Plate Tectonics Quiz - twelve multiple-choice questions, each on a separate page Plate Tectonics Quiz - press Start then click on the named part of the drawing - his is hard! or Plate Tectonics Quiz - twenty multiple-choice questions from Glencoe Science Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Service - In this section you can calculate plate tectonic reconstructions of any age back to 150 My. Recent Earthquakes: Last 8 to 30 days - from USGS Science Odyssey: You Try It: Plate Tectonics - A hands-on exercise about plate tectonics and earthquakes from PBS. (requires Shockwave plug-in) or Seismic Waves - This real-time 3D application allows users to create seismic waves of any magnitude and pass them through a variety of terrains. The student can view the seismic activity in the terrain through both a textured and wire frame view. Subduction - the birth place of a volcanic mountain range [good animation] Teaching about Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics - plan for a virtual journey to the earth's center [this expired slide show is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine] Tectonic Plates - high quality transparency master
Create a concept map depicting the rock cycle. 1.7	Concept Maps and Graphic Orgasnizers Concept Maps Explained - Concept maps and story webs are visual ways to structure ideas. (sample included Education World Templates - seventeen graphic organizers to download and print or edit Essay Map - The Essay Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for an informational, definitional, or descriptive essay. Student Interactive from Read/Write/Think Five main types of organizers - links showing examples of many types Graphic Organizer Links - links to a large number of graphic organizers provided by Vermilion Parish School Board in Abbeville, LA - Second page of links from the same school system Graphic Organizer Templates - Use these Graphic Organizer templates with your class using a given story. Graphic Organizers - from Enchanted Learning Graphic Organizers from Education Place - 38 graphic organizers to print, all in pdf format Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers - Three dozen different templates are available at this site. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you've downloaded an organizer, type your comments and print it. Index of Graphic Organizers - from Inspiration Instructions on how to use Excel to create a graphic organizer Interactive Graphic Organizers Sampler - This series of thinking tools covers a range of activities. These tools let you actively construct, examine, and modify your ideas. Currently seven of the planned seventeen thinking tools are available; look for the titles in green on the left. Teaching Tips: Graphic Organizers - A list of links from eMINTS and The Curators of the University of Missouri Text 2 Mind Map - a web application that converts texts to mind maps – Enter a structured list of words or sentences and Text2Mind Map will interpret it and make a mind map out of them that you can print. Using Graphic Organizers - Youthlearn Venn Diagram, 2 Circles - This interactive tool allows students to create Venn Diagrams that contain two overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically. Student Interactive from Read/Write/Think Interactive Rock Cycle Animation - a cutaway view of Earth showing where some common rock-forming processes occur. Embedded animations will illustrate the path of a rock moving through the rock cycle. or Introduction to Geology - a rock cycle quiz The Rock Cycle - Look at the diagram and see if you can trace a rock through the rock cycle. Rock Cycle from the Mineralogical Society of America Rock Cycle - a review lesson followed by a quiz [from McGraw Hill] and Rock Cycle - a drag and drop quiz or Rock Cycle Diagram - an Interactive site from Annenberg Rock Cycle Quiz - twenty multiple-choice questions, all on the same page Rock Cycle Quiz - nine multiple-choice questions, each on a separate page Rock Cycle Quiz - from Vision Learning - ten multiple-choice questions, some with accompanying photos Rock Cycle Quiz - ten definitions are given, you pick the correct term - multiple-choice format Rock Cycle Quizzes - there are three rock cycle quizzes at this site Rocky's Rock Cycle Games - Easy - Harder - drag the pictures into the correct place on the rock cycle drawing - from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History or A Schematic Sketch of the Rock Cycle - boxes represent earth materials and arrows represent the processes that transform those materials
Relate erosion (weathering and transportation) to soil formation. 1.8
Differentiate between the hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere. 1.9