Earth Science

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1: Introduction to Earth Science

Building Topographic Maps
Ocean Mapping
Plate Tectonics
Reading Topographic Maps

2: Minerals

Mineral Identification

3: Rocks

Rock Classification
Rock Cycle

4: Earth's Resources

Energy Conversions
Water Cycle
Water Pollution

5: Weathering, Soil, and Mass Movements

Porosity
Rock Cycle

6: Running Water and Groundwater

Water Cycle

8: Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station
Plate Tectonics

9: Plate Tectonics

Building Pangaea
Conduction and Convection
Plate Tectonics

10: Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity

Plate Tectonics
Rock Cycle

11: Mountain Building

Plate Tectonics

12: Geologic Time

Half-life

13: Earth's History

Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

15: Ocean Water and Ocean Life

Freezing Point of Salt Water

16: The Dynamic Ocean

Energy Conversion in a System
Tides

17: The Atmosphere: Structure and Temperature

Conduction and Convection
Greenhouse Effect
Heat Absorption
Radiation
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter

18: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation

Coastal Winds and Clouds
Phase Changes
Relative Humidity
Water Cycle
Weather Maps

19: Air Pressure and Wind

Coastal Winds and Clouds
Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps

20: Weather Patterns and Severe Storms

Coastal Winds and Clouds
Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps

21: Climate

Greenhouse Effect
Seasons Around the World

22: Origin of Modern Astronomy

2D Eclipse
3D Eclipse
Eclipse
Gravity Pitch
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Penumbra Effect
Phases of the Moon
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun

23: Touring Our Solar System

Comparing Earth and Venus
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
Weight and Mass

24: Studying the Sun

H-R Diagram
Herschel Experiment
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
Star Spectra

25: Beyond Our Solar System

H-R Diagram
Star Spectra

Content correlation last revised: 2/10/2012