Essential Standards
NCES.EEn.1.1.2: Explain how the Earth’s rotation and revolution about the Sun affect its shape and is related to seasons and tides.
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Tides - Metric
NCES.EEn.1.1.3: Explain how the sun produces energy which is transferred to the Earth by radiation.
NCES.EEn.2.1.1: Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere.
NCES.EEn.2.1.2: Predict the locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and faults based on information contained in a variety of maps.
NCES.EEn.2.3.2: Explain how ground water and surface water interact.
NCES.EEn.2.4.1: Evaluate human influences on freshwater availability.
NCES.EEn.2.5.2: Explain the formation of typical air masses and the weather systems that result from air mass interactions.
NCES.EEn.2.5.4: Predict the weather using available weather maps and data (including surface, upper atmospheric winds, and satellite imagery).
Hurricane Motion - Metric
Weather Maps - Metric
NCES.EEn.2.6.3: Analyze the impacts that human activities have on global climate change (such as burning hydrocarbons, greenhouse effect, and deforestation).
NCES.EEn.2.7.1: Explain how abiotic and biotic factors interact to create the various biomes in North Carolina.
NCES.EEn.2.7.3: Explain how human activities impact the biosphere.
Carbon Cycle
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Pond Ecosystem
Correlation last revised: 10/4/2022