Course Outline

Physical Science Course Timeline Year 2014-15

Unit	Subject	Standards	Chapters	Weeks
Semester 1
1	Models of earth, California Geography	IE. 1a, d, g, h, 9 b	3,C8 -C15	3
2	Plate Tectonics	3 a, b, c	10, 11.2, 19.2	3
3	Earthquakes, Ca Hazards, CA Resources	3 d, 9 b	12, C 18, C 22-25	2
4	Volcanoes, Rock Cycle	3 e, f , 9 a	13, 6	3
5	Space, Planets of the Solar System	1 a, b, c, d, f	26 all, 27 all, 28-4	3
Semester 2
6	Sun, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe	1 e; 2 a, b	29 – 1, 30 all	3
7	Oceanography	5 a, b, d; 4 a	20-1, 21-1	3
8	Atmosphere, Biogeochemical Cycles	8 a, b, c; 7a,b; 4a,b,c	22 all, 2-2, 24-1	3
9	Weather, CA water	5 c; 6 a; 9 c	Parts of 23 & 24, C16	3
10	Climate	6 a, b, c; 5 e, f, h	25 all	3
11	Global Climate Change	4c; 7b; I & E k, l	Supplement materials	2

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