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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

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