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2. Course Organizer Ms. Pecor Course Expectations: The This Course:
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Ms. Pecor
Aug 2017-May 2018
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learning the scientific process, the layers of the atmosphere and Earth, weather, oceans, landforms, the rock cycle, different types of rocks, the theory of plate tectonics, space, stars, and other heavenly bodies.
How is the scientific method used in science today? How is scientific knowledge applied and how does it continually change as new information is encountered?
How did earth form and change throughout time?
100%
How does the atmosphere protect us from harmful things in our solar system ?
90%
How have humans impacted this world? What are the after effects of our actions?
How does the rock cycle work and how does it create new rocks?
80%
How does weather work? How does the water cycle relate to weather?
What is the theory of plate tectonics and what effect does it have on our planet?
How do the objects in our solar system interact with each other?
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6th Grade Earth and Space Science
Stay on task
Use equipment correctly
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Participate
Show Respect to all
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Scientific Method and Experimental Design; Atmosphere; Weather; Earth’s Structure and Change Over time; Plate Tectonics; and Astronomy
The Nature of Science
Astronomy
Plate Tectonics
Atmosphere and Weather
Earth’s Structure and Change Over Time