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Tularosa HS Science

Science - Unified Science Q2

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Content of Science Strandard II | Earth and Space Science

Content of Science Strandard II

Origin of Earth/ Theories
The learner will be able to examine the scientific theories of the origin, structure, energy, and evolution of Earth and its atmosphere, and their interconnections.

Strand	Scope	Source
Characteristics and Evolution of Earth	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II

Evolution of Earth
The learner will be able to describe the characteristics and the evolution of Earth in terms of the geosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the biosphere.

Strand	Scope	Source
Characteristics and Evolution of Earth	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.1

Earth 4 Billion Years
The learner will be able to recognize that radiometric data indicate that Earth is at least 4 billion years old and that Earth has changed during that period.

Strand	Scope	Source
Characteristics and Evolution of Earth	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.2

Internal Structure of Earth
The learner will be able to describe the internal structure of Earth (e.g., core, mantle, crust) and the structure of Earth's plates.

Strand	Scope	Source
Characteristics and Evolution of Earth	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.3

Earth's Past
The learner will be able to understand the changes in Earth's past and the investigative methods used to determine geologic time, including: rock sequences, relative dating, fossil correlation, and radiometric dating geologic time scales, historic changes in life forms, and the evidence for absolute ages (e.g., radiometric methods, tree rings, paleomagnetism).

Strand	Scope	Source
Characteristics and Evolution of Earth	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.4

Plate Tectonic Theory
The learner will be able to explain plate tectonic theory and understand the evidence that supports it. Energy in Earth's System .

Strand	Scope	Source
Energy in Earth's System	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.5

3.5 Billion Years
The learner will be able to describe the evidence for the first appearance of life on Earth as one-celled organisms, over 3.5 billion years ago, and for the later appearance of a diversity of multicellular organisms over millions of years.

Strand	Scope	Source
Biological Evolution	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 9.2.8

Structure of Earth
The learner will be able to understand the structure of Earth, the solar system, and the universe, the interconnections among them, and the processes and interactions of Earth's systems.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth and Space Science	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III

Origin Solar System
The learner will be able to examine the scientific theories of the origin, structure, contents, and evolution of the solar system and the universe, and their interconnections.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth and Space Science	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I

Scale/Universe
The learner will be able to understand the scale and contents of the universe, including: range of structures from atoms through astronomical objects to the universe objects in the universe such as planets, stars, galaxies, and nebulae.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth and Space Science	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 9.1.1

Knowledge of the Universe
The learner will be able to understand how knowledge about the universe comes from evidence collected from advanced technology (e.g., telescopes, satellites, images, computer models).

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth and Space Science	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 9.1.3

Big Bang Theory
The learner will be able to describe the key observations that led to the acceptance of the Big Bang theory and that the age of the universe is over 10 billion years.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth and Space Science	Master	NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 9.1.4

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Earth and Space Science

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Data/Movement
The learner will be able to collect and organize data about plate movement, including plate boundaries, current plate velocities and question scientific evidence regarding differences in past plate velocities.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.1

Earth: History/Make/Time Line/Fossils
The learner will be able to make a geologic time line showing the locations of the index fossils and discuss the manner in which the index fossils are used to determine the age of rocks and stratigraphic correlations.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: History	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.E.1

Earth: Properties/Internal Structure
The learner will be able to describe the internal structure of the earth.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Properties	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A.1

Earth: Properties/Explain/Composition
The learner will be able to explain earth's internal composition.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Properties	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A.1

Solar System: Nebular/Discuss/Evidence
The learner will be able to discuss the evidence, including recently substantiated discoveries, that supports the theory that the earth, sun and solar system originated from a nebular cloud billions of years ago.

Strand	Scope	Source
Solar System	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.E.4

Solar System: Ecliptical/Determine
The learner will be able to determine the ecliptical plane of the solar system based on the positions of visible objects in the sky.

Strand	Scope	Source
Solar System	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 13.A.2

Solar System: Nebular Cloud/Explore
The learner will be able to explore data demonstrating that the sun, earth and solar system originated from a nebular cloud of dust and gas billions of years ago.

Strand	Scope	Source
Solar System	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.H.3

Earth: Global Climate/Describe/Sun/Heat
The learner will be able to describe how the global climate is determined by the transfer of heat energy from the sun to the atmosphere, land and oceans of the earth.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A.4

Earth: Rotation/Describe/Circulation
The learner will be able to describe how earth's rotation impacts the circulation within the atmosphere and oceans.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Rotation	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.D.5

Earth: Surface Properties/Plate Tectonic
The learner will be able to estimate the changes in the earth's surface structure due to plate tectonics.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Surface Properties	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Recognize/Record
The learner will be able to recognize a major rift or collision that occurred between plates, that is documented in the geological record.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.2

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Describe/Mountain
The learner will be able to describe the reason that most of the earth's highest mountains are caused by the movement of the tectonic plates.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.5

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Describe/Edge
The learner will be able to describe the reason that most of the earth's volcanoes and earthquakes occur close to the edge of the tectonic plates.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.5

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Describe/Heat
The learner will be able to describe how the release of the internal heat of the earth causes plate motion and the formation of mountain ranges.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.B.2

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Ocean Floor
The learner will be able to explain the concept of ocean floor spreading in which a new tectonic plate is formed.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.4

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Subduction
The learner will be able to explain the concept of subduction in which a tectonic plate is removed from the surface of the earth.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.4

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Position/Time
The learner will be able to position a major rift or collision between plates on the geologic time line.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.2

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Find/Location/Pre
The learner will be able to find the locations of the continents 100 million years ago and predict their location 100 million years into the future.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.3

Earth: Plate Tectonics/Research/Current
The learner will be able to research the current velocities for the tectonic plates and use arrows to record the values on a map.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.C.3

Earth: History/Describe/Radioactive
The learner will be able to describe, when compared with the carbon-12 in the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, how radioactive carbon-14 produced by cosmic rays of the upper atmosphere can be utilized to determine how long ago organisms were alive.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: History	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.H.1

Earth: History/Compare/Contrast
The learner will be able to compare and contrast the sedimentary processes of today with the processes during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras responsible for the laterally extensive continental sedimentary formations.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: History	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.E.3

Earth: Energy/Assess/Systems/Information
The learner will be able to assess information concerning the energy of the earth's systems.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Energy	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A

Universe: Origin/Big Bang/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the significant observations that led to the creation and acceptance of the big bang model for the origin of the universe.

Strand	Scope	Source
Universe: Origin	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 13.C.2

Universe: Origin/Debate/Theories
The learner will be able to debate the pros and cons of the theories for the origin of the universe using scientific evidence.

Strand	Scope	Source
Universe: Origin	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 13.C

Earth: Layers/Compare/Make-up
The learner will be able to compare the elemental make-up of the inner and outer core, mantle, continental and oceanic crusts.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: Layers	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A.1

Earth: History/Geologic/Time/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the scientific evidence and procedures for determining geologic time by identifying the up-to-date consensus for the age of the earth as being 4.5 billion years.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth: History	Master	NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.G.4

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