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Tularosa HS Science
Science - Unified Science Q5

Earth and Space Science
Ocean: Floor/Describe/Topographic
The learner will be able to utilize a topographic map of the world's oceans to describe how features of the present-day ocean floor can be utilized to infer the history of sea floor spreading which leads to inferences about the prior existence of Pangaea.
Strand Scope Source
Ocean: Floor Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.F.2
  
Earth: Properties/Model/Energy
The learner will be able to model the interaction among earth's internal and external sources of energy including the heat created by these energy sources.
Strand Scope Source
Earth: Properties Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.B
  
Earth and Sun: Energy/Describe/Water
The learner will be able to describe how the sun's radiant energy drives the water cycle between the continents and the ocean, and between the earth's poles and the equator.
Strand Scope Source
Earth and Sun Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.B.3
  
Earth and Sun: Heat/Compare/Surface
The learner will be able to compare the amount of heat per square meter coming from the sun to the average amount of heat rising from the earth's interior with regard to their significance in affecting the environment on the earth's surface.
Strand Scope Source
Earth and Sun Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.B.1
  
Soil: Conservation/Explore/Consequences
The learner will be able to explore the sociological and historical consequences of severe soil erosion and depletion, due to a lack of effective soil conservation methods, on a particular region of the world.
Strand Scope Source
Soil Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 11.G.2
  
Atmosphere: Greenhouse Effect/Describe
The learner will be able to describe the greenhouse effect.
Strand Scope Source
Atmosphere Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.D.6
  
Atmosphere: Climate/Describe/Temperature
The learner will be able to describe the reason that in the lower portion of the atmosphere the temperature cools as the height increases and therefore the climate is cooler at higher elevations than at lower elevations at a given latitude.
Strand Scope Source
Atmosphere Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.D.7
  
Earth: History/Explore/Cambrian/Life
The learner will be able to explore the scientific evidence for the sudden appearance of a large diversity of multicellular life forms in the lowest Cambrian rocks.
Strand Scope Source
Earth: History Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.G.1
  
Earth: Energy/Describe/Convection
The learner will be able to describe convection as the main way in which heat from within the earth reaches the earth's surface.
Strand Scope Source
Earth: Energy Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A.3
  
Earth: Energy/Model/Cycles/Weather
The learner will be able to model natural cycles and weather patterns associated with the movement of matter caused by the earth's internal and external sources of energy.
Strand Scope Source
Earth: Energy Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.D
  
Earth: Energy/Show/Convection
The learner will be able to show that the process of convection may cause motion of the tectonic plates on the surface of the earth.
Strand Scope Source
Earth: Energy Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A.3
  
Lithosphere: Shell/Describe/Mantle
The learner will be able to describe the lithosphere as the cooler outer shell of earth, approximately 50-100 km. thick and mechanically stronger than the hotter, ductile mantle lying underneath.
Strand Scope Source
Lithosphere Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A.2
  
Water: Quality/Study/Community
The learner will be able to study the processes utilized in his/her community for sewage treatment.
Strand Scope Source
Water: Quality Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 16.B.1
  
Earth: History/Extinctions/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the scientific evidence for the mass extinctions that took place at the end of the Devonian, Permian and Cretaceous sections of the geological record.
Strand Scope Source
Earth: History Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.G.2
  
Earth: History/Explore/Evidence
The learner will be able to explore how the earth has changed or remained constant by utilizing fossil and other evidence.
Strand Scope Source
Earth: History Master NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.E
  
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Content of Science Strandard II
Objects in the Sky
The learner will be able to predict changes in the positions and appearances of objects in the sky (e.g., moon, sun) based on knowledge of current positions and patterns of movements (e.g., lunar cycles, seasons).
Strand Scope Source
Earth and Space Science Master NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 9.1.2
  
Star Powered/Nuclear Fusion
The learner will be able to describe how stars are powered by nuclear fusion, how luminosity and temperature indicate their age, and how stellar processes create heavier and stable elements that are found throughout the universe.
Strand Scope Source
Earth and Space Science Master NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 9.1.6
  
Role New Mexico Research Facilities
The learner will be able to examine the role that New Mexico research facilities play in current space exploration (e.g., Very Large Array, Goddard Space Center).
Strand Scope Source
Earth and Space Science Master NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) I 9.1.7
  
Heat Energy Earth Surface
The learner will be able to describe convection as the mechanism for moving heat energy from deep within Earth to the surface and discuss how this process results in plate tectonics, including: geological manifestations (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building) that occur at plate boundaries impact of plate motions on societies and the environment (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes).
Strand Scope Source
Energy in Earth's System Master NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.7
  
Earth's System Internal/External Energy
The learner will be able to know that Earth's systems are driven by internal (i.e., radioactive decay and gravitational energy) and external (i.e., the sun) sources of energy.
Strand Scope Source
Energy in Earth's System Master NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.6
  
Fixed Amounts of Natural Resources
The learner will be able to know that Earth's system contains a fixed amount of natural resources that cycle among land, water, the atmosphere, and living things (e.g., carbon and nitrogen cycles, rock cycle, water cycle, ground water, aquifers).
Strand Scope Source
Energy in Earth's System Master NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.9
  
Earth's Materials
The learner will be able to describe the composition and structure of Earth's materials, including: the major rock types (i.e., sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic) and their formation natural resources (e.g., minerals, petroleum) and their formation.
Strand Scope Source
Energy in Earth's System Master NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.10
  
Ground Water
The learner will be able to explain how the availability of ground water through aquifers can fluctuate based on multiple factors (i.e., rate of use, rate of replenishment, surface changes, and changes in temperature).
Strand Scope Source
Energy in Earth's System Master NM: State Standards: Standard III Benchmark(a) II 9.2.12
  
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