Honors/Earth Space Systems (H ESS/ESS) Unit Overviews
Unit 1
Solar Energy/Fluid Circulation
Unit
Unit 2
Astronomy
Unit 3
Restless Earth
Unit 4
Earth Materials and Processes
Unit 5
Earth History/Global Change
Project Introduction:
House Design Project
Project Introduction:
Another World
Project Introduction:
Geological Trip
Project Introduction:
Geotechnical Report
Project Introduction:
Future Newspaper Front Page
Students presented with RFP
and Project Scoring Tool.
Unequal Heating
Earth’s surface and
atmosphere influence the
amount of solar energy
reaching the Earth and how it
is redistributed from regions of
surplus to deficit.
Fluid Circulation
The atmosphere and oceans
are both three-dimensional
fluids that have measurable
physical properties.
Severe Weather
Students presented with RFP
and Project Scoring Tool.
Earth-Moon-Sun Interactions
Students presented with RFP
and Project Scoring Tool.
Plate Tectonics
Physical laws govern the
nature of objects in the
universe.
Internal energy is the driving
force of the movement and
those interactions influence
other parts of the Earth
System and affect human
activities.
Solar System
Earthquakes
Relationships exist between
Studying patterns in
the Earth and all other celestial earthquakes are vital to
objects in our solar system.
understanding the effects that
Earth’s internal processes have
on its surface and living
systems.
Stars
Atmospheric and hydrospheric
conditions are associated with
the formation and
development of severe
weather.
House Design Project
Physical laws and forces
determine stellar evolution
and processes.
Continuation of house project
development and evaluation.
The "Big Bang" theory is the
current theory for the
formation and evolution of the
universe.
Another World Project
Universe
Continuation of development
and evaluation of project.
Volcanoes
Volcanoes are an important
factor in understanding the
internal energy that is the
driving force of the movement
of tectonic plates.
Geological Trip Project
Evaluation
Final Projects will be displayed
and evaluated
Students presented with RFP
and Project Scoring Tool.
Minerals
Students presented with RFP
and Project Scoring Tool.
Earth’s History
Earth materials can be
classified based on their
physical and chemical
properties.
The analysis of the record
contained in rock layers,
sediments, and glacial ice
reveals past patterns of global
change.
Rocks
Every part of the Earth’s solid
surface displays one or more
of the processes associated
with the rock cycle.
Global Change
Events and patterns both
within the Earth systems and
in the surrounding space
environment have changed
Earth.
Weathering/
Erosion/Deposition
The chemical and physical
properties of Earth materials
are controlling factors in
landform changes.
Future Newspaper Front Page
Project Evaluation
Final Projects will be displayed
and evaluated.
Geotechnical Report Project
Evaluation
Final Projects will continue to
be developed and evaluated.