NATURE OF SCIENCE

EARTH’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE

EARTH’S SYSTEMS

EARTH AND HUMAN ACTIVITY

CURRENT EVENTS

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1SECTION NATURE OF

SCIENCE

THE NATURE OF SCIENCE DEALS WITH THE PROCESS IN WHICH SCIENCE IS DONE; POSING QUESTIONS, DEVELOPING HYPOTHESIS, EXPERIMENTING, ANALYZING COLLECTED DATA, AND REPORTING RESULTS. OFTEN IN EARTH SPACE SCIENCE, MODELS ARE UTILIZED TO INVESTIGATE OUR WORLD, WHERE IT EXISTS, HOW OUR EARTH SYSTEMS INTERACT AND HOW WE PLAY A CRUCIAL PART IN MAINTAINING ITS ENVIRONMENT

EARTH’S PLACE IN

THE UNIVERSE

EARTH ROTATES AND REVOLVES AND IS POSITIONED

TO SPARK DIFFERENT SEASONS. EARTH IS PART OF

THE SOLAR SYSTEM. OUR SOLOAR SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN THE MILKY WAY

GALAXY, WHICH IS ONE OF A BILLION OR MORE GALAXIES

THAT MAKE UP OUR UNIVERSE. EARTH’S UNIQUE

FORMATION AND POSITION IN OUR SOLOAR SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED A UNIQUE AND

INTERESTING ENVIRONMENT.

2SECTION

EARTH’S SYSTEMS

3SECTION

EARTH IS A DYNAMIC, EVER- CHANGING PLACE IN WHICH SYSTEMS INTERACT WITH

EACH OTHER AND INFLUENCE THE WORLD WE

LIVE IN. ALL THESE PROCESSES ARE DRIVEN FROM THE SUNS ENERGY.

THERE ARE NATURAL PROCESSES THAT OCCUR THAT SHAPE OUR LAND,

THAT STABILIZE OUR ATMOSPHERE, THAT CYCLE

OUR WATER, AND THAT INFLUENCES LIFE ON OUR

PLANET.

EARTH AND HUMAN

ACTIVITY

4SECTION

HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAN AFFECT EARTH SYSTEMS. THE AVAILABILITY OF NATURAL

RESOURCES IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO NATURALLY OCCURRING PROCESSES. OUR

WORLD WILL ALWAYS TRY TO FIND A BALANCE, AN EQUILIBRIUM WITH ALL

THINGS. AS WE UTILIZE THESE NATURAL RESOURCES, THE WORLD IS LEFT UNSTABLE. WHEN THIS BALANCE IS OUT OF PROPORTION

NATURAL HAZARDS CAN OCCUR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND BE ABLE TO PREDICT THESE NATURAL HAZARDS SO

WE CAN HELP SAFE GUARD OUR WORLD AND THE ENVIRONMENTS WE LIVE IN. IT IS ALSO

IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW EARTH SYSTEMS INTERACT WITH EACH

OTHER. TOPICS SUCH AS UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT TO DECISIONS WE MIGHT MAKE

IN THE FUTURE.

CURRENT SCIENCE

5SECTION

SCIENCE IS A FIELD THAT IS CONTINUALLY CHANGING. AS NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR WORLD

IS DISCOVERED, OUR PERSPECTIVE CHANGES.

DISCOVERING AND LEARNING FROM CURRENT EVENTS WILL

HELP US DEVELOP A RATIONALE FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW

EARTH SCIENCE AFFECTS US ALL.

6SECTION

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE. PLACE ALL REVIEW MATERIAL

TO STUDY FOR TESTS, MID-TERM AND FINAL IN THIS

SECTION.

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2011 MASTER OF SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL

TECHNOLOGY2009 MASTER OF

SCIENCE CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, &

TECHNOLOGY

1999 NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL

2003 BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BIOLOGY