Course Outline - Earth Science 11 - Spring 2013

Unit 1: Introduction: The Significance of Earth and Space Science

Unit 2: Methods Used to Study the Universe

Unit 3: Origins of the Universe and Astronomical Entities

Unit 4: The Origin and Components of the Solar System

Unit 5: The Relationship Between The Sun, the Earth and its Moon

Unit 6: Space Technologies and their Applications

Unit 7: Rocks and Minerals

Unit 8: The Use and Extraction of Geological Resources

Unit 9: Age Dating, The Fossil Record, and The Geological Time Scale

Unit 10: Seismology

Unit 11: Extrusive and Intrusive Volcanic Features and Action

Unit 12: The Development of Plate Tectonic Theory

Unit 13: The Characteristics and Significance of the Atmosphere

Unit 14: The Function of the Hydrologic Cycle

Unit 15: Weathering, Erosion and the resulting features

Unit 16: Features and Processes associated with Physical Oceanography