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Category Science Math English Social Studies
Subject Geology
Topic  
 
Geology
Curriculum is based on state and national content standards and what a student might learn while attending school in the United States.
 
Curriculum - Kindergarten
None
 
Curriculum - Grade 1
None
 
Curriculum - Grade 2
Compare the physical properties of different kinds of rocks
Smaller rocks come from weathering of larger rocks
Soil is made from weathered rock and from organic materials
Fossils provide evidence about plants and animals from long ago
 
Curriculum - Grade 3
None
 
Curriculum - Grade 4
Differentiate igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
Identify common rock-forming minerals
Identify ore minerals
Some changes in the earth are due to slow processes
Some changes in the earth are due to rapid processes
Natural processes cause rocks to break down into smaller pieces
Moving water erodes landforms, weathering, transport, deposition
 
Curriculum - Grade 5
None
 
Curriculum - Grade 6
Heat from Earth's interior reaches the surface through convection
Evidence of plate tectonics
Earth is composed of several layers
Lithospheric plates the size of continents and oceans move
Earthquakes are motions along faults
Volcanoes are locations where magma reaches the surface
Major geologic events result from plate motions
Explain major features of regional geology
Determine the epicenter of an earthquake and the effects
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods
 
Curriculum - Grade 7
Earth processes today are similar to those in the past
Life on Earth has been disrupted by major catastrophic events
The rock cycle includes the formation of new sediment and rocks
Evidence indicates Earth is billions of years old
Fossils provide evidence of life and environmental conditions
Movements of Earth's continental and oceanic plates through time
Explain developments and extinctions of plant and animal life
 
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