Holy Angel University Basic Education Department
Senior High School SY 2020-2021
Course Outline in Earth Science
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Subject Description: This learning area is designed to provide a general background for the understanding of the Earth on a planetary scale. It presents the history of the Earth through geologic time. It discusses the Earth’s structure and composition, the processes that occur beneath and on the Earth’s surface, as well as issues, concerns, and problems pertaining to Earth’s resources.
Time Frame Topic
Week 1
The four subsystems of the Earth
• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere Week 2 Rocks and Minerals
• Properties of minerals
• Three types of Rocks
• Common minerals and their uses
Week 3
Types of Mining
• Surface Mining
• Underground mining
Non-renewable energy resources
• Fossil fuels Week 4 Summative Assessment Week 5 Renewable energy resources
• Geothermal
Course Outline in Earth Science | Page | 2 Hydrothermal
Week 6 Water Resources Soil Resources
Week 7
Article 1: Wind Energy Plant
Article 2: Study Confirms GMO Herbicide Glyphosate Contaminates Groundwater Supplies Article 3: Mineral resources: Exhaustion is just a myth, say scientists
Week 8 Summative Assessment and Performance Task
Week 9
Geologic processes that occur on the surface of the Earth
• Weathering
Geologic processes that occur within the Earth
• The internal structure of the Earth Week 10
Folding and Faulting of rocks Week 11
Seafloor Spreading Week 12 History of The Earth
• Absolute and Relative dating
Week 13 The Major Subdivisions of geological time
• Fossil Week 14
How the Planet Earth Evolved in the Last 4.6 billion years
• Earth’s Past
• Geologic Time Scale
Article 1: Geomorphic Processes: Endogenic and Exogenic
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Article 2: Age of the Earth
Article 3: The Geological Time Scale in Historical Perspective
Week 16 Summative Assessment and Performance Task
