High School Pacing Guide for Physical Geology w/lab

Five Day Pacing Guide

Day Chapter Standard Objectives
1 Chapter 1: HS-ESS1-5. Evaluate evidence of the past and To Understand:
 Earth as a system current movements of continental and oceanic
 Rocks & Rock Cycle crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain  Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries
 Sierra Nevada Geography the ages of crustal rocks.  The rock cycle
 Earth’s major spheres
Chapter 2:  Location of Sierra Nevada
 Plate Tectonics
2 Chapter 2: HS-ESS1-6 Apply scientific reasoning and To Understand:
 Plate Boundaries of Sierra evidence from ancient Earth materials,
Nevada meteorites, and other planetary surfaces to  How Igneous Rocks Form
construct an account of Earth’s formation and  Criteria and features used to classify
Chapter 3: early history intrusive
igneous bodies
 Magma  Relationship between volcanic activity
 Igneous Rocks HS-ESS2-1. Develop a model to illustrate how and 
plate tectonics
 Formation of Sierra Nevada Earth’s internal and surface processes operate at  The cause of the Sierra Nevada uplift
different spatial and temporal scales to form
* Activity: Identify plate boundaries continental and ocean-floor features.
Worksheet
3 Chapter 18: To Understand:
 Glaciers HS-ESS2-5. Plan and conduct an investigation of
 Landforms the properties of water and its effects on Earth  Definition of Glacier
 Effects of Glacial Erosion in Sierra materials and surface processes.  Location of Glaciers
Nevada  The features Formed by glacial erosion
and deposition
*Activity: identity Glacial features
4 Quiz: To Demonstrate
 Ch. 1,2,3 • An understanding of the material
presented in the chapters previously
Lab: Begin presented.
 Worksheet: Rock forming properties &
Rock cycle, plate boundaries, glacial
erosion
5 Lab: Continue To Demonstrate
 Worksheet: Rock Formations and  An understanding of the material presented in
properties of the Rock cycle. the chapters previously presented.