| EARTH
HISTORY COURSE MATRIX |
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FOSS
CD-ROM |
FOSS
READINGS |
EXTENSIONS |
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1. |
Pushing
the Envelope (2 sessions) |
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Give the right-handed challenge.
• Begin researching careers in geology.
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2. |
Into
the Grand Canyon (4–5 sessions) |
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Auditorium
• Powell River Trip
Slide Show
• Grand Canyon
Expeditions Desk
• Grand Canyon Rim, Pima Point
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The Journal of John Wesley Powell
• Getting to Know the Grand Canyon
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Plan a trip to the Grand Canyon.
• Read Powell’s journal.
• Discuss the human history at the Grand Canyon.
• Research Native American activities. |
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3. |
Grand
Canyon Rocks (4–5 sessions) |
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Auditorium
• Colorado River
• Colorado Plateau
Colorado Plateau Map
Geology Lab
• Earth Processes |
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From the Little Colorado to the Foot of the Grand Canyon
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Compare river air distance to land distances.
• Compare Grand Canyon 100 years later.
• Investigate national parks.
• Take virtual field trips. |
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4. |
My
Sediments Exactly (6–9 sessions) |
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Geology
Lab
• Sand Types
• Earth Processes
• Sedimentary Rocks,
Sandstone
• Sedimentary Rocks,
Shale |
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Water on Mars?
• Grand Canyon Flood! |
• Begin a class or personal sand collection.
• Do web research on Mars.
• Investigate geomorphology from space.
• Read about the Ogallala Aquifer.
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