NATIONAL STANDARDS
EARTH SCIENCES
I. Properties of Earth Materials
A. Fossils provide evidence about the animals that lived long ago and the nature of the environment at that time.
B. Earth materials are solid rocks and soil and water.
1. Sedimentary Rocks
a. Sandstone
b. Oil shale
c. Limestone
d. Sand
II. Changes in the Earth
A. The surface of the earth changes
B. Some changes are due to slow processes such as erosion and weathering
C. Some changes are due to rapid processes such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
1. Emerging and Converging Shorelines
a. Earthquakes - San Andreas fault
b. Glaciers - Last Ice Age
c. Uplifting
d. Mountain building
III. Structure of the Earth System
A. Soils consists of weathered rocks and decomposed organic material from dead plants and animals
B. Old rocks at the earth's surface weather, forming sediments that are buried
1. Rock cycle - igneous; sedimentary; metamorphic
C. Make observations of the features of the earth; describe how some events in nature have patterns, sequences, and relationships.
The Case and materials for "Screaming Skulls" have been developed and/or assembled by La Nelle Harvey, of 93rd Street School, Los Angeles, CA - a member of the USC California Science Project Leadership Cohort, in conjunction with Cal State Los Angeles.