Earth Science Curriculum Units and Teaching Tips

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Key Vocabulary Terms for High School (PSES) and Middle School (ILS) courses
Key Ideas
Selected Labs and Activities
Selected Websites
Links to NYS Earth Science Reference Tables
State Standards for NYS High School (PSES) and Middle School (ILS), + Others

Note: This is a work-in-progress. Not all links have yet been created.

• Observation And Measurement
• Models Of The Earth
• Minerals, Rocks, And Resources
• Earthquakes, Volcanoes, And Plate Tectonics
• Shaping The Earth's Surface
• The Water Cycle And Groundwater Systems
• New York State
• Earth History
• Weather And Climate
• Earth And Space (Astronomy)
• Oceanography
• Energy and the Environment
   
• Teaching Tips
• Using the ES Reference Tables
• Regents Earth Science Exam Preparation (Written/Performance)
• Educational Organizations
• Miscellaneous Resources
• Courses and Other Curriculum Resources

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Middle School (ILS) - Minerals and Rocks

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Middle School (ILS) terms 

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Middle School (ILS) terms 

Terms grouped by sub-topics

Terms grouped by sub-topics