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Sem 1:

Project: Impacts of Erosion and Deposition:Students determine where major erosion and deposition occur during and after precipitation on our school campus or at a local park.

Lab: Modeling Water Erosion: Students complete a virtual lab; accompanied with a lab report; where they model and observe stream processes; including factors that affect erosion and deposition.

Project: Modeling Earth?s Tilt: Students construct a model that shows how Earth?s rotation causes day and night. Once they have completed their models; students write a multi-paragraph paper describing their model and the conclusions drawn from activity.

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Sem 2:

Project: Roads in a Rainforest:Students conduct research and evaluate how various roads that have been built in rainforests impact people and the Earth. Based on research and evaluation; students write a position paper expressing whether they are for or against the building of roads in rainforests.

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• LGEO
• Geology

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Per ABOR Requirements: "A Laboratory Science course is defined as a course in w hich at least 1 class period each week is devoted to providing an opportunity for students to manipulate equipment; materials; or specimens; to develop skills in observation and analysis; and to discover; demonstrate; illustrate; or test scientific principles or concepts; such as chemistry; physics; earth sciences and biology." Please advise how manipulation of equipment; materials or specimens was performed once a week in this course.

Online / Virtual