GRADE 11 - HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES STRAND (HUMSS) → Grade 11 - HUMSS 1st Semester

Earth and Life Science


Description
Earth Science is one of the major fields of Science. It is the study of the Earth and its history. Earth Science is also the study of changes on the Earth and the Earth's place in space. Earth Science is like a jigsaw puzzle made up of four pieces. Each piece is main branch of Earth Science. The four main branches are Geology, Oceanology, Meteorology and space science. Together they make up the field of Earth Science.
Content
  • FIRST SEMESTER
  • lesson 1: origin and structure of the earth
  • the universe and solar system
  • Brief Intro to Earth Science
  • Universe and Solar System
  • Chapter 1.1 Classical Astronomy
  • Astronomers
  • Rudolphine Tables
  • Chapter 1.2 The Copernican Revolution
  • Aristotle's Geocentric Universe
  • Survey of Solar system
  • Assignment 1: Plato, Ptolemic, Copernicus, Astronomers
  • The Copernican Model
  • Chapter 1.3 Planetary Motion
  • Planetary motion
  • 1st Quiz
  • Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law
  • Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler
  • Assignment 2: Paradigm, Tycho Brahe, Copernican Model, Theory and Law
  • Chapter 1.4 Galileo Galilei
  • Galileo Galilei
  • Doors to the Universe
  • Telescope
  • Chapter 1.5 Isaac Newton and Orbital Motion
  • Universe and Solar System
  • The Aristotelian Universe
  • Copernican Revolution
  • Galileo Galilee
  • Isaac newton
  • Using Stellarium PLUS - Star Map on iOS and Android
  • Assignment 3: Galileo, Copernican, Orbital, Motion and Theory
  • MIDTERM EXAM
  • the earth and its subsystem
  • EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE
  • What is the Earth system?
  • Chapter 2: Earth History
  • Earth and Earth Subsystem
  • Formation of the Planets
  • The Physical Science Perspective
  • The Environmental Perspective
  • Physical Geography
  • Minerals and Rocks
  • the three main categories of rocks
  • the three main categories of rocks
  • . Exogenic Processes
  • . Exogenic Processes
  • MIDTERM LESSONS
  • FINAL LESSONS
  • Deformation of the Crust
  • Deformation of the Crust
  • plate tectonics
  • History of the Earth
  • NATURAL HAZARDS
  • NATURAL HAZARDS
  • Assignment
  • Quiz
  • performance tasks
  • FINAL EXAM
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed