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Earth Science: God's World Our Home

by Kevin Nelstead Author

Earth Science is presented in a style aimed at drawing students into close engagement with the subject matter, providing a solid education and fostering a sense of wonder and responsibility for God's amazing world. This text is perfect for middle school-aged students. It includes all the popular characteristics of Novare textbooks: smaller profile, vibrant, original, and relevant graphics, lucid conversational prose, and an approach that connects students with real-world science as stewards of God's creation. And of course, Novare's guiding principles of Mastery, Integration, and Kingdom perspective are woven throughout this text. Mastery learning is felt in the way key concepts, definitions, and skills are repeatedly brought up so that students rehearse and reencounter materials with a view toward more thorough retention of course content. We integrate relevant subjects such as mathematics, history, language skills, measurement, and more to both enhance the reading and demonstrate the connections that exist between all subjects. And Novare's Kingdom Perspective is evident in the attribution of the marvels of creation to God's creative power. Author Kevin Nelstead regularly draws the reader to appreciate the intricacy and excellence of God's works, tying in scripture where appropriate. Earth Science should be about much more than learning about rocks and mountains and the seasons. Think about how huge God's mandate to humans is that we are to steward and exhibit vice regency over creation! The best Christian curriculum will bring students into the wonder of God's astounding creation and foster the mind of a gracious and caring steward. Within the context of the fascinating study of landforms, minerals and planetary phenomena, many other timely and important topics are covered including conservation of natural resources, climate change, pollution, environmental justice, and the current scientific consensus concerning geologic history. This text, like our others, includes learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, Learning Checks along the way to review what has been covered, and exercises as the end of each chapter. There is no teacher's manual, workbook, test book, or separate experiment manual for this text. All that is needed is the Resource CD. Category Description for Novare Earth Science: We occasionally get a request for Christian materials in the area of science that doesn't include a young earth (literal interpretation) perspective. Novare Science offers a Kingdom perspective that allows students to see God in creation, but takes the stand that science supports a universe that is 13.77 billion years old and the Earth is 4.6 billion years old. However, the theory of evolution isn't mentioned or discussed. Novare (no-VAH-ray) is Latin meaning 'to renew' or 'begin again.' This reflects the attitude of the authors toward science education in our country - it needs to be renewed and refurbished, using research, scientific evidence and forward-thinking strategies while keeping God at the helm. Like the other texts in this series, the Earth Science employs a mastery approach to learning science - students should learn, master, and retain, what they learn. A curriculum that uses this approach covers fewer topics but covers each more deeply. This text also integrates learning by combining skills in the areas of science, math, science history, and English language usage. Every chapter follows the same format - objectives are stated, vocabulary terms presented, textual information numbered and divided into digestible amounts, 'learning checks' at the end of each reading section, and an exercise at the end of each chapter. Chapters in this book cover Earth in Space, Visualizing Earth, Thinking About Earth, Matter & Minerals, Rocks & the Rock Cycle, Plate Tectonics & Mountain Building, Volcanoes & Earthquakes, Weathering/Erosion/Soils, Surface Water & Groundwater, Landforms, Earth History, Oceanography, Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate & Air Pollution. A glossary, mineral chart, and other resources are found at the back of the text. The author believes in questions that require complete sentences as a response, so you won't find any true/false, matching, or multiple choice questions. Colorful illustrations and photos are used to enhance the content of this small format text (6.5" x 9.5"). The text states three goals for which the student is to strive - be good stewards of God's gifts; learn, master, and retain what you learn; learn to keep a lab journal. The student section at the front of the book explains how to keep your lab journal or you can use Student Lab Report Handbook (#47300) for guidelines suggested by this author for keeping a lab journal. This handbook is recommended for use at the high school level. There are eight Experimental Investigations found right in the text and include an overview, basic materials list and step-by-step instructions. The Resource CD includes 30 quizzes (one for each week), two semester exams, answer keys to calculation questions, sample answers for verbal questions, weekly review guides, lab experiments, lesson list, and sample course schedule. In the sequence of Novare Science courses, this is one of the middle school courses (6th-8th), but is meaty enough to be used at the 9th grade level. Novare is good preparation for higher level science courses, because of the mastery approach and emphases on mastering the concepts.

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Resource Type: Text Book
ISBN: 978-0-9863529-1-1
Print Status: In Print
Lesson s: 152
Pages: 504
Suggested Grades: 7th - 8th
Publisher: Novare Classical Academic Press
Edition: 2nd
Copyright: 2020
Written: 2020

Lesson s

1 Welcome!
2 Text 1.1 --- Introduction to Earth Science --- Learning Check 1.1
3 Text 1.2 --- Earth in the Solar System, Galaxy, Universe --- Learning Check 1.2
4 Text 1.3 --- Earth's Orbit and the Seasons --- Learning Check 1.3
5 Text 1.4 --- Phases of the Moon --- Learning Check 1.4
6 Text 1.5 --- Eclipses --- Learning Check 1.5
7 Quiz 1 --- Begin 1.6 After Quiz
8 Text 1.6 --- Calendars --- Learning Check 1.6
9 Class work on Chapter 1 Exercises
10 Text 2.1 --- Locations on Earth--- Learning Check 2.1
11 Quiz 2 --- Spare time after quiz
12 Text 2.2 --- Map Projections and the Shape of the Earth --- Learning Check 2.2 -- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 1
13 Text 2.3 --- Remote Sensing --- Learning Check 2.3
14 Text 2.4 --- Mapping, GIS, Topo Maps ---
15 Text 2.4 --- Topo Maps: Margin Info and Gradient --- Learning Check 2.4
16 Quiz 3 --- Continue 2.4 after quiz
17 Class work on Chapter 2 Exercise --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 2
18 Experiment 1: Topo Maps --- Experiment 1 REPORT
19 Review Day
20 Text 3.1 --- The Cycle of Scientific Enterprise --- Learning Check 3.1
21 Quiz 4 --- Discuss 3.1 after quiz
22 Text 3.2 --- Experimental vs. Historical Science --- Learning Check 3.2 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 3
23 Text 3.3 --- Challenges in Studying Earth --- Learning Check 3.3
24 Text 3.4 --- Christianity and Earth Sciences --- Learning Check 3.4
25 Class Discussion
26 Quiz 5 --- Begin 3.5 after quiz
27 Text 3.5 --- Stewardship of Earth --- Learning Check 3.5 Distribute Weekly Review Guide 4
28 Class work on Chapter 3 Exercises
29 Text 4.1 --- Atoms Elements, Crystals
30 Text 4.1 --- Atoms, Elements, Crystals --- Learning Check 4.1
31 Quiz 6 --- Begin 4.2 after quiz; Distribute Weekly Review Guide 5
32 Text 4.2 --- Minerals --- Learning Check 4.2
33 Text 4.3 --- Mineral Properties --- Learning Check 4.3
34 Quiz 7--- Spare time after quiz
35 Text 4.4 --- Mineral Resources --- Learning Check 4.4 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 6
36 Class work on Chapter 4 Exercises
37 Experiment 2: Identifying Minerals --- Experiment 2 REPORT
38 Review Day
39 Quiz 8 --- Begin 5.1 after quiz
40 Text 5.1 --- Rock Cycle --- Learning Check 5.1 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 7
41 Text 5.2 --- Igneous Rocks --- Learning Check 5.2
42 Text 5.3 --- Sedementary Rocks --- Learning Check 5.3
43 Text 5.4 --- Metamorphic Rocks --- Learning Check 5.4
44 Quiz 9 --- Begin 5.5 after quiz
45 Text 5.5 --- Energy Resources --- Learning Check 5.5 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 8
46 Class work on Chapter 5 Exercises
47 Experiment 3: Identifying Rocks --- Experiment 3 REPORT
48 Quiz 10 --- Begin 6.1 after quiz
49 Text 6.1 --- Continental Drift --- Learning Check 6.1 Distribute Weekly Review Guide 9
50 Text 6.2 --- Ocean Floor --- Learning Check 6.2
51 Text 6.3 --- Seafloor Spreading --- Learning Check 6.3
52 Text 6.4 --- Plate Tectonics --- Learning Check 6.4
53 Quiz 11 --- Begin 6.5 after quiz
54 Text 6.5 --- Mountain Building --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 10
55 Class work on Chapter 6 Exercises
56 Review Day
57 Text 7.1 --- Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
58 Quiz 12 --- Learning Check 7.1 --- Continue 7.1 after quiz
59 Text 7.2 --- Volcanoes --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 11
60 Text 7.2 --- Volcanoes --- Learning Check 7.2
61 7.3 --- Igneous Intrusions --- Learning Check 7.3
62 7.4 --- Earthquakes
63 Quiz 13 --- Learning Check 7.4 --- Continue 7.4 after quiz
64 Text 7.5 --- Earthquake Damage --- Learning Check 7.5 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 12
65 Text 7.6 --- Interior of Earth --- Learning Check 7.6
66 Class work on Chapter 7 Exercises
67 Experiment 4: Studying Volcanoes with Maps --- Experiment 4 REPORT
68 Quiz 14
69 Review Day --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 13
70 Text 8.1 --- Mechanical and Chemical Weathering
71 Text 8.1 --- Mechanical and Chemical Weathering --- Learning Check 8.1
72 Text 8.2 --- Erosion --- Learning Check 8.2 --- (No quiz first week of Spring Term)
73 Text 8.3 --- Soils --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 14
74 Text 8.3 --- Soils --- Learning Check 8.3
75 Class work on Chapter 8 Exerises
76 Experiment 5: Modeling Weathering --- Eperiment 5 REPORT
77 Quiz 5 --- Begin 9.1 after quiz
78 Text 9.1 --- The Hydrologic Cycle --- Learning Check 9.1 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 15
79 Text 9.2 --- Streams
80 Text 9.2 --- Streams --- Learning Check 9.2
81 Quiz 16 --- Begin 9.3 after quiz
82 Text 9.3 --- Stream Landforms --- Learning Check 9.3 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 16
83 Text 9.4 --- Groundwater
84 Text 9.4 --- Groundwater --- Learning Check 9.4
85 Text 9.5 --- Caverns and Groundwater Landforms --- Learning Check 9.5
86 Quiz 17 --- After quiz work on Chapter 9 Exercises
87 Class work on Chapter 9 Exercises --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 17
88 Experiment 6: The Stream Table
89 Experiment 6: The Stream Table --- Experiment 6 REPORT
90 Quiz 18 --- Begin 10.1 after quiz
91 Text 10.1 --- Landforms Caused by Mass Movement --- Learning Check 10.1 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 18
92 Text 10.2 --- Desert Landforms --- Learning Check 10.2
93 Text 10.3 --- Glaciers ---
94 Text 10.3 --- Glaciers --- Learning Check 10.3
95 Quiz 19 --- Begin 10.4 After Quiz
96 Text 10.4 --- Glaciation in Earth's Past --- Learning Check 10.4 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 19
97 Class work on Chapter 10 Exercises --- Prep for Experiment 7
98 Experiment 7: Glaciers with Topo Maps --- Experiment 7 REPORT
99 Review Day
100 Quiz 20 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 20; begin 11.1 after quiz
101 Text 11.1 --- Geologic Time --- Learning Check 11.1
102 Text 11.2 Relative Age
103 Quiz 21 --- Continue 11.2 afer quiz
104 Text 11.2 --- Relative Age --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 21
105 Text 11.2 --- Relative Age --- Learning Check 11.2
106 Text 11.3 --- Fossils
107 Text 11.3 --- Fossils - Learning Check 11.3
108 Quiz 22 --- After quiz begin 11.4
109 Text 11.4 --- Absolute Dating --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 22
110 Text 11.4 --- Absolute Dating --- Learning Check 11.4
111 Text 11.5 --- Sedimentary Environments --- Learning Check 11.5
112 Text 11.6 --- An Overview of Earth History
113 Quiz 23 --- Begin 11.6 after quiz
114 Text 11.6 --- An Overview of Earth History --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 23
115 Text 11.6 --- An Overview of Earth History --- Learning Check 11.6
116 Class work on Chapter 11 Exercises
117 Review Day
118 Text 12.1 --- The Oceans --- Learning Check --- (No quiz week after Spring Break)
119 Text 12.2 --- Seawater --- Learning Check 12.2 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 24
120 Text 12.3 --- Currents and Waves --- Learning Check 12.3
121 Text 12.4 --- Tides --- Learning Check 12.4
122 Text 12.5 --- Marine Life --- Learning Check 12.5
123 Quiz 24 --- Continue 12.4 after quiz
124 Text 12.6 --- Shorelines --- Learning Check --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 25
125 Class work on Chapter 12 Exercises --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 25
126 Text 13.1 --- Composition and Structure of Atmosphere --- Learning Check 13.1
127 Text 13.2 --- Properties of the Atmosphere
128 Quiz 25 --- Continue 13.2 after quiz
129 Text 13.2 --- Properties of the Atmosphere
130 Text 13.3 --- Energy and Water in the Atmosphere --- Learning Check 13.3
131 Text 13.4 --- Circulation of the Atmosphere --- Learning Check 13.4
132 Class work on Chapter 13 Exercises
133 Quiz 26 --- Begin 14.1 after quiz
134 Text 14.1 --- Clouds and Precipitation --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 27
135 Text 14.1 --- Clouds and Precipitation --- Learning Check 14.1
136 Text 14.2 --- Air Masses and Fronts
137 Text 14.2 --- Air Masses and Fronts --- Learning Check 14.2
138 Quiz 27 --- Spare time after quiz
139 Text 14.3 - Weather Forecasts --- Learning Check --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 28
140 Text 14.4 --- Sever Weather --- Learning Check
141 Class work on Chapter 14 Exercises
142 Experiment 8: Weather Maps --- Experiment 8 REPORT
143 Quiz 28 --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 29
144 Review Day
145 Text 15.1 --- Climate --- Learning Check 15.1
146 Text 15.2 --- Classification of Climates --- Learning Check 15.2
147 Quiz 29
148 Text 15.3 --- Climate Change --- Distribute Weekly Review Guide 30
149 Text 15.3 --- Climate Change --- Learning Check 15.4
150 Text 15.4 --- Air Pollution --- Learning Check 15.4
151 Class Work on Chapter 15 Exercises
152 Quiz 30 --- Spare time after quiz

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