Weekly Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Links to an external site. for Introduction to Physical Geology Week 10

1. Scientific behavior: Think, behave, and communicate scientifically and collaborate with others learning science and conducting research. This week you will do so by by writing answers about glaciers and climate change using terminology for glacial landforms and geologic time.
2. Dynamic nature of Earth: Gather, show, and explain evidence of the earth as a dynamic, ever-changing planet by analyzing and describing changes to the land and climate of the Earth related to glaciers and climate change.
3. Earth systems: Identify and describe earth systems and analyze their interactions and feedback effects on each other by discerning and describing connections between changes in the atmosphere, climate, extent of glacial ice, and life on Earth.
4. Rocks and minerals: Observe, describe, classify, map and narrate the origin of glacial ice, a type of rock made of crystalline ice.
5. Geologic time: Put geologic events in order and determine the age of geologic materials by tracking changes in climate, atmospheric composition, and glaciation over time and narrating it using geologic time terminology.
6. Maps: Interpret spatial and quantitative information with maps and diagrams by analyzing glaciers and glacial landforms on topographic maps. 
7. Numbers and graphs: Make appropriate measurements, numbers, calculations and graphs to test hypotheses and account for the behavior and properties of Earth. Do so this week by analyzing climate change on graphs of changes in temperature and atmospheric composition over time.
8. Earth hazards: Analyze, explain, locate, and prepare for earth hazards. This week you will consider whether climate change is a hazard to societies in the modern world, and what causes climate change.