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Tables of Contents for Science Voyages Earth Science
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
UNIT 1 The Nature of Science
2
152
The Nature of Science
4
24
How Science Works
6
8
Activity 1-1 Design Your Own Experiment: Model an Archaeological Dig
12
2
Scientific Problem Solving
14
14
Activity 1-2 Advertising Inferences
22
1
Science & Society National Geographic
23
5
Measurement
28
30
Description and Measurement
30
7
Science & Society National Geographic
36
1
SI Units
37
6
Activity 2-1 Using Scientific Methods: Scale Drawing
42
1
Communicating Data
43
15
Activity 2-2 Design Your Own Experiment: Pace Yourself
48
2
Field Guide to Lab Equipment
50
8
Rocks
58
32
The Rock Cycle
60
6
Activity 3-1 Igneous Rocks
64
2
Igneous Rocks
66
5
Metamorphic Rocks
71
4
Sedimentary Rocks
75
15
Science & Society National Geographic
83
1
Activity 3-2 Sedimentary Rocks
84
6
Resources
90
32
Energy Resources
92
6
How it Works National Geographic
97
1
Alternative Energy Resources
98
6
Water
104
7
Activity 4-1 Using Water
110
1
Land
111
11
Activity 4-2 Design Your Own Experiment: Using Land
116
6
Views of Earth
122
30
Landforms
124
8
Viewpoints
132
4
Maps
136
16
Activity 5-1 Design Your Own Experiment: Modeling Earth
144
2
History of Science National Geographic
146
1
Activity 5-2 Making a Topographic Map
147
5
UNIT 2 Earth's Changing Surface
152
92
Weathering and Soil
154
26
Weathering
156
8
Activity 6-1 Design Your Own Experiment: Weathering Chalk
162
2
Soil
164
16
Activity 6-2 Soil Characteristics
174
1
How it Works National Geographic
175
5
Erosional Forces
180
32
Gravity
182
8
Glaciers
190
9
Activity 7-1 Glacial Grooving
197
1
Reading & Writing in Science National Geographic
198
1
Wind
199
13
Activity 7-2 Design Your Own Experiment: Blowing in the Wind
206
6
Water Erosion and Deposition
212
32
Surface Water
214
14
Activity 8-1 Design Your Own Experiment: Stream Speed
226
2
Groundwater
228
6
Ocean Shoreline
234
10
Activity 8-2 What's so special about sand?
238
1
Science & Society National Geographic
239
5
UNIT 3 Earth's Interior
244
94
Plate Tectonics
246
34
Continental Drift
248
4
Seafloor Spreading
252
5
Activity 9-1 Seafloor Spreading Rates
256
1
Plate Tectonics
257
23
Science & Math National Geographic
267
1
Activity 9-2 On the Internet: Predicting Tectonic Activity
268
2
Field Guide to Roadside Geology
270
10
Earthquakes
280
30
Forces Inside Earth
282
5
Earthquake Information
287
10
Activity 10-1 Epicenter Location
296
1
Destruction by Earthquakes
297
13
Reading & Writing in Science National Geographic
303
1
Activity 10-2 Earthquake Depths
304
6
Volcanoes
310
28
What causes volcanoes?
312
8
Activity 11-1 Locating Active Volcanoes
318
2
Types of Volcanoes
320
7
Igneous Rock Features
327
11
Activity 11-2 Identifying Types of Volcanoes
332
1
Science & Society National Geographic
333
5
UNIT 4 Change Through Time
338
64
Clues to Earth's Past
340
30
Fossils
342
8
Relative Ages of Rocks
350
9
Activity 12-1 Relative Age Dating
357
1
History of Science National Geographic
358
1
Absolute Ages of Rocks
359
11
Activity 12-2 Radioactive Decay
364
6
Geologic Time
370
32
Life and Geologic Time
372
8
Early Earth History
380
9
Activity 13-1 Changing Species
387
1
Science & Society National Geographic
388
1
Middle and Recent Earth History
389
13
Activity 13-2 On the Internet: Discovering the Past
396
6
UNIT 5 Earth's Air and Water
402
114
Atmosphere
404
30
Earth's Atmosphere
406
10
Activity 14-1 Making a Barometer
414
1
History of Science National Geographic
415
1
Energy from the Sun
416
8
Activity 14-2 Design Your Own Experiment: The Heat Is On
422
2
Movement of Air
424
10
Weather
434
32
What is weather?
436
8
Science & Math National Geographic
443
1
Weather Patterns
444
9
Activity 15-1 Reading a Weather Map
452
1
Forecasting Weather
453
13
Activity 15-2 On the Internet: Weather or Not
456
2
Field Guide to Clouds
458
8
Climate
466
26
What is climate?
468
6
Activity 16-1 Design Your Own Experiment: Microclimates
472
2
Climate Types
474
4
Climatic Changes
478
14
Activity 16-2 The Greenhouse Effect
486
1
History of Science National Geographic
487
5
Ocean Motion
492
24
Ocean Water
494
5
Activity 17-1 Water, Water, Everywhere
498
1
Ocean Currents
499
6
Ocean Waves and Tides
505
11
Activity 17-2 Making Waves
510
1
Science & Society National Geographic
511
5
UNIT 6 Astronomy
516
98
The Sun-Earth-Moon System
518
28
Planet Earth
520
10
Reading & Writing in Science National Geographic
527
1
Activity 18-1 Design Your Own Experiment: Tilt and Temperature
528
2
Earth's Moon
530
8
Exploration of the Moon
538
8
Activity 18-2 Moon Phases and Eclipses
541
5
The Solar System
546
32
The Solar System
548
6
Activity 19-1 Planetary Orbits
553
1
The Inner Planets
554
6
The Outer Planets
560
8
Activity 19-2 Design Your Own Experiment: Solar System Distance Model
566
2
Other Objects in the Solar System
568
10
Science & Society National Geographic
573
5
Stars and Galaxies
578
36
Stars
580
5
The Sun
585
5
Activity 20-1 Sunspots
589
1
Evolution of Stars
590
7
Reading & Writing in Science National Geographic
596
1
Galaxies and the Universe
597
17
Activity 20-2 Design Your Own Experiment: Measuring Parallax
604
2
Field Guide to Backyard Astronomy
606
8
Content Standards & Case Studies
614
34
Appendices
648
16
Appendix A Safety in the Science Classroom
649
1
Appendix B SI/Metric-to-English Conversions
650
1
Appendix C International System of Units
651
1
Appendix D Care and Use of a Microscope
652
1
Appendix E Classification
653
4
Appendix F Minerals
657
2
Appendix G Rocks
659
1
Appendix H Topographic Map Symbols
660
1
Appendix I Weather Map Symbols
661
1
Appendix J Star Charts
662
2
Science Skill Handbook
664
20
Technology Skill Handbook
684
9
Skill Activities
693
21
Glossary
714
13
Spanish Glossary
727
15
Index
742