Gizmos for Alabama - Science: Earth and Space Science (Course of Study adopted 2023)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

1: : Earth’s Place in the Universe

1.1: : Stars and Star Properties

1.1.1: : Students will… Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the connections among mass, gravity, and fusion in the life cycle of stars.

1.1.1.b: : Interpret the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram to analyze the properties of stars, including density, magnitude, temperature, rates of fusion, and spectral class.

1.1.1.c: : Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how nuclear fusion in stars and supernovas leads to the formation of all other elements.

1.2: : The Solar System and the Universe

1.2.2: : Students will… Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the structure and motion of components of the universe and solar system.

1.2.2.a: : Use mathematics and computational thinking to predict the motion of natural and man-made objects in the solar system, using Kepler’s laws, Newton’s laws of motion, and Newton’s gravitational laws.

1.2.2.b: : Use mathematics and computational thinking to explain the relationships between the properties of light and distances in the solar system and universe, including the Doppler effect, red shift, light years, and astronomical units.

1.2.2.c: : Analyze spectroscopic data to determine the properties and motion of objects in space.

1.2.2.d: : Investigate and communicate major properties of bodies in the solar system and the zones they inhabit.

1.2.2.e: : Use mathematics to explain how solar intensity and the tilt of the Earth’s axis impact the distribution of sunlight on the Earth’s surface, including zenith angle, solar angle, and surface area.

2: : Earth’s Systems

2.1: : Composition of the Earth

2.1.4: : Students will… Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the geologic conditions and processes that form different Earth materials.

2.1.4.b: : Analyze and interpret data to explain the effects of mechanical and chemical weathering and erosion on Earth’s materials by wind, water, ice, and gravity.

2.1.4.c: : Construct an explanation using evidence from experiments, models, or data of the processes that create and transform igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.

2.1.4.d: : Plan and conduct an investigation on water’s effect on surface and subsurface processes.

2.3: : Plate Tectonics

2.3.6: : Students will… Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the theory of plate tectonics.

2.3.6.a: : Construct an evidence-based explanation of continental drift, basing conclusions on comparisons of coastlines, fossils, ages of rocks, climate, and magnetic patterns.

2.3.6.b: : Construct an explanation, based on evidence, of tectonic plate movement, types of plate boundaries, and how boundary type relates to specific tectonic features, including mountain ranges, earthquakes, volcanism, volcanic islands, hotspots, mid-ocean ridges, and faults.

2.4: : Weather

2.4.7: : Students will… Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the role of energy transfer in wind, precipitation, cloud formation, and front formation.

2.4.7.a: : Obtain and communicate information to explain how water cycles through the atmosphere, including condensation, evaporation, clouds, types of precipitation, relative humidity, and dew point.

2.4.7.b: : Plan and carry out an investigation to determine the differential heating of land and water and explain how these differences create changes in local and global weather.

2.4.7.c: : Construct an explanation of how air masses, source regions, fronts, weather changes associated with frontal passage (including cold, warm, occluded, and stationary fronts), air pressure, air density, temperature, cloud types, and precipitation are related to each other.

2.4.7.d: : Use data to construct an explanation of the role of pressure differences in the development of wind systems.

2.4.7.e: : Analyze and interpret data to create a surface map, including high-pressure and low-pressure systems, isobars, wind barbs, cloud types, precipitation, and fronts.

2.5: : Climate and Severe Weather

2.5.8: : Students will… Obtain and communicate information to explain different climate regions and their impact on patterns of severe weather.

2.5.8.b: : Analyze and interpret data to develop predictions about the formation of meteorological events.

Correlation last revised: 4/19/2024

Alabama - Science: Earth and Space Science

Course of Study | Adopted: 2023

1: : Earth’s Place in the Universe

2: : Earth’s Systems