Introduction to Earth Science
Over the past couple of days we completed a brief overview of your Earth Science course. You should have a general idea of:
In addition we took a look at our EarthComm textbook. This is a very different way to study science which incorporates community issues as the focus of your study. The real life situations modeled in this course will require critical thinking, teamwork, problem solving, research and an understanding of Earth system to successfully complete the tasks assigned.
We do not assign textbooks for every student to take home. However students may go to the Media Center and check out a textbook as needed. Also if you go to the Home Study page, look in the right hand sidebar and you'll see a link to the EarthComm textbook site. This is not an online text but is a resource related to the textbook. Take some time now to review this site.
- what Earth Science is
- some of the specific fields of study in Earth Science
- topics we'll be covering
- some careers related to Earth Science.
In addition we took a look at our EarthComm textbook. This is a very different way to study science which incorporates community issues as the focus of your study. The real life situations modeled in this course will require critical thinking, teamwork, problem solving, research and an understanding of Earth system to successfully complete the tasks assigned.
We do not assign textbooks for every student to take home. However students may go to the Media Center and check out a textbook as needed. Also if you go to the Home Study page, look in the right hand sidebar and you'll see a link to the EarthComm textbook site. This is not an online text but is a resource related to the textbook. Take some time now to review this site.
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