Course Description:
This course instructs students with the fundamentals of Earth and Space Science. This course covers basic principles from the fields of Geology, Astronomy, Oceanography, and Meteorology. Map interpretation, minerals and rocks, processes acting at the Earth's surface and within the Earth, plate tectonics, geologic time and dating, composition and motions of the earth, solar system, phases of the moon, origin and life cycles of stars, galaxies, water movements, ocean floor, weather, and climate
email: ttropeck@burgettstown.k12.pa.us
photo credit: N.A.S.A. Apollo 8 12.24.1968 "Earthrise"