- Resource Materials
- Middle School Vocabulary: Earth and Space
- Middle School Vocabulary: Population and Ecosystems
- Middle School Vocabulary: Rock Cycle
- High School Vocabulary: Newton's Laws of Motion
- High School Vocabulary: Safety
- High School Vocabulary: Big Bang and Synthesis of Elements
Middle School Vocabulary: Earth and Space
Week-by-Week Vocabulary Overview Chart
Earth and Space
(Live links to student handouts and teacher powerpoints)
| Unit Progression | Targeted Vocabulary | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Week 13 | New vocab: star, planet, orbit, galaxy, universe, gravity Review: form (formation), rate, volume, temperature | |
| Week 14 | New vocab: debris, attract, axis, tilt, revolve/revolution, rotate/rotation Review: planet, star, galaxy, universe | |
| Week 15 | New vocab: matter, mass, weight, inertia, unbalanced force, law of universal gravitation Review: gravity, debris, attract, axis | |
| Week 16 | New vocab: season, hemisphere, atmosphere, angle, curvature, absorb, reflect Review: axis, tilt, rotate/rotation | |
| Week 17 | New vocab: solar energy, fluctuate, fixed, North Star, equator, latitude Review: revolve, hemisphere, atmosphere, curvature | |
| Week 18 | New vocab: solar (lunar) eclipse, wane, wax, crescent, phase, tide, centrifugal Review: mass, inertia, law of Universal Gravitation | |
| Week 19 | New vocab: draft planet, giant planet, habitable zone, evolve, Kuiper Belt, astronomical unit, speed of light Review: evolve, tide, phase, fluctuate |
