Curriculum+development+using+CoRes

This page contains a draft CoRe for the development of a Year 7 to 10 Earth and Environmental Science (EES) curriculum.
 ** 'Big Ideas': ** If we use a propositional statement model then we can construct 6 'big ideas' or organizing themes (Table 1) for the whole field of earth and environmental science (EES) with around 30 subsidiary ideas. ** Table 1 ** : //An Earth Systems organization for the Earth and Environmental Science Curriculum//
 * ** Organizing Theme ** || ** Description **  ||
 * ** Time ** || The Earth systems have changed over a long period of time (4.5 billion years)  ||
 * ** The Physical Earth ** || The Earth is a physically dynamic system  ||
 * <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">** Earth Chemistry ** || <span style="border-bottom: gray 1pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: none gray 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The Earth is a chemically dynamic system  ||
 * <span style="border-bottom: gray 1pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: none gray 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">** The Atmosphere ** || <span style="border-bottom: gray 1pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: none gray 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The Earth’s atmosphere is a chemically and physically dynamic system  ||
 * <span style="border-bottom: gray 1pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: none gray 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">** The Hydrosphere ** || <span style="border-bottom: gray 1pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: none gray 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The Earth’s hydrosphere is a chemically and physically dynamic system  ||
 * <span style="border-bottom: gray 1pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: none gray 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">** The Biosphere ** || <span style="border-bottom: gray 1pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-border-bottom-alt: none gray 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The Earth system has supported life for a long period of time (3.5 billion years)  ||


 * As an example the Physical Earth organizing idea has been expanded into a fully developed CoRe.**