First Quarter Syllabus 

I. First Quarter

A. Nature of Science

1. Branches of Earth Science

2. The Scientific Method

3. Measurement


B. Astronomy

1. Observing the Sky

a. What is Astronomy?

b. Mapping the Stars

c. Telescopes

2. Formation of the Solar System

a. The Birth of the Solar System

b. The Sun - Our Star

c. The Birth of the Earth

3. A Family of Planets

a. The Nine planets

b. Moons

c. Small Bodies in the Solar System

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