Galva High School and Stark County High School
Integrated Science Curriculum
Year 2: Theme - Fantastic VoyagesVII. Earth's Atmosphere Unit
A. Composition of the atmosphere
B. Atmospheric pollution
- Lecture: Layers of the atmosphere
- Field activity: "Atmospheric layers" (ES-HRW, p. 174)
- Lecture: Gases present in the atmosphere
- Demo: Percent of oxygen in the atmosphere
C. Gas laws
- Activity: "Acidic precipitation" (ESAK, pp. 130-138)
- Lab: "Acid rain" (MPS Lab, p. 145)
- Activity 13: "Detecting air pollution" (ESAK, pp. 121-129)
- Activity 15: "Global warming" (ESAK, pp. 139-148)
D. Performance assessment: Activity - Writing a children's book on atmosphere
- Lecture:
- Demo: Can crushing
- Lab: "Temperature, pressure, & volume" (SL, p. 1.43)
- Lab: "The behavior of gases" (MPS Lab, p. 75)
- Lab: "Up, Up, and Away" (SL, p. )
- Lecture: Boyle's, Charles, Dalton's & combined gas laws
- Demos: Gas laws