Standards and Learning Targets
Class- Middle School Earth Science
Michigan’s Grade Level Curriculum Expectations- 7th grade
Michigan’s Grade Level Curriculum Expectations- 7th grade
- E.ES.M.7 Weather and Climate- Global patterns of atmospheric and oceanic movement influence weather and climate.
- E.ES.07.71 Compare and contrast the difference and relationship between climate and weather
- E.ES.07.72 Describe how different weather occurs due to the constant motion of the atmosphere from the energy of the sun reaching the surface of the Earth.
- E.ES.07.73 Explain how the temperature of the oceans affects the different climates on Earth because water in the oceans holds a large amount of heat.
- E.ES.07.74 Describe weather conditions associated with frontal boundaries (cold, warm, stationary, and occluded) and the movement of major air masses and the jet stream across North America using a weather map.
- E.ES.M.8 Water Cycle- Water circulates through the four spheres of the Earth in what is known as the “water cycle.”
- E.ES.07.81 Explain the water cycle and describe how evaporation, transpiration, condensation, cloud formation, precipitation, filtration, surface runoff, ground water, and absorption occur within the cycle.
- E.ES.07.82 Analyze the flow of water between the components of a watershed, including surface features (lakes, streams, rivers, wetlands) and groundwater.