Competency Goal 5: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of evidence of evolution in organisms and landforms.

Objectives

5.01 Interpret ways in which rocks, fossils, and ice cores record Earth's geologic history and the evolution of life including:

• Geologic Time Scale.
• Index Fossils.
• Law of Superposition.
• Unconformity.
• Evidence for climate change.
• Extinction of species.
• Catastrophic events.

5.02 Correlate evolutionary theories and processes:

• Biological.
• Geological.
• Technological.

5.03 Examine evidence that the geologic evolution has had significant global impact including:

• Distribution of living things.
• Major geological events.
• Mechanical and chemical weathering.

5.04 Analyze satellite imagery as a method to monitor Earth from space:

• Spectrical analysis.
• Reflectance curves.

5.05 Use maps, ground truthing and remote sensing to make predictions regarding:

• Changes over time.
• Land use.
• Urban sprawl.
• Resource management.