Science · Grade 9

Earth & Space Science: scope and sequence

Investigating Earth · Earth’s Interior & Plate Tectonics · Rocks, Landscapes & Water · Earth’s History · Atmosphere & Weather · Oceans, Carbon & Climate · Earth, Moon & Solar System · Stars & the Universe · Resources & Human Decisions

Across 36 weeks that is roughly 1 lessons and about 1.2 hours a week. A week-by-week calendar for the whole grade is at the Grade 9 year plan.

The units, in order

#	Unit and what it covers	Lessons	Hours
1	Investigating Earth How can we investigate a planet too large and too old to observe all at once?	2	—
2	Earth’s Interior & Plate Tectonics What evidence explains a changing solid Earth? MS-ESS2-1 · MS-ESS2-2 · MS-ESS2-3	5	6
3	Rocks, Landscapes & Water How do Earth materials change and move? MS-ESS2-1 · MS-ESS2-2	5	6
4	Earth’s History How do we know what happened before people could observe it? MS-ESS1-4 · MS-ESS3-1 · MS-ESS3-4	4	6
5	Atmosphere & Weather How do matter and energy transfers produce weather? MS-ESS2-4 · MS-ESS2-5 · MS-ESS2-6	4	6
6	Oceans, Carbon & Climate How can interactions among Earth systems change climate? MS-ESS2-4 · MS-ESS2-5 · MS-ESS2-6	4	6
7	Earth, Moon & Solar System How do motions and geometry explain patterns observed from Earth? MS-ESS1-1 · MS-ESS1-2 · MS-ESS1-3	5	6
8	Stars & the Universe What can light tell us about objects we cannot visit?	3	—
9	Resources & Human Decisions How can people make informed choices within Earth’s limits? MS-ESS1-4 · MS-ESS3-1 · MS-ESS3-4	3	6

Open Earth & Space Science · All courses · Grade 9 week by week