SCI-MS.ESS2.06

Earth Space Science Logo8th Grade (SCI) Earth Space Science Standards
[ESS2] Earth's Systems

SCI-MS.ESS2.06 Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how patterns vary by latitude, altitude, and geographic land distribution. Emphasis of atmospheric circulation is on the sunlight-driven latitudinal banding, the Coriolis effect, and resulting prevailing winds; emphasis of ocean circulation is on the transfer of heat by the global ocean convection cycle, which is constrained by the Coriolis effect and the outlines of continents. Examples of models can be diagrams, maps and globes, or digital representations.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth's Surface Processes Variations in density due to variations in temperature and salinity drive a global pattern of interconnected ocean currents.
ESS2.D: Weather and Climate Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atmospheric flow patterns.


Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can label the relative pressure, latitudes, pressure belts, direction, and the name of the global winds.
  • I can draw and label local winds (i.e. land breeze and sea breeze).

Reasoning Targets

  • I can explain why a land breeze occurs at night and sea breeze occurs during the day.
  • I can explain why there is little or no wind at the pressure belts.

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can

Product Targets

  • I can

Proficiency Scale

The Student can ...
1 Beginning
... with help, demonstrate a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
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2 Developing
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
  • label the relative pressure, latitudes, pressure belts, direction, and the name of the global winds.
  • draw and label local winds.
3 Proficient
“The Standard.”
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
  • explain why a land breeze occurs at night and sea breeze occurs during the day.
  • explain why there is little or no wind at the pressure belts.
4 Advanced
... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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