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Time Requirements<\/b><\/p>\n

Level 3 Year 1<\/strong> – One lesson weekly for 20-30 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Level 3 Year 2 and Level 4<\/strong> – Two lessons weekly, each lesson lasting approximately 30 to 40 minutes.

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Key Texts<\/b><\/p>\n

Level 3 Year 1:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Rocks, Rivers, and the Changing Earth<\/b><\/a> by Herman Schneider and Nina Schneider<\/span><\/p>\n

Optional recommended resource:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabbath Mood Homeschool Geology Form 3 Study Guide<\/b><\/a> (Secular Version) <\/b>\u00a0<\/span>This guide includes background, supply lists for experiments in the book, as well as related poetry, podcasts, and video links.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Alternate plan: Skip to two year plan from Level 3 Year 2\/Level 4.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Level 3 Year 2 and Level 4:<\/b><\/p>\n

A Doorway of Amethyst<\/b><\/a> by Mary Daly – Note: This text has become difficult to order as the only store is unresponsive. While the Catholic content of the book is excellent, you may simply omit these lessons and use only\u00a0<\/em>The Field Guide to Geology.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Field Guide to Geology<\/b><\/a> by David Lambert<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the narrations in these books lend themselves to written narrations of sketches or drawings and notes. Those would be acceptable as an alternative or supplement to an oral narration.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Recommended reading:<\/span><\/p>\n

Level 3 Year 2: <\/span>Rocks, Gems and Minerals (A Golden Guide)<\/b><\/a> by Paul Shaffer and Herbert Zim and <\/span>The Ghost Lake: The True Story of Louis Agassiz<\/b><\/a>, by John Hudson Tiner<\/span><\/p>\n

Level 4: A geology guide for the local area or one which you visit on vacation. For example:<\/span> Roadside Geology series<\/b><\/a><\/p><\/div>

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Level 3 Year 1<\/b><\/p>\n

1x\/weekly<\/span><\/p>\n

Rocks, Rivers, and the Changing World <\/b><\/a>by Hermann and Nina Schneider\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Alternative: Use the <\/i><\/b>Sabbath Mood Homeschool Geology Form 3 Study Guide (Secular Version)<\/i><\/b> by Nicole Williams\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Follow the schedule of the study guide with one lesson each week.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Schedule:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

For each scheduled lesson, students should read and narrate, and are encouraged to try any activities in the text.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. A Leaf and a Stone, Rivers to the Sea (From Rain to River) pp. 3-6, do the experiment on p. 6<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. A River Flows Downhill pp. 7-8, do the experiment on p. 7<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. A RIver Keeps Flowing pp. 8-10, to the experiments\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. Changes with the Seasons and Other Changes pp. 10-13, do the experiment on p. 12<\/span><\/li>\n
      5. A River Picks Up Things and Down Steep Mountains pp. 13-15, do the experiment on p. 14<\/span><\/li>\n
      6. In Less Steep Places, Through Hollows, In Flat Land, End of the Line — River\u2019s Mouth pp. 16-22, do the experiment on p. 16<\/span><\/li>\n
      7. The Moving of Soil: Slow Erosion, Fast Erosion, and How Erosion Affects Us pp. 23-27<\/span><\/li>\n
      8. What We Can Do About Erosion and How Dams Can Help pp. 28-30<\/span><\/li>\n
      9. Underground Water to the Sea: Water Under the Ground, The Water Table, and Where Is the Water Table pp. 31-34, do the experiment on p. 32<\/span><\/li>\n
      10. Using the Water Table, A Well, High Water Table, and Swampland, pp. 35-39, do the experiments<\/span><\/li>\n
      11. Low Water Table, Very Deep Water Table, An Oasis, Underground Lakes and Rivers, A Rock Sandwich, An Artesian Well, and You and the Water Table pp. 40-47<\/span><\/li>\n
      12. Exams \/ Catch-up<\/span><\/li>\n
      13. Precious Cargo: What Are Minerals?, Minerals in Underground Rivers, Icicles of Stone pp. 49-55, do the experiment on p. 51<\/span><\/li>\n
      14. Cargo to the Sea, Why the Ocean Is Salty, and Water Goes Around and Around pp. 55-59<\/span><\/li>\n
      15. Mountains Unmade, High Land Is Cut Down by Water, Rivers of Icea to the Sea pp. 61-66, do the experiment on p. 66<\/span><\/li>\n
      16. The Work of a Glacier and Wind Cuts Down Mountains pp. 67-73<\/span><\/li>\n
      17. Sunlight Cracks Mountains and Freezing Breaks Rocks pp. 73-77, do the experiments on p. 74 and p. 76<\/span><\/li>\n
      18. Plants Split Rock and Plants Change Rock pp. 78-80, do the experiment on p. 78<\/span><\/li>\n
      19. What Is Soil? and Changing Rock pp. 81-84, do the experiment on p. 81<\/span><\/li>\n
      20. The Land and the Sea Meet pp. 85-91, do the experiment on p. 87<\/span><\/li>\n
      21. The Ocean: Let\u2019s Look at the Ocean pp. 95-101<\/span><\/li>\n
      22. When the Ocean Fills Up and Will the World Drown pp. 102-106, do the experiment<\/span><\/li>\n
      23. Catch-up<\/span><\/li>\n
      24. Exams \/ Catch-up<\/span><\/li>\n
      25. Oceans on Top of Mountains: The Riddle, The Answer to the Riddle, Sediment, Sediment Under Pressure, Sedimentary Rock pp. 109-116<\/span><\/li>\n
      26. Sea Bottom in Use, Sedimentary Rock in Buildings, and Iron pp. 116-119<\/span><\/li>\n
      27. Fuel and You and the Bottom of the Sea pp. 120-124<\/span><\/li>\n
      28. The Ups and Downs of the Earth: The Answer of the Baked Apple pp. 125-130<\/span><\/li>\n
      29. The Answer of the Toothpaste Tube pp. 131-137, do the experiment<\/span><\/li>\n
      30. The Earth Inside: Magma, What Magma Does, and Folded Mountains pp. 138-143<\/span><\/li>\n
      31. Igneous Hills, Volcanoes, and Volcanoes Out of the Ocean pp. 144-150<\/span><\/li>\n
      32. More Volcanoes, Lava Into Soil, Precious Stones, Precious Metals, and All Kinds of Igneous Rocks pp. 151-157<\/span><\/li>\n
      33. The Earth Inside and Out: A Fault and Magma Meets Water pp. 157-162<\/span><\/li>\n
      34. Steam Wells, Hot Springs, Metamorphic Rock, Baked Rock, and Magma, The Great Earth-Changer pp. 165-167<\/span><\/li>\n
      35. The Earth\u2019s Story pp. 169-171<\/span><\/li>\n
      36. Exams \/ Catch-up<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/div>
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        Level 3 Year 2<\/b><\/p>\n

        Week 1<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. A Doorway of Amethyst – Introduction pp 1-2.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
          2. The Field Guide to Geology pp 12-15 (Introduction, Earth in space).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Week 2<\/span><\/p>\n

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              1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 16-19 (How everything began, Birth of the solar system) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 8-10 (Origin of the Solar System to the end of the chapter).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
              2. The Field Guide to Geology pp 20-21 (Our layered planet) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 3-4 (Depths of the Earth, stop before \u201cWhat is rock? What is it made of?\u201d)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Week 3<\/span><\/p>\n

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                  1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 22-23 (Earth\u2019s size and shape).<\/span><\/li>\n
                  2. Go on a walk somewhere you can collect a few rocks. Keep them in bags or containers labeled with the date and location you collected them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Week 4<\/span><\/p>\n

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                      1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 24-25 (Earth\u2019s building blocks) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 4-6 (\u201cWhat is rock? What is it made of?\u201d Stop before Heat from within).<\/span><\/li>\n
                      2. The Field Guide to Geology pp. 26-27 (Earth\u2019s building blocks 2).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Week 5<\/span><\/p>\n

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                          1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 28-29 (Energy and Earth) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 6-7 (Heat from Within, stop before Earth\u2019s magnetism) AND p 11 (To see convection cells).<\/span><\/li>\n
                          2. Catch-up<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            Week 6<\/span><\/p>\n

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                              1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 30-31 (Earth as a magnet) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 7-8 (Earth\u2019s magnetism).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                              2. Collect more rocks for your collection. Try to go to a new location. Remember to store your rocks with the date and location of their collection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                Week 7<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                  1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 32-35 (Introduction, Earth\u2019s changing surface).<\/span><\/li>\n
                                  2. The Field Guide to Geology pp 36-39 (The ocean floor, Oceanic crust).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                    Week 8<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                      1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 40-43 (Seafloor spreading, How seafloor disappears) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 13-14 (Land and Sea, stop before Ocean crust: four layers).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                                      2. The Field Guide to Geology pp 44-45 (The continental crust) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 14-16 (Ocean crust: four layers through Continental crust; stop before Why we think they move).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                        Week 9<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                          1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 46-49 (Clues to continental drift, How continents evolve) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 16-18 (Why we think they move, How to build a continent; stop before Mountain vocabulary).<\/span><\/li>\n
                                          2. Examine the rocks in your collection. Use a hand lens if you have one. Pick one or two to draw for your notebook. Tell or write as much as you can about them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                            Week 10<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                              1. The Field Guide to Geology pp 50-53 (Mountain building, Rocks recycled) AND A Doorway of Amethyst pp 18-19 (Mountain vocabulary and Mountain building).<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              2. Catch-up<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                Week 11<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                  1. A Doorway of Amethyst pp 19-21 (Continental cross section; stop before Rocks and Minerals). A Doorway of Amethyst. Copy page 19 for your notebook and color and label it using the text. Narrate using the diagram.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                  2. A Doorway of Amethyst pp 20-22 (Rocks and minerals through the end of the chapter).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                    Week 12<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                    CATCH UP\/EXAMS<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                    Example exam questions:<\/span><\/p>\n