This is an adaptive credit recovery course, in which students will complete a pretest for each module, and will be exempted from activities for topics where mastery is demonstrated. This type of credit recovery course targets individual areas of need in the curriculum and minimizes repetition of content where students have demonstrated their understanding.
Students explore how Earth’s surface changes through plate tectonics and geological processes. Students take a step back in time and review how the Earth and life developed through the Earth’s timescale. By the end of the course, students will be able to explain the different systems on Earth, how they affect each other, and how the Earth is changing due to human activity. Students will be able to examine their daily choices in response to ongoing natural hazards like climate change and find ways to protect the Earth and its natural resources.
Major topics include:
Earth’s Changing Surface
Studying Earth’s Past
Earth’s Changing Conditions and Life
Earth’s Changing Climate
Natural Resources
Human Impact and Natural Hazards
Students learn through online lesson activities, videos, and interactive activities. Each module begins with a pretest, proceeds to lessons that conclude with a brief self-check, and wraps with a module exam. The course concludes with a cumulative exam.
This course uses content from Accelerate Education taught by a VHS Learning instructor who is certified in their content area and who follows VHS Learning policies. The course will be hosted in the Buzz learning management system. Students may spend 60 hours completing this course, though actual time-spent will vary based on individual student performance in module pretests.
Credit recovery courses do not meet initial eligibility requirements for NCAA. Students who require flexible courses meeting initial eligibility requirements should consider VHS Learning self-paced courses, which can be found in the VHS Learning Catalog.
