Geology of the Rogue Valley
A Scope & Sequence for K - 12 grades

Click HERE to view the Geology Background Booklet
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  • K - 3:
    How the Rogue Valley was formed
    Dinosaurs & volcanoes
    Characteristics of rocks
    Uses of rock by people, plant and animals
    Stewardship


  • 3 - 5:
    Types of rocks
    The rock cycle
    Local rocks and formations
    Mountain building and erosion
    Stewardship


  • 6 - 8:
    Earthquakes and the Theory of Plate Tectonics
    Mapping geologic features (contour and topo maps)
    Soils
    Minerals
    Mining
    Stewardship


  • 9 - 12:
    History of the Earth
    Paleontolgy and the Theory of Evolution
    Minerals formation and the Atomic Theory
    Mapping rock types, soils and groundwater
    Extraction of fossil fuels
    Issues (erosion, sedimentation, soils depletion, pollution from mining, etc.)
    Stewardship


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