Analyze and explore earth-science related career paths in Saskatchewan, Canada and the world. (CP, DM)

Create and carry out a plan to explore a topic covered in Earth Science 30 in depth. (CP, DM, SI, TPS)

Examine the multi-disciplinary nature of earth science. (SI, DM)

Examine the evidence for and the importance of plate tectonics theory in explaining the processes that produced Earth's major surface features. (SI)

Analyze how geologiests use the fossil record and relative and absolute dating methods to determine the geological history of Earth and to construct the geologic time scale. (SI)

Analyze the composition of Earth's atmosphere and factors that influence changes in the composition in the short and long term. (SI)

Investigate the characteristics of the hydrosphere and how hydrospheric processes impact the atmosphere, biosphere and lithosphere. (SI, DM)

Examine the processes that lead to the formation of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals. (SI)

Investigate the processes and technologies used to locate and extract mineral resources and fossil fuels locally, provincially and globally. (DM, SI, TPS)

Analyze surface geography as a product of deposition, weathering, erosion and mass wasting processes (SI, CP)