What are the risks posed by climate change? Why are earthquakes in New England rare and small, but usually affect a wide area? Why are Venus, Earth, and Mars so different? How do rivers form? What makes good soil for farming, and where can you find it? What causes the aurora, and how can it damage your electronics? Why do hurricanes rotate?

This class will cover a somewhat abbreviated high school earth science curriculum, which studies the earth and how it functions. This will include geology, hydrology, meteorology, environmental science, and astronomy.

We will cover how the earth formed and its structure, how plate tectonics works, soil types, the behavior of groundwater, rivers, lakes and oceans, the behavior of the atmosphere and weather, and the effects of living things and of humans specifically on all of it.

This class may be especially useful for students interested in studying ecology, climate change, geography, civil engineering, and many other areas. No prior knowledge is required to succeed in this course.