Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series. Prentice Hall, 1997. The Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series is a program for middle school or junior high school students. For each unit, teaching materials, ancillary student materials, and some optional components are available. During the course, students study the composition and layers of the earth's atmosphere and the composition of the magnetosphere.
Students study the characteristics of continents, mountains, plains, and plateaus.
They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various types of maps. Each chapter includes a lab investigation. Students explore whether different types of surfaces gain different amounts of heat in and out of direct sunlight. They determine the effect that different depths of water have on the settling of sediments. They also compare the porosity of various soils, make a topographic map, and simulate the plasticity of the earth's mantle using cornstarch and water.