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| Standards | Objectives | Text Resources | Resources (Suggested Activities) | Cross-Curricular Connections | Assessment Items |
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| NOTE: All standards are correlated to the National Science Education Standards. | |||||
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Environmental quality (SPSP 4a) | Natural ecosystems provide an array of basic processes that affect humans. Those processes include maintenance of the quality of the atmosphere, generation of soils, control of the hydrologic cycle, disposal of wastes, and recycling of nutrients. Humans are changing many of these basic processes, and the changes may be detrimental to humans. | 14.1, p354-357 | Activity- Where Do We Live? p355 |
Skill Builder- Graphing, p356 Math Practice- Ecosystem Services, p357 |
Quiz, p357 Alternative Assessment p357 |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Natural resources (SPSP 3b) | The earth does not have infinite resources; increasing human consumption places severe stress on the natural processes that renew some resources, and it depletes those resources that cannot be renewed. |
14.2, p358-362 14.3, p363-369 |
Activity-Megalopolis, p358; Field Activity- Local Urban Sprawl, p359 Inquiry Lab- Creating a Land-Use Model, p374-375 Internet Activity- putting Knowledge into Positive Action, p364 QuickLab- Measuring Soil Depth and Compaction, p365 |
Skill Builder- Math, p360 Making a Difference- Restoring the Range, p376-377 Map Skills- Land Use |
Quiz, p362 Quiz, p369 Alternative Assessment p369 |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Natural and Human-Induced Hazards (SPSP 5b) | Human activities can enhance potential for hazards. Acquisition of resources, urban growth, and waste disposal can accelerate rates of natural change. | See above | See above | See above | See above |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges (SPSP 6e) | Humans have a major effect on other species. For example, the influence of humans on other organisms occurs through land use--which decreases space available to other species--and pollution--which changes the chemical composition of air, soil, and water. | See above | See above | See above | See above |
| Life Science: Interdependence of organisms (LS 4e) | Human beings live within the world's ecosystems. Increasingly, humans modify ecosystems as a result of population growth, technology, and consumption. Human destruction of habitats through direct harvesting, pollution, atmospheric changes, and other factors is threatening current global stability, and if not addressed, ecosystems will be irreversibly affected. |
15.1, p379-383 15.2, p384-394 15.3, p395-399 |
Consumer Lab Activity- World Farming Methods, p387; Pest search, p391 Inquiry Lab- Managing the Moisture in Garden Soil, p404-405 Internet Activity- Fish Harvest and Aquaculture, p396 Group Activity- Overlooked Food, p397 |
Math Practice- Extra Calories, p381 Skill Builder-Writing, p382 Student Opportunities- Soil Surveys, p385; Using the Table- Livestock Populations, p398 Points of View- Genetically Engineered Foods, p406-407 |
Quiz, p383 Quiz, p394 Quiz, p399 |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Environmental quality (SPSP 4a) | Natural ecosystems provide an array of basic processes that affect humans. Those processes include maintenance of the quality of the atmosphere, generation of soils, control of the hydrologic cycle, disposal of wastes, and recycling of nutrients. Humans are changing many of these basic processes, and the changes may be detrimental to humans. | See above | See above | See above | See above |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Natural and Human-Induced Hazards (SPSP 5c) | Some hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and severe weather, are rapid and spectacular. But there are slow and progressive changes that also result in problems for individuals and societies. For example, change in stream channel position, erosion of bridge foundations, sedimentation in lakes and harbors, coastal erosions, and continuing erosion and wasting of soil and landscapes can all negatively affect society. | See above | See above | See above | See above |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Natural resources (SPSP 3a) | Human populations use resources in the environment in order to maintain and improve their existence. Natural resources have been and will continue to be used to maintain human populations. | 16.1, p410-414 |
Group Activity- Unique Mineral Properties, p412 Skills Practice Lab- Extraction of Copper from Its Ore, p430-431 |
Skill Builder- Vocabulary, p411, p413 |
Quiz, p414 Alternative Assessment p414 |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Natural resources (SPSP 3b) | The earth does not have infinite resources; increasing human consumption places severe stress on the natural processes that renew some resources, and it depletes those resources that cannot be renewed. |
16.2, p415-420 16.3, p421-425 |
Group Activity- Mining Chocolate Minerals, p416; QuickLab- Surface Coal Mining, p420 Internet Activity- Bioremediation, p422 |
MathPractice- Volume, p423 Maps in Action- Mineral Production in the United states, p432 |
Quiz, p420 Quiz, p425 Alternative Assessment p425 |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Environmental quality (SPSP 4b) | Materials from human societies affect both physical and chemical cycles of the earth. | See above | See above | See above | See above |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Environmental quality (SPSP 4c) | Many factors influence environmental quality. Factors that students might investigate include population growth, resource use, population distribution, overconsumption, the capacity of technology to solve problems, poverty, the role of economic, political, and religious views, and different ways humans view the earth. | See above | See above | See above | See above |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Natural and Human-Induced Hazards (SPSP 5b) | Human activities can enhance potential for hazards. Acquisition of resources, urban growth, and waste disposal can accelerate rates of natural change. | See above | See above | See above | See above |
| Physical Science: Chemical reactions (PS 3b) | Chemical reactions may release or consume energy. Some reactions such as the burning of fossil fuels release large amounts of energy by losing heat and by emitting light. Light can initiate many chemical reactions such as photosynthesis and the evolution of urban smog. | 17.1, p434-443 | QuickLab- Generating Electricity, p437 | Skill Builder- Vocabulary, p439 | Quiz, p443 |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Natural resources (SPSP 3a) | Human populations use resources in the environment in order to maintain and improve their existence. Natural resources have been and will continue to be used to maintain human populations. |
17.1, p434-443 17.2, p444-447 |
Activity- Global Fossil Fuel Distribution, p438 Group Activity- Simulating Coal Formation, p438 Skills Practice Lab- Your Household Energy Consumption, p452-453 |
Using the Figure- Power Plant Efficiency, p436; |
Quiz, p447 Alternative Assessment p443 |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective: Natural resources (SPSP 3b) | The earth does not have infinite resources; increasing human consumption places severe stress on the natural processes that renew some resources, and it depletes those resources that cannot be renewed. | See above | See above | See above | See above |
| Physical Science: Structure of atoms (PS 1c) | The nuclear forces that hold the nucleus of an atom together, at nuclear distances, are usually stronger than the electric forces that would make it fly apart. Nuclear reactions convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy, and they can release much greater amounts of energy than atomic interactions. Fission is the splitting of a large nucleus into smaller pieces. Fusion is the joining of two nuclei at extremely high temperature and pressure, and is the process responsible for the energy of the sun and other stars. | 17.2, p444 - 447 |
Group Activity- Making Plastic TT- Fission & Fusion TT- How a Nuclear Power Plant Works |
Skill Builder- Math, p445 Using the Figure- Comparing Nuclear and Fossil-Fuel Power Plants, p445 |
Alternative Assessment - p447 |