Before We Drink:

Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework:

4.2  All organisms depend on the living and non living features of the environment for

       survival.

4.3  Water has a major role in shaping the Earth's surface.

6.4  Water moving across and through earth materials carries with it the products of

        human activities.

Social Studies Standards Addressed:

Content Standard 12: Human and Environment Interaction     

K-4:

·         Explain ways in which humans use and interact with environments

·         (in part) Identify locations of various economic activities and understand how physical and human factors influence them

·         (in part) Describe how and why physical and human systems function and interact and the consequences of these interactions

5-8:

·         (in part) Use maps, globes, models, graphs, charts and databases to analyze distributions and patterns

·         Demonstrate and explain ways that humans depend on, adapt to and alter the physical environment

·         Identify the ways ecosystems are transformed through physical and human activities, and can predict the consequences of these activities

Content Standard 13: Limited Resources

5-8:

·         (in part) Explain that households, businesses, governments and societies face scarcity just as individuals do

·         (in part) Explain how technological change and innovation improves a society’s productivity and economic growth