Our Earth:

Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework:

K.2 - Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth.

1.2 - Living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their

         basic needs.

2.3 - Earth materials have varied physical properties which make them useful in different

        ways.

3.3 - Earth materials have different physical and chemical properties.

Connecticut State Social Studies Standards:

Content Standard 10: Physical Systems     

K-4:

·         Demonstrate how Earth-sun relationships shape climate and vegetation patterns

·    Explain the factors that affect the location, distribution and associations of features of the physical environment

·    Define local environmental features

5-8:

·   Understand how concepts of physical geography can be applied to explain natural processes

·   Understand and apply how natural processes influence the formation and location of resources

·   (in part) Use basic climatic and other physical data to understand how natural processes shape environmental patterns

Content Standard 12: Human and Environment Interaction

 K-4:

·     Explain how human and natural processes shape places

·    (in part) Explain ways in which humans use and interact with environments

5-8:

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

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