Power of One:

Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework:

3.3  Earth materials have different physical and chemical properties.

3.4  Earth materials provide resources for all living things, but these resources are limited

       and should be conserved.

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

       survival.

6.2  An ecosystem is composed of all the populations that are living in a certain space

       and the physical factors with which they interact.

Social Studies Standards Addressed:

Content Standard 12: Human and Environment Interaction

K-4:

·         (in part) Define scarcity and abundance

·         Explain how human and natural processes shape places

·         Explain ways in which humans use and interact with environments

·         Describe how and why physical and human systems function and interact and the

           consequences of these interactions

5-8:

·         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

K-4:

·         (in part) Identify and give examples of resources: human, natural and capital, and   

           explain how they are used

·         identify alternative uses of resources found in their home, school or neighborhood

5-8:

·         Explain that households, businesses, governments and societies face scarcity just as 

           individuals do

·         Illustrate how resources can be used in a variety of ways