Iowa academic Standards for science:
We All Live in a Watershed

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The We All Live in a Watershed module helps to fulfill the following standards in the Iowa Academic Standards for Science:

Third Grade

3-LS4-4
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.

Fourth Grade

4-ESS2-1
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

4-ESS2-2
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

4-ESS3-2
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth hazards on humans.

Fifth Grade

5-ESS2-1
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

5-ESS3-1
Obtain and combine information about ways individuals and communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Sixth Grade

6-ESS2-2
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.

Eighth Grade

8-ESS3-3
Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

8-ESS3-4
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.

High School

HS-LS2-7
Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for increasing environmental sustainability and biodiversity.

HS-ESS3-1
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and climate changes and trends have influenced human civilizations.

HS-ESS3-4
Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces society’s influence on natural systems.