Choosing & using 'Using Vegetation, Precipitation, and Surface Temperature to Study Climate Zones'

National Science Education Standards (NSES):
- 5-8:
  - A - Science as inquiry:
    - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
  - C - Life science:
    - Population and ecosystems
  - D - Earth and space science:
    - Structure of the earth system
  - E - Science and technology:
    - Understandings about sci. / tech.

This resource supports science standards for grades 6-8. This assignment is based on the Virginia Standards of Learning ES.1c: The student will plan and conduct investigations in which scales, diagrams, maps, charts, graphs, tables, and profiles are constructed and interpreted. ES.3: The student will investigate and understand how to read and interpret maps, globes, models, charts, and imagery. LS.7: The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. LS.11: The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Sci6.3: The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on the Earth's surface. Sci6.6: The student will investigate and understand the properties of air and the structure and dynamics of the Earth's atmosphere.


Educational Standards associated with Using Vegetation, Precipitation, and Surface Temperature to Study Climate Zones	Comment on this resource
National Science Education Standards (NSES): 5-8: A - Science as inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry C - Life science: Population and ecosystems D - Earth and space science: Structure of the earth system E - Science and technology: Understandings about sci. / tech. Other educational standards: This resource supports science standards for grades 6-8. This assignment is based on the Virginia Standards of Learning ES.1c: The student will plan and conduct investigations in which scales, diagrams, maps, charts, graphs, tables, and profiles are constructed and interpreted. ES.3: The student will investigate and understand how to read and interpret maps, globes, models, charts, and imagery. LS.7: The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. LS.11: The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Sci6.3: The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on the Earth's surface. Sci6.6: The student will investigate and understand the properties of air and the structure and dynamics of the Earth's atmosphere.