Curriculum Snapshot:
| National Science Content Standards |
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| Grades 5-8
| | Standard F - Science in Personal and Social Perspectives |
 | 5-8.F.2. Populations, resources, and environments. |
| | 5-8.F.3. Natural hazards. |
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| National Geography Standards |
| | Places and Regions |
| Standard 4. The physical and human characteristics of places. |
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| National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) |
| | III. People, Places, and Environments |
| III.A. elaborate mental maps of locales, regions, and the world that demonstrate understanding of relative location, direction, size, and shape. |
| | III.F. describe physical system changes such as seasons, climate and weather, and the water cycle and identify geographic patterns associated with them. |
| | III.J. observe and speculate about social and economic effects of environmental changes and crises resulting from phenomena such as floods, storms, and drought. |
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