Std.3.ESS.1: Earth’s materials can be broken down and/or combined into different materials such as rocks, minerals, rock cycle, formation of soil, and sand- some of which are usable resources for human activity

Rationale/connection: water cycle/ erosion impact on rock cycle 

Std.1.PS.1: Matter exists in different states such as solids, liquids, and gases and can change from one state to another by heating and cooling

Connection: Water cycle

Std.2.LS.3:There is interaction and interdependence between and among living and nonliving components of ecosystems

Connection: what is the habitat of a floodplain/ how to humans and other living organisms interact with this habitat 

Std.3.ESS.2. Earth’s surface changes constantly through a variety of processes and forces

Connection: how do flooding and erosion impact a landscape? How do humans mitigate those changes, how do humans prepare for those changes (flooding)

Std.2.LS.1:Changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms, populations, and entire species

Std.3.ESS.1: Complex interrelationships exist between Earth’s structure and natural processes that over time are both constructive and destructive

Std.3.ESS.2: Water on Earth is distributed and circulated through oceans, glaciers, rivers, ground water, and the atmosphere

  Std.1.PS.1:Mixtures of substances can be separated based on their properties such as solubility, boiling points, magnetic properties, and densities

Connection to flooding/ erosion what mixtures form from these processes

Std.2.LS.1: Human activities can deliberately or inadvertently alter ecosystems and their resiliency

Std.3.ESS.1:Weather is a result of complex interactions of Earth's atmosphere, land and water, that are driven by energy from the sun, and can be predicted and described through complex models

Std.2.LS.2:The size and persistence of populations depend on their interactions with each other and on the abiotic factors in an ecosystem

Std.3.ESS.5:There are costs, benefits, and consequences of exploration, development, and consumption of renewable and nonrenewable resources

Std.3.ESS.7: Natural hazards have local, national and global impacts such as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and thunderstorms

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.*

 Grade: 3

Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.*

 Grade: 3

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

  Grade: 4

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

 Grade: 5

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Middle School (6-8)

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Middle School (6-8)

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Middle School (6-8)

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.

Middle School (6-8)

Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

High School (9-12)

Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.

High School (9-12)

Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.

High School (9-12)

Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.

High School (9-12)