State Science Education Standards'
Connections With GLOBE Soil Protocols

Connecticut

Connecticut: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/FRSCI.PDF

Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Kindergarten - Fourth:

Location on page:

1.-2. under content standard #7 (the Earth)

Standards: students must be able to…

1. Describe how waves, wind, water, and ice shape and reshape the Earth’s land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas
2. Understand that soil is made partly from weathered rock, partly from plant and animal remains, and also contains living organisms

Fifth: N/A

Sixth: N/A

Seventh: N/A

Eighth: N/A

Ninth-Twelfth: N/A

Location on page:

1.-3. under content standard #8 (water)

Standards: students must be able to…

1. Explain interactions between water and other Earth systems (e.g. the biosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere)
2. Recognize that water is an erosional force that can rapidly and slowly change the landscape