State Science Education Standards'
Connections With GLOBE Soil Protocols

Florida

Florida: http://www.firn.edu/doe/curric/prek12/frame2.htm

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

Kindergarten:

Location on page:

1. under the processes that shape the Earth section

Standards: students must be able to…

1. Know that the surface of the Earth is composed of different types of solid materials (for example, sand, pebbles, rocks, clumps of dirt)

First: N/A

Second:

Location on page:

1. under the processes of life section

Standards: students must be able to…

1. know some factors that influence the growth of living things (for example, amount of water, amount of light, amount and type of food, type of soil)

Third: N/A

Fourth:

Location on page:

1.-4. under the processes that shape the Earth section
5. under the how living things interact with their environment section

Standards: students must be able to…

1. understand the stages of the rock cycle
2. know the properties of different types of soil
3. understand how the water cycle is influenced by temperature and land features
4. understand how processes of weathering and erosion constantly change the surface of the Earth
5. know that variations in light, water, temperature, and soil content are largely responsible for the existence of different kinds of organisms and population densities in an ecosystem

Fifth: N/A

Sixth:

Location on page:

1. under the processes that shape the Earth section

Standards: students must be able to…

1. know ways that plants and animals reconstitute the soil and alter the landscape

Seventh:

Location on page:

1. under the processes that shape the Earth section

Standards: students must be able to…

1. know the ways in which living things reshape the landscape (for example, bacteria, fungi, worms, rodents, and other organisms add organic matter to the soil, increasing soil fertility, encouraging plant growth, and strengthening resistance to erosion)

Eighth: N/A

Ninth-Twelfth: N/A