State Science Education Standards'
Connections With GLOBE Soil Protocols

Maryland

Maryland: http://www.mdk12.org/mspp/standards/science/index.html

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

Kindergarten - Third:

Location on page:

1. in a chart in the Earth/Space Science curriculum, under the Materials and Processes That Shape A Planet section

Standards: students must be able to…

1. describe the properties of Earth materials (i.e., soils, rocks, water, explain how they change, and what causes those changes (i.e., weather and erosion).

 

Fourth - Fifth:

Location on page:

1. in a chart in the Earth/Space Science curriculum, under the Materials and Processes That Shape A Planet section
   
2. in a chart in the Environmental Science curriculum, under the Interdependence of Organisms section

Standards: students must be able to…

1. compare how agents of erosion (i.e., water waves, wind, water, and ice) and the deposition of rocks and soil shape and reshape a planet’s surface (i.e., erosion of mountains, canyons, spits, sandbars, submarine canyons, glacial valleys).
   
2. explain how Earth’s surface features (i.e., mountains, valleys, oceans) and environmental conditions (i.e., temperatures, amounts of food or nutrients, types of soil) limit what types of living things can survive.

Sixth - Eighth:

Location on page:

1. in a chart in the Earth/Space Science curriculum, under the Earth History section
   
2. in a chart in the Environmental Science curriculum, under the Natural Resources and Human Needs section

Standards: students must be able to…

1. explain the physical processes that produce renewable and nonrenewable natural resources (e.g., fertile soils, fossils, fuels, and timber)
   
2. compare how different parts of the world have varying amounts and types of natural resources and how the use of those resources determines environmental quality (i.e. soil erosion ,water pollution, deforestation).

Ninth-Twelfth: N/A