State Science Education Standards'
Connections With GLOBE Soil Protocols

South Carolina

South Carolina: http://www.sde.state.sc.us/sde/educator/standard/science/index.html

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

Kindergarten:

Location on page:

1. - 2. under Earth Science, under Properties of Earth Materials
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. Solid rocks, soils and water are earth materials.
   
2. Soils have properties of color and texture.
   -Compare a variety of soil samples.
   -Sort soil samples by a single attribute.

First: N/A

Second: N/A

Third:

Location on page:

1. under Earth Science, under Properties of Earth Materials
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. The varied earth materials have different physical properties and uses.
   -Describe earth materials (rocks, minerals, water, soil, and fossils) by their physical properties.
   -Classify similar earth materials (e.g., types of rocks/soils) according to their physical properties.
   -Recognize that rock, clay, silt, sand, and humus are components of soils.
   -Describe and show that soils are layered (topsoil, subsoil and bedrock).
   -Identify that soil provides support and nutrients for plant growth.

Fourth:

Location on page:

1. under Life Science, under Organisms and Their Environment
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. Describe how organisms may benefit their environment (e.g., earthworms improve the quality of soil, birds disperse seeds)
   

Fifth:

Location on page:

1. under Life Science, under Populations and Ecosystems
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. Identify and investigate the abiotic factors in an ecosystem such as quantity of light, air, and water, range of temperature, salinity, water pressure, and soil composition.

Sixth:

Location on page:

1. under Earth Science, under Structure of the Earth System
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. Water, which covers the majority of the Earth’s surface, circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the "water cycle." Water evaporates from the Earth's surface, rises and cools as it moves to higher elevations, condenses as rain or snow and falls to the surface where it collects in lakes, oceans, soil, and rocks underground.

Seventh:

Location on page:

1. - 3. under Earth Science, under Ecology – The Abiotic Environment, under Structure of the Earth System
   
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. Soil consists of weathered rocks and decomposed organic material from dead plants, animals, and bacteria. Soils are often found in layers, with each having a different chemical composition. Living organisms have played many roles in the Earth system, including affecting the composition of the atmosphere, producing some types of rocks, and contributing to the weathering of rocks.
   -Discuss how climatic conditions affect the development of soils.
   -Analyze soil properties that can be observed (soil profile, composition, texture, particle size) and measured (permeability, temperature, pH, moisture) to predict soil quality.
   -Explain why soil (sediments) can be a major pollutant of streams.
   -Evaluate ways in which human activities have effected soil and the measures taken to control the impact (silt fences, ground cover, farming, land use, nutrient balance).
   
2. Water, which covers the majority of the Earth's surface, circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the "water cycle." Water evaporates from the Earth’s surface, rises and cools as it moves to higher elevations, condenses as rain or snow, and falls to the surface where it collects in lakes, oceans, soil, and in rocks underground.
   
3. Analyze how chemical hazards (pollutants in air, water, soil, and food) effect populations and ecological succession.

Eighth: N/A

Ninth-Twelfth: N/A