State Science Education Standards'
Connections With GLOBE Soil Protocols

Washington

Washington: http://www.k12.wa.us/reform/EAlr/standards/science.asp

NOTE: Standards are non-grade specific.

Location on page:

1. under Earth/Space Science (Nature and properties of earth materials), under Benchmark 1
   
2. under Earth/Space Science (Nature and properties of earth materials), under Benchmark 2
   
3. under Earth/Space Science (Nature and properties of earth materials), under Benchmark 3
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. observe and examine physical properties of earth materials such as rocks and soil
   
2. classify rocks and soils into groups based on their chemical and physical properties; describe the processes by which rocks and soils are formed
   
3. correlate the chemical composition of earth materials - rocks, soils, water, gases of the atmosphere - with properties that determine their use to humans