State Science Education Standards'
Connections With GLOBE Soil Protocols

West Virginia

West Virginia: http://wvde.state.wv.us/igos/

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

Kindergarten:

Location on page:

1. under science themes
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. observe and compare the properties of rock, sand, and soil

First:

Location on page:

1. under science themes
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. recognize that earth materials consist of solids (e.g., rocks, soils)

Second: N/A

Third:

Location on page:

1. under scientific processes/thinking skills
   
2. under science themes
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. test variables (e.g., those that affect plant growth, speed, action of water on soil)
   
2. represent pictorially how Earth's resources are used in every day life (e.g., water, wind, rock, soil, and minerals)

Fourth:

Location on page:

1. under science themes
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. describe the environments and conditions which are needed for the survival of living things (e.g., water, sunlight, soil, food, climate, correct habitat, environmental barriers)

Fifth: N/A

Sixth: N/A

Seventh:

Location on page:

1. under science themes
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. construct and explain various models (e.g., motions of earth, sun and moon, ocean floor structures, coastal landforms and soil erosion)

Eighth - Tenth: N/A

Eleventh-Twelfth:

Location on page:

1. under Biology Technical Concepts, under science themes
   

Standards: students must be able to…

1. investigate the formation of soil and soil organisms