NSES Content Standard D
Earth and Space Science: Properties of Earth materials
Grades K-4, page 134
Earth materials are solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of
the atmosphere. These varied materials have different physical and chemical
properties, which make them useful in different ways, for example, as building
materials, as sources of fuel, or for growing the plants we use as food.
Earth materials provide many of the resources that humans use.
NSES Content Standard F
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Types of resources
Grades K-4, page 140
Some resources are basic materials, such as air, water, and soil; some
are produced from basic resources, such as food, fuel, and building materials;
and some resources are nonmaterial, such as quiet places, beauty, security,
and safety.
NSES Content Standard F
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Natural resources
Grades 9-12, page 198
The earth does not have infinite resources; increasing human consumption
places severe stress on the natural processes that renew some resources,
and it depletes those resources that cannot be renewed.
NSES Content Standard F
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Environmental quality
Grades 9-12, page 198
Many factors influence environmental quality. Factors that students
might investigate include population growth, resource use, population distribution,
overconsumption, the capacity of technology to solve problems, poverty,
the role of economic, political, and religious views, and different ways
humans view the earth.
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