Science

CONTENTS Geography Social Studies Skills and Methods

GEOGRAPHY—Students use knowledge of geographic locations, patterns and processes to show the interrelationship between the physical environment and human activity, and to explain the interactions that occur in an increasingly interdependent world.

//Benchmark B: Identify the physical and human characteristics of places and regions in North America.// 5: Describe and compare the landforms, climates, population, vegetation and economic characteristics of places and regions in Ohio.

//Benchmark C: Identify and explain ways people have affected the physical environment of North America and analyze the positive and negative consequences//. 8: Identify how environmental processes (i.e., glaciation and weathering) and characteristics (landforms, bodies of water, climate, vegetation) influence human settlement and activity in Ohio. 9: Identify ways that people have affected the physical environment of Ohio including: a. Use of wetlands; b. Use of forests; c. Building farms, towns and transportation systems; d. Using fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides; e. Building dams.

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SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS AND METHODS—Students collect, organize, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple sources to draw logical conclusions. Students communicate this information using appropriate social studies terminology in oral, written or multimedia form and apply what they have learned to societal issues in simulated or real-world settings.

//Benchmark A: Obtain information from a variety of primary and secondary sources using the component parts of the source.// 4: Describe how archaeologists and historians study and interpret the past.

//Benchmark D: Use problem-solving skills to make decisions individually and in groups.// 10: Use a problem-solving/decision-making process which includes: a. Identifying a problem; b. Gathering information; c. Listing and considering options; d. Considering advantages and disadvantages of options; e. Choosing and implementing a solution; f. Developing criteria for judging its effectiveness.

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