This resource has 22 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Earth Science
  • Properties of earth materials
    • Earth materials are solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere.
  • Changes in earth and sky
    • Some changes to the surface of the Earth are due to rapid processes, such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes
  • Structure of the earth system
    • The solid earth is layered with a lithosphere; hot, convecting mantle; and dense, metallic core.
    • Major geological events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building, result from the motions of lithospheric plates.
    • Land forms are the result of a combination of constructive and destructive forces.
    • Some changes in the solid earth can be described as the "rock cycle."
    • Old rocks at the earth's surface weather, forming sediments that are buried, then compacted, heated, and often recrystallized into new rock. Eventually, those new rocks may be brought to the surface by the forces that drive plate motions, and the rock cycle continues.
    • The atmosphere has different properties at different elevations.
    • Oceans have a major effect on climate, because water in the oceans holds a large amount of heat.
  • Earth's history
    • The earth processes we see today, including erosion, movement of lithospheric plates, and changes in atmospheric composition, are similar to those that occurred in the past.
  • Origin and evolution of the earth system
    • Geologic time can be estimated by observing rock sequences and using fossils to correlate the sequences at various locations. (9-12)

• Science as Inquiry
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    • Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses.
    • Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
    • Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry
    • Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting).
    • Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world (scientific knowledge). Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations.

• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
  • Natural hazards
    • Internal and external processes of the earth system cause natural hazards (disasters), events that change or destroy human and wildlife habitats, damage property, and harm or kill humans.
    • Natural hazards(disasters), include earthquakes, landslides, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, floods, storms, and even possible impacts of asteroids.
  • Risks and benefits
    • Risk analysis considers the type of hazard and estimates the number of people that might be exposed and the number likely to suffer consequences.
    • The results of risk analysis are used to determine the options for reducing or eliminating risks.
  • Natural resources
    • Increasing human consumption places severe stress on the natural processes that renew some resources, and it depletes those resources that cannot be renewed. (9-12)

• Content Standards
  • Quality Teaching
    • Deepens educators’ content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately. (NSDC)