TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Strand 5: Processes and Interactions of the Earth’s Systems
(Geosphere, Atmosphere and Hydrosphere)
3. Human activity is dependent upon and affects Earth’s resources and systems
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Concept A: Earth’s materials are limited
natural resources that are affected by human
activity
Scope and Sequence – Earth’s Resources
Grade 7
a. Relate the comparative amounts of fresh
water and salt water on the Earth to the
availability of water as a resource for living
organisms and human activity.
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a. Students will interpret graphs and tables to
identify the amounts of fresh water and
salt water on Earth. Students will
brainstorm uses of water for people and
other living things. (1.1, 1.2, 1.8, 2.1, 2.3,
4.1)
a. Students will identify the amounts of fresh
water and salt water on Earth.
b. Describe the affect of human activities (e.g.,
landfills, use of fertilizers and herbicides,
farming, septic systems) on the quality of
water.
Scope and Sequence – Internal Processes and
External Events
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b. Students will brainstorm water quality and
research in groups how human activities
like landfills, farming, and septic systems
affect water quality. (1.1, 1.2, 1.8, 2.1, 2.3,
4.1, 4.6)
b. Students will explain the importance of
water quality and describe ways humans
alter water quality.
c. Analyze the ways humans affect the erosion
and deposition of soil and rock materials (e.g.,
clearing of land, planting vegetation, paving
land, construction of new buildings, building
or removal of dams).
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c. Using a stream table, lab groups
demonstrate erosion and deposition of soil
and rock and relate to clearing land,
farming, paving, and construction. (1.1,
1.2, 1.3, 1.8, 2.1, 2.3, 4.1, 4.6)
c. Given situations like farming, paving, and
construction, students will identify and
describe erosion and deposition that may
happen in the situations.
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