1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface.

4. The physical and human characteristics of places.

8. The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface.

14. How human actions modify the physical environment.

18. How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.

Science Standards: From New Standards Performance Standards

Life Science Standards (S2):The student produces evidence that demonstrates understanding of:

S2b - Reproduction and heredity, such as sexual and asexual reproduction; and the role of genes and environment on trait expression

S2d - Populations and ecosystems, such as the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a food web; and the effects of resources and energy transfer on populations.

S2e - Evolution, diversity, and adaptation or organisms, such as common ancestry, speciation, variation and extinction.

Scientific Thinking (S5): The student demonstrates scientific inquiry and problem solving ...to investigate the natural world; that is the student:

S5a - Frames questions to distinguish cause and effect; and identifies or controls variables in experimental and non-experimental research settings.

S5b - Uses concepts from Science Standards 1 and 4 to explain a variety of observations and phenomena.

S5c - Uses evidence from reliable sources to develop descriptions, explanations, and models.

S5e - Identifies problems; proposes and implements solutions; and evaluates the accuracy, design, and outcomes of investigations.

S5f - Works individually and in teams to collect and share information and ideas.

Scientific Tools and Technology (S6):The student demonstrates competence with the tools and technologies of science...that is the student:

S6b - Records and stores data using a variety of formats, such as data bases, audiotapes, and videotapes.

S6e - Recognizes sources of bias in data, such as observer and sampling biases.

Scientific Investigation (S8): The student demonstrates scientific competence by completing projects drawn from the following kinds of investigations, including....