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Science

Life Science

1. LS-M-D1
   −   describing the importance of plant and animal adaptation, including local examples;
2. LS-M-D2
   −   explaining how some members of a species survive under changed environmental conditions.

Science and the Environment

1. SE-E-A3
   −   identifying ways in which humans have altered their environment, both in positive and negative ways, either for themselves or for other living things;
2. SE-E-A5
   −   understanding that most plant and animal species are threatened or endangered today due to habitat loss or change.
3. SE-M-A4
   −   understanding that human actions can create risks and consequences in the environment;
4. SE-M-10
   −   Identifying types of soil erosion and preventive measures
5. SE-H-D1
   −   demonstrating the effects of personal choices and actions on the natural environment;
6. SE-H-D4
   −   demonstrating a knowledge that environmental issues should be a local and global concern;

Social Studies

1. G-1A-E2   −  
locating and interpreting geographic features and places on maps and globes;
2. G-1A-E3   −  
constructing maps, graphs, charts, and diagrams to describe geographical information and to solve problems;
3. G-1B-E4   −   defining and differentiating regions by using physical characteristics, such as climate and land forms, and by using human characteristics, such as economic activity and language;
4. G-1D-E3   −  
describing the locations, causes, and effects of natural disasters on the environment and society;
5. G-1D-M1
   −   analyzing and evaluating the effects of human actions upon the physical environment;
6. G-1D-H5
   −   developing plans to solve local and regional geographic problems related to contemporary issues.

History

1. H-1D-M4
   −   locating and describing Louisiana’s geographic features and examining their impact on people past and present;
2. H-1A-H6
   −   analyzing cause-effect relationships;
3. E-1A-E6
   −   describing how natural resources, human resources, and capital (human-made) resources have been used and are combined in the production of goods and services;