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Responsible Reservoirs
Duration: 20+ minutes
Grade Levels: 5-8
Play a game that shows the complicated cause and effect relationship involved in major environmental decisions.
Lab Connection: Grade Levels: 5-8
Duration: 20+ minutes
Concepts/Skills: Computational thinking, decomposition, cause and effect, human and environment interaction, hydroelectric power
Standards Connections
| Next Generation Science Standards | ||
| Grade | Performance Expectation | Description |
| 5 | ESS2-1 | Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. |
| MS | ESS3-4 | Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems. |
| HS | ETS1-3 | Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts. |
| Related Standards | 5-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-3, HS-ESS3-1 | |
| Science and Engineering Practices | Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions | |
| Cross Cutting Concepts | Cause and Effect, Systems and System Models | |
| Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts | ||
| Grade | Standard | Description |
| 8-12 | W.[8-12].1.A |
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. |
| California History – Social Science Framework | ||
| Grade | Standard | Description |
| 8 | 8.8.4. |
Examine the importance of the great rivers and the struggle over water rights. |
Climate Standards Connections
| Next Generation Science Standards | ||
| Grade | Performance Expectation | Description |
| 5 | 5-ESS2-1 | Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. |
| Climate Change Connections | greenhouse gases ecosystems | |
| Clarification Statement & Assessment Boundary | Examples could include the influence of the ocean on ecosystems, landform shape, and climate; the influence of the atmosphere on landforms and ecosystems through weather and climate; and the influence of mountain ranges on winds and clouds in the atmosphere. The geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere are each a system. Assessment is limited to the interactions of two systems at a time. | |