World of Water I

Curriculum Connections

MA Science Standards:

Grade 2:

• 2-ESS2-3. Use examples obtained from informational sources to explain that water is found in the ocean, rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, and may be solid or liquid.
• 2-ESS2-2. Map the shapes and types of landforms and bodies of water in an area.
• 2-PS1-2. Test different materials and analyze the data obtained to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.

Grade 3:

• 3-PS2-1. Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object.  
• 3-LS4-4. Analyze and interpret given data about changes in a habitat and describe how the changes may affect the ability of organisms that live in that habitat to survive and reproduce. Clarification Statements: Changes should include changes to landforms, distribution of water, climate, and availability of resources.

MA History and Social Science Content Standards:

Grade 2:
Topic 2. Geography and its effects on people [2.T2]
Supporting Question: How do people adapt to or change their environment?

3. Explain how the location of landforms and bodies of water helps determine conditions (i.e., climate, weather, vegetation) for habitable living.
4. Explain and describe human interaction with the physical world (the environment).
   Clarification statement: Students should learn how humans either adapt to or change the environment to meet their needs for survival and living (e.g., by finding or raising plants and animals for food, clothing, and shelter) and why humans prefer to settle by rivers, bodies of water, and in or near certain landforms.

Topic 3. History: migrations and cultures [2.T3]
Supporting Question: What are the different reasons people choose to settle in a community?

1. Investigate reasons why people migrate (move) to different places around the world, recognizing that some migration is voluntary, some forced (e.g., refugees, people driven from their homelands, enslaved people).

Topic 5. Economics: resources and choices (shared with grade 1) [2.T5]
Supporting Question: How do the resources of an area affect its industries and jobs?

1. Explain the relationship between natural resources and industries and jobs in a particular location (e.g., fishing, shipbuilding, farming, trading, mining, lumbering, manufacturing).
2. Distinguish a renewable resource from a non-renewable resource.
3. Explain that people are a resource too, and that the knowledge and skills they gain through school, college, and work make possible innovations and technological advancements that lead to an ever-growing share of goods and services.