STANDARDS ADDRESSED Oregon Standards OR‐ Subject: English/Language Arts Content Strand: WRITING Use writing as a tool to learn, reflect, and communicate for a variety of audiences and purposes. • Communicate knowledge of the topic, including relevant examples, facts, anecdotes, and details. • Common Curriculum Goals: Express ideas in an engaging and credible way appropriate to audience and purpose. • Communicate knowledge of the topic, including relevant examples, facts, anecdotes, and details appropriate • to topic, audience, and purpose. Subject: Science Content Strand: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE Understand physical properties of the Earth, how those properties change, and the relationship to • Earth’s other celestial bodies. Identify the structure of the Earth system and the availability and use of the materials that make up that • system. Describe how the importance and use of resources has changed over time with changes in economic and • technological systems. Common Curriculum Goals: THE DYNAMIC EARTH: Understand the properties and limited availability of the materials which make up the Earth. If you have any questions about this lesson or want to share your thoughts, please email the author, Stacy Erickson at
STANDARDS ADDRESSED OR‐ Oregon Standards Subject: English/Language Arts Content Strand: WRITING • Use writing as a tool to learn, reflect, and communicate for a variety of audiences and purposes. • Communicate knowledge of the topic, including relevant examples, facts, anecdotes, and details. Common Curriculum Goals: • Express ideas in an engaging and credible way appropriate to audience and purpose. • Communicate knowledge of the topic, including relevant examples, facts, anecdotes, and details appropriate to topic, audience, and purpose. Subject: Science Content Strand: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE • Understand physical properties of the Earth, how those properties change, and the Earth’s relationship to other celestial bodies. • Identify the structure of the Earth system and the availability and use of the materials that make up that system. • Describe how the importance and use of resources has changed over time with changes in economic and technological systems. Common Curriculum Goals: THE DYNAMIC EARTH: Understand the properties and limited availability of the materials which make up the Earth. If you have any questions about this lesson or want to share your thoughts, please email the author, Stacy Erickson at
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