Alignment to Standards for DC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | G 2.1. | Students use map and globe skills to determine the absolute locations of places and interpret information available through a map or globeês legend, scale, and symbolic representations. |
| 2 | G 2.1.1. | Understand how maps and globes depict geographical information in different ways. (G) |
| 3 | G 3.1.2. | Identify and locate major physical features and natural characteristics (e.g., bodies of water, land forms, natural resources, and weather) in Washington, DC. (G) |
| 4 | SC.4.3.1. | Explain how waves, wind, water, and glacial ice shape and reshape Earthês land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas. |
| 4 | SC.4.3.2. | Explain how the surface of the Earth changes over various time scales due to processes, such as erosion and weathering, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and mountain building. |
| 4 | SC.4.4.4. | weathering breaks rocks up into smaller pieces, these pieces may be many sizes and shapes, from jagged boulders to smooth grains of sand and even smaller. |
| 5 | SC.5.6.1. | objects can move with a very wide range of speeds, with some moving very slowly and some moving too quickly for people to see them. |
| K | G K.1. 2. | Demonstrate familiarity with what a map is and what a globe is. (G) |
| K-2 | G K-2.1. | Students use map and globe skills to determine the locations of places. |
