Project GO
Precision Agriculture
Overview
Background Information
Standards: Lesson One
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards (TEKS) – World Geography Studies
| (3) Geography. Aligns to NGS Standard 7 | The students understands how physical processes shape patterns in the physical environment. The student is expected to: (A) Explain weather conditions and climate in relation to annual changes in Earth-Sun relationships; (B) Describe the physical processes that affect the environments of regions, including weather, tectonic forces, erosion, and soil-building processes; and (C) Examine the physical processes that affect the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. |
| (8) Geography. Aligns to NGS Standard 15 | The student understands how people, places, and environments are connected and interdependent. The student is expected to: (A) Compare way that humans depend on, adapt to, and modify the physical environment, including the influences of culture and technology; (B) Describe the interaction between humans and the physical environment and analyze the consequences of extreme weather and other natural disasters such as El Nino, floods, tsunamis and volcanoes |
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards (TEKS)—Alignment to other grade TEKS
| (WG.3) Geography. The students understands how physical processes shape patterns in the physical environment. | (6.3) The student uses geographic tools to answer geographic questions. |
| (6.3A) Pose and answer geographic questions. | |
| (8.10) The student understand the location and characteristics of places and regions of the United States, past and present. | |
| (8.10B) Compare places and regions of the United States in terms of physical and human characteristics. | |
| (WG.8) Geography. The student understands how people, places, and environments are connected and interdependent. | (6.6C) Analyze the effects of the interaction of physical processes and the environment on humans. |
| (6.7) Geography. The student understands the impact of interactions between people and the physical environment on the development and conditions of places and regions. | |
| (6.7A) Identify and analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in various places and regions. | |
| (6.7B) Identify and analyze ways people have modified the physical environments such as mining, irrigation, and transportation infrastructure |
National Geography Standards (NGS)
| Standard | Grade 4 Benchmark | Grade 8 Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Standard 7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface | K-4.1. There are four components of Earth’s physical systems (the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere) | 5-8.1. The four components of Earth’s physical systems (the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere) are interdependent |
| K-4.2. Earth-Sun relationships affect conditions on Earth | 5-8.2. Earth-Sun relationships drives physical processes that follow an annual cycle and create patterns on Earth | |
| K-4.3. Physical processes shape features on Earth’s surface | 5-8.3. Physical processes generate patterns of features across Earth’s surface | |
| Standard 15. How physical systems affect human systems | K-4.1. Physical environment provides opportunities for and imposes constraints on human activities | 5-8.1 The characteristics of a physical environment provide opportunities for and imposes constraints on human activities |
| K-4.2.Enviornmental hazards affect human activities | 5-8.2. The types, causes, and characteristics of environmental hazards occur at a variety of sales from local to global | |
| K-4.3. People adapt to the conditions of the physical environment | 5-8.3 People use tools and technologies in adapting to the physical environment |
Standards: Lesson Two
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards (TEKS) – World Geography Studies
| (3) Geography. Aligns to NGS Standard 7 | The students understands how physical processes shape patterns in the physical environment. The student is expected to: (A) Explain weather conditions and climate in relation to annual changes in Earth-Sun relationships; (B) Describe the physical processes that affect the environments of regions, including weather, tectonic forces, erosion, and soil-building processes; and (C) Examine the physical processes that affect the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. |
| (5) Geography. Aligns to NGS Standard 5 | The student understands how political, economic, and social processes shape cultural patterns and characteristics in various places and regions. The student is expected to: (A) Analyze how the character of a place is related to its political, economic, social, and cultural elements |
| (9) Geography. Aligns to NGS Standard 3 and Standard 5 | The student understands the concept of region as an area of Earth’s surface with related geographic characteristics. The student is expected to: (A) Identify physical and/or human factors such as climate, vegetation, language, trade networks, political units, river systems, and religion that constitute a region (B) Describe different types of regions, including formal, functional, and perceptual regions. |
| (21) Social Studies Skills. Aligns to NGS Standard 1 | The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources. The student is expected to: (A) Analyze and evaluate the validity and utility of multiple sources of geographic information such as primary and secondary sources, aerial photographs and maps; (B) Locate places of contemporary geopolitical significance on a map; and (C) Create and interpret different types of maps to answer geographic questions, infer relationships, and analyze change. |
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards (TEKS) – Alignment to other grade TEKS
| (WG.3) Geography. The students understands how physical processes shape patterns in the physical environment. | (6.3) The student uses geographic tools to answer geographic questions. |
| (6.3A) Pose and answer geographic questions. | |
| (8.10) The student understand the location and characteristics of places and regions of the United States, past and present. | |
| (8.10B) Compare places and regions of the United States in terms of physical and human characteristics. | |
| (WG.5) Geography. The student understands how political, economic, and social processes shape cultural patterns and characteristics in various places and regions. | (6.4C) Explain ways in which human migration influences the character of places and regions |
| (WG.9) Geography. The student understands the concept of region as an area of Earth’s surface with related geographic characteristics. | (6.7C) Describe ways in which technology influences human interactions with the environment such as humans building dams for flood control. |
National Geography Standards (NGS)
| Standard | Grade 4 Benchmark | Grade 8 Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Standard 1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information | K-4.1. Properties and functions of geographic representations – such as maps, globes, graphs, diagrams, aerial and other photographs, remotely sensed images, and geographic visualizations | 5-8.1. The advantages and disadvantages of using different geographic representations – such as maps, globes, graphs, diagrams, aerial and other photographs, remotely sensed images, and geographic visualizations for analyzing spatial distributions and patterns |
| K-4.2. Geospatial data are connected to locations on Earth’s surface | 5-8.2. The acquisition and organization of geospatial data to construct geographic representations | |
| K-4.4. The interpretation of geographic representations | 5-8.4. The use of geographic representations to ask and answer geographic questions | |
| Standard 3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth’s surface | K-4.1. The meaning and use of fundamental spatial concepts such as location, distance, direction, scale, movement, region, and volume | 5-8.1. The meaning and use of spatial concepts, such as accessibility, dispersion, density, and interdependence |
| K-4.2. The distribution of people, places, and environments form spatial patterns across Earth’s surface | 5-8.2. Processes shape the spatial patterns of people, places, and environments over time | |
| Standard 5. That people create regions to interpret Earth’s complexity | K-4.1. Regions are areas of Earth’s surface with unifying physical and/or human characteristics | 5-8.1. Different types of regions are used to organize and interpret areas of Earth’s surface |
| 5-8.2. The boundaries and characteristics of regions change | ||
| Standard 7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface | K-4.1. There are four components of Earth’s physical systems (the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere) | 5-8.1. The four components of Earth’s physical systems (the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere) are interdependent |
| K-4.2. Earth-Sun relationships affect conditions on Earth | 5-8.2. Earth-Sun relationships drives physical processes that follow an annual cycle and create patterns on Earth | |
| K-4.3. Physical processes shape features on Earth’s surface | 5-8.3. Physical processes generate patterns of features across Earth’s surface |