Water Quest

education standards

1. Where’s the Water?

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.2.3-5
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.3.3-5
Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.4.3-5
Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.
D2.Geo.5.3-5
Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.7.3-5
Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
Next Generation Science Standards
5-ESS3-1
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.
MS-ESS3-2
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
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.

2. The Mesa Verde Region in the 1200s

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.2.3-5
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.4.3-5
Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.
D2.Geo.5.3-5
Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.7.3-5
Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.14.3-5
Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
Next Generation Science Standards
5-ESS3-1
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.
MS-ESS3-2
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
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.

3. How Much Water Did You Use in Mesa Verde?

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.

4. The Dust Bowl in the 1930s

Next Generation Science Standards
5-ESS3-1
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.
MS-ESS3-2
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
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.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.2.3-5
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.4.3-5
Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.
D2.Geo.5.3-5
Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.7.3-5
Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.14.3-5
Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.

5. How Much Water Did You Use During the Dust Bowl?

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.

6. The Rocky Mountains Today

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.2.3-5
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.4.3-5
Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.
D2.Geo.5.3-5
Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.7.3-5
Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.14.3-5
Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.

7. How Much Water Did You Use In the Rocky Mountains?

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.

8. Who Used The Most Water?

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.

9. Your Water Footprint Today

Next Generation Science Standards
5-ESS3-1
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.

10. Droughts in Colorado's History

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.14.3-5
Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
D2.His.14.6-8
Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.
D2.His.15.6-8
Evaluate the relative influence of various causes of events and developments in the past.

11. Wildfires in Colorado's History

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.14.3-5
Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
D2.His.14.6-8
Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.
D2.His.15.6-8
Evaluate the relative influence of various causes of events and developments in the past.
Next Generation Science Standards
5-ESS3-1
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.
MS-ESS3-2
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
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.