Big+Idea+Chart

|| ·   What essential resources do we get from atmosphere? ·  What atmospheric layers protect living things from the space radiation? ·  What role does the atmosphere play in the greenhouse effect? ·  What role does the atmosphere play in global warming? || || ·   How does the availability of resources affect the amount of space needed by living things? ·  How does the organisms size, mobility, and other adaptations affect the amount of space it needs? || || ·   What role do animals play as resources for other living things? || || ·   What role does water play as a habitat for living things? || || ·   What role does soil play as a habitat for living things? || || ·   What role does energy play in geochemical cycles (water cycle, weather, carbon cycle, phosphorus cycle, nitrogen cycle) || || ·  What are needed resources (essential for basic survival)? ·  What are wanted resources (nonessential for basic individual survival)? || || ·   What are needed resources (essential for basic survival)? ·  What are wanted resources (nonessential for basic individual survival)? || || ·   How are resources used by people? ·  What happens to resources after people are done using them? || || ·   How are resources used by living things other than people? ·  What happens to resources after living things other than people are done using them? || || ·   What resources are needed by other living things? ·  How does obtaining needed resources differ by geographic region? ·  How does obtaining needed resources differ in different human and nonhuman cultures? ·  How has obtaining needed resources changed historically? ·  How does obtaining and using resources change seasonally? || || ·   How have living things other than people changed their behaviors in times of resource availability and resource scarcity? || || ·   What are nonrenewable resources used by people? ·  What are renewable resources used by living things other than people? ·  What are nonrenewable resources used by other living things? ·  How are renewable and nonrenewable resources used by people and other living things similar and different? || || ·   How are resources obtained by other living things? ·  How do methods of obtaining resources compare between living things and people? ·  How do people and other living things in different regions obtain resources? ·  How have people and other living things obtained things differently historically? ·  How do people and nonliving things obtain things differently in different seasons? || || ·   How are resources processed by other living things? ·  How do methods of processing resources compare between living things and people? ·  How do people and other living things in different regions process resources? ·  How have people and other living things process things differently historically? ·  How do people and nonliving things process things differently in different seasons? || || ·   How are resources reused or disposed of by other living things? ·  How do methods of reusing or disposing of resources compare between living things and people? ·  How do people and other living things in different regions reuse or dispose of resources? ·  How have people and other living things reuse or dispose of things differently historically? ·  How do people and nonliving things reuse or dispose of things differently in different seasons? || || || ·    || ||  ·   How are positive and negative environmental consequences different in different regions, historical periods, and seasons? ·  What factors influence the positive and negative environmental consequences of people and other living things using resources? || || ·   How can individual choices affect the environment, the community, the climate, the economy, at differing levels? (local, regional, global) || || ·  How can community choices affect the environment, the community, the climate, the economy, at differing levels? (local, regional, global) || || || ·   What decisions have been made in the past regarding resources? ·  What have been the consequences of decisions made in the past regarding resources? || ||
 * COLOR CODED **** KEY **
 * BIG IDEAS || ||
 * CONCEPTS || ||
 * COMPETENCIES || ||
 * ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS || ||
 * EXEMPLARS || ||
 * VOCABULARY || ||
 * ** BIG IDEA  ** |||||||| **__ Renewable __**** and __nonrenewable__ __resources__ exist as part of the natural world, are used to meet the needs and wants of __living things__ and need to be __conserved__. **  ||
 * ||  |||||||| **  STANDARDS:   **
 * ||  || **  CONCEPTS  ** || **  COMPETENCIES  ** || **  ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS  ** ||   ||
 * || ** I  ** || **  Know that resources exist in our world.   ** || || || ||
 * || || || Identify the atmosphere as an essential resource for most organisms to live on Earth || ·   What is the atmosphere made of?
 * || || || Identify space as an essential resource for organisms to live on Earth || ·   How much space does a human need to meet their needs?
 * || || || Identify other living things as an essential resource for most organisms to live on Earth || ·   What role do plants play as resources for other living things?
 * || || || Identify water in various forms as necessary for life on Earth || ·   What role does water play in helping living animals survive?
 * || || || Identify soil and minerals as a necessary resource for most living things on Earth. || ·   What role does soil and minerals play as a resource for living things?
 * || || || Identify energy as necessary for living things on Earth || ·   What role does energy play in powering living things?
 * || ** II  ** || **  Know resources are used by living things to meet their needs and wants.  ** || ||  ·    || ||
 * || || || Identify resources used by people to satisfy their needs and wants (atmosphere, space, other living things, water, soil & minerals, energy) || ·   For humans, what is the difference between needed resources and wanted resources?
 * || || || Identify resources used by people to satisfy their needs and wants (atmosphere, space, other living things, water, soil & minerals, energy) || ·   For humans, what is the difference between needed resources and wanted resources?
 * || || || Identify resources used by living things other than people to satisfy their needs and wants (atmosphere, space, other living things, water, soil & minerals, energy) || ·   For living things other than humans, what is the difference between needed resources and wanted resources?
 * || || || Identify the sources of resources used by people, how they are used by people, and what happens to those resources after people are done using them. || ·   From where do people get the resources they use?
 * || || || Identify the sources of resources used by people, how they are used by people, and what happens to those resources after people are done using them. || ·   From where do people get the resources they use?
 * || || || Identify the sources of resources used by people, how they are used by people, and what happens to those resources after people are done using them. || ·   From where do people get the resources they use?
 * || || || Identify the sources of resources used by living things other than people, how they are used by other living things, and what happens to those resources after those living things are done using them. || ·   From where do living things other than people get the resources they use?
 * || ** III ** || **  Know different kinds of resources are used by different species in different places and at different times to meet their needs and wants.  ** || ||  ·    || ||
 * || || || Identify similarities and differences in the resources used by people and other living things in different geographic regions, different cultures, over history, and in different seasons of the year. || ·   What resources are needed by people?
 * || || || Identify similarities and differences in the resources used by people and other living things in different geographic regions, different cultures, over history, and in different seasons of the year. || ·   What resources are needed by people?
 * || || || Identify coping mechanisms and strategies used by people and other living things in dealing with an abundance or scarcity of resources. || ·   How have people changed their behaviors in times of resource availability and resource scarcity?
 * || ** IV  ** || **  Know some resources are renewable within a lifetime and some resources are nonrenewable within a lifetime of a human being.  ** || ||  ·    || ||
 * ||  ||   || Identify resources used by people and other living things that can be regenerated in the life span of human being (renewable) and resources that cannot be generated in the life span of a human being (nonrenewable) ||  ·   What are renewable resources used by people?
 * || ** IV  ** || **  Know some resources are renewable within a lifetime and some resources are nonrenewable within a lifetime of a human being.  ** || ||  ·    || ||
 * ||  ||   || Identify resources used by people and other living things that can be regenerated in the life span of human being (renewable) and resources that cannot be generated in the life span of a human being (nonrenewable) ||  ·   What are renewable resources used by people?
 * || ** V  ** || **  Know the kinds of resources chosen and the methods of obtaining, using, and disposing of them can have positive and negative environmental consequences.  ** || ||  ·    || ||
 * ||  ||   || Identify how resources are obtained by people and other living things in a particular region, historical period, or season ||  ·   How are resources obtained by people?
 * ||  ||   || Identify how resources are obtained by people and other living things in a particular region, historical period, or season ||  ·   How are resources obtained by people?
 * ||  ||   || Identify how resources are processed and used by people and other living things in a particular region, historical period, or season ||  ·   How are resources processed by people?
 * ||  ||   || Identify how resources are processed and used by people and other living things in a particular region, historical period, or season ||  ·   How are resources processed by people?
 * ||  ||   || Identify how resources are reused or disposed of by people and other living things in a particular region, historical period, or season ||  ·   How are resources reused or disposed of by people?
 * ||  ||   || Identify how resources are reused or disposed of by people and other living things in a particular region, historical period, or season ||  ·   How are resources reused or disposed of by people?
 * ||  ||   || Identify the positive and negative environmental consequences of people and living things in obtaining, processing, using, and disposing of resources, their products, and their byproducts  ||  ·   What are the positive and negative environmental consequences of people and living things using resources?
 * || ** VI  ** || **  Know choices made by people, human communities, and other living things can have positive and negative environmental consequences.  ** || ||  ·    || ||
 * ||  ||   || Identify resource choice decisions made by individual people and their positive and negative environmental consequences ||  ·   What positive and negative consequences result in individual choices regarding different resources?
 * || ** VI  ** || **  Know choices made by people, human communities, and other living things can have positive and negative environmental consequences.  ** || ||  ·    || ||
 * ||  ||   || Identify resource choice decisions made by individual people and their positive and negative environmental consequences ||  ·   What positive and negative consequences result in individual choices regarding different resources?
 * ||  ||   || Identify resource choice decisions made by communities and their positive and negative environmental consequences ||  ·   What positive and negative consequences result in community choices regarding different resources?
 * ||  ||   || Identify past and current decisions regarding resources and their consequences on individuals, local, regional, and global systems.
 * ||  ||   || Examine future choices and decisions regarding resources and their possible positive and negative consequences on the local, regional, and global systems. ||  ·   What might result in the future from different choices made now regarding resources? || ||
 * ** VOCABULARY ** || ** DEFINITION ** || ** Examples ** ||
 * resource || || ||
 * Renewable resource || || ||
 * Nonrenewable resource || || ||